Advice For The Young At Heart
How Can You Find Free-Of-Charge Support For Your Company?
Whether you’re looking for help with research, training or mentoring, there are numerous organisations that businesses can turn to for help. Mike Mead of DigitMe, and head judge of Cartridgesave.co.uk’s 3D Print Cup recommends a few tips.
6 Tips For Surviving The First Five Years In Business
Entrepreneur Frances Kweller, founder and CEO of Kweller Prep, offers advice on how to survive your first five years in business.
How To Succeed As A Successful Entrepreneur Today
Many view starting a business as complete madness. Here are a few tips, tricks, and guidelines to get you on the road to successful entrepreneurship.
Five Old Adages To Ignore When Starting Your Own Business
Great entrepreneurs know that self employment is the fastest road to wealth. When thinking about starting your own business, make sure to focus on the future, not on the proverbs of the past, says Steve Siebold, author of "How Rich People Think".
Thinking Big: How To Beat Big Competitors As A Small Business
Small business owners must understand the competitive advantages that they have and find out what they are able to offer that large companies cannot provide, argues Lewis Robinson.
I Just Raised Money On Kickstarter, Now What?
Spend just a few minutes browsing websites such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo or Dragon Innovation and you'll witness a renaissance in DIY entrepreneurship. If your campaign goes well, however, what happens when it's time to deliver? Ross Beyeler, founder of Growth Spark shares his views.
Getting Into The Right Frame Of Mind For Entrepreneurship
Genecia Luo, founder of Queenz*8 Business Group, says she has learnt through her years in business that getting into the right frame of mind is the first step you have to take when it comes to entrepreneurship. There is no, “Oh, I’ll do a bit and then see how it goes.”
Commit Yourself To Action By Investing In Success
Veronica May, co-founder of Allcorrect.org, shares how you can teach yourself to succeed at a task by working through the stages required.
Expanding To Asia: 5 Tips For Tackling the World’s Largest Market
Pursuing new business opportunities in Asia takes careful planning, a clear understanding of cultural nuances and an experienced and engaged partner to help you establish a presence on the ground. Here are five tips from Jay Eum, co-founder and Managing Director of TransLink Capital to help you get it right.
10 Steps To Creating The Perfect Logo For Your Startup
If you're a startup on a budget, you may consider designing your logo yourself. If so, here's a 10-step process to creating a perfect logo for your business.
How to Publish Music So That You Actually Make Money
How do you go from playing with beats in your bedroom during your spare time to selling so many albums you’re able to fully fund a tour?
3 Major Financial Mistakes New Entrepreneurs Make… And How You Can Prevent Them
Here's a look at the biggest and most common financial mistakes entrepreneurs make (and what you, the young upstart, can do to prevent them from impacting your company).
5 Tips To Help Perfect Your LinkedIn Profile And Land Your Dream Job
Lionel Thain, CEO of IPT and MyOffers.co.uk, offers 5 tips to help ensure your LinkedIn profile crops up in front of the right people, and stand out when it does.
Why Your Professional Success Depends On Your Rapport With Everyone At Work
Ben Carpenter explains why your boss’s opinion isn’t the only one that matters in achieving professional success and shares several tactics to help you develop rapport with all of your colleagues.
Tips For Women Wanting To Start A Business From Scratch
In a world full of complicated and contradicting start up information, proven entrepreneur Danielle Tate, CEO of MissNowMrs.com, offers eight simple tips for launching a successful business as a woman.
Who Holds Your Purse Strings?
As you’re starting or expanding your business, follow the money because the person who holds the purse strings makes the decisions and it’s not always readily apparent, says Emily Chase Smith, author of "The Financially Savvy Entrepreneur".
6 Things Female Business Entrepreneurs Must Know Before They Start That Startup
Frances Kweller, CEO and founder of Kweller Prep shares six important things all female business entrepreneurs must know before they start that startup.
Eight Ways To Get Past The Fear Of “No” And Start Risking Rejection
According to author Tom Panaggio, one of the most common risk avoidance behaviors amongst entrepreneurs is giving up on an opportunity after only one rejection. Here, he
explains why it’s so important to ask for the order again and again… and provides strategies to help you get more comfortable with hearing “no” until “yes” finally comes along.
These Five Characteristics Will Help You Be A Successful Entrepreneur
Ronn Cordova, VP of Franchise Development at The Maids, looks at five characteristics of successful people that help them through the business journey.
10 Steps To Creating Your First Product
Creating a successful product or service is about constantly prototyping, tweaking, refining, making mistakes, learning, and repeating. That might sound like a chaotic mess, but there’s a process behind it. Eran Weinberg, founder and CEO of the personalized health and wellness platform Liv360 shares his experience.
Choosing An Accelerator That Fits Like A Glove – 5 Questions To Ask
Applying for and being accepted into an accelerator can be an incredible springboard for a startup. Before jumping in head first, startup teams and entrepreneurs need to evaluate what accelerator will be the best fit for their business in the long term.
Do What You’re Good At, Not What You Love: Real Talk for Today’s Job...
While “follow your passions” is popular career advice, it isn’t necessarily the best career advice. Ben Carpenter shares five compelling reasons why matching your job to your skill set, not your biggest passions, is a much better bet.
Do Quit Your Day Job: How To Leave A Traditional Job For Entrepreneurship
The decision to leave the security of a traditional job for the uncertain life of an entrepreneur is difficult. Tim Maliyil, CEO and Data Security Architect for AlertBoot shares six tips to help you manage the stress and ease the transition.
Ten On-The-Job Mistakes That May Be Sabotaging Your Career
If you’re getting your work done and not breaking any company rules, you’re golden, right? Not necessarily, says Wall Street veteran Ben Carpenter. Here, he shares a handful of bad habits that — unbeknownst to you — might be tarnishing your reputation and holding you back.
Why Old-School Communication Skills Are The Competitive Edge New Grads Need
Communication expert Geoffrey Tumlin shares eight ways for recent grads to hone their communication skills — and differentiate themselves from the rest of the working world newbies.
Dancing In The Moonlight: Keeping Options Open While Holding A Steady Job
'Moonlighting' used to mean you’re working a secondary job (usually at night, hence the name), but now it’s shifted toward the idea of seeking the type of work that defines your lifestyle.
17 Things New Grads Need To Know About Getting — And Doing — A...
Employers aren’t exactly clamoring to hire today’s new grads. If you are one — even one with an impressive degree — the deck is stacked against you. Ben Carpenter offers 17 ways to prove you know what matters in the real world — both in the job search and in the early days after “you’re hired.”
3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Conducting Your Startup Experiment
When you approach entrepreneurship as an experiment (instead of, say, your life’s calling), you’re giving yourself permission to fail - and that's a good thing, believes Kuty Shalev.
Starting an E-commerce Site? Five Tips Every College Grad Should Know.
Here are five things every college grad should know before launching an e-commerce store, as recommended by Nikole Haiar, Director Marketing, Retail & Partner Services at Hostway Corporation.
Six Tips For Taking On The Family Business And Helping It Succeed
Running a successful business is one thing. Running a successful family business is another feat that is much harder to accomplish. Victoria Treyger of Kabbage offers six tips for taking on your family business and helping it succeed.