Why Your Startup Should Celebrate March Madness – youngentrepreneur.com To build a strong company and attract employees who want to work with you, taking time to bond or just yell at the TV screen is a must. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » Franchise Boutique System Hopes to Double Its Business – foxsmallbusinesscenter.com Marie DeNicola, CEO and founder of Mainstream Boutique, now oversees 29 women-run franchises around the country. Now, she’s harnessing the power of social media to double her business. Continue Reading On foxsmallbusinesscenter.com » 3 Ways to Be More Productive and Enjoy Remote Working – noobpreneur.com Working remote can...
Want to Go Viral? 4 Ways to Get Viewers to Share Your Videos – youngentrepreneur.com People are increasingly tuning in to videos, but maybe not yours. Here’s how you and your company can become a YouTube sensation. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » Business ideas – 300 Ways to Start a Business – businessknowhow.com 300 business ideas for starting a business plus suggestions for what it takes to succeed. Continue Reading On businessknowhow.com » 12 Apple Apps for Brick and Mortar Entrepreneurs – noobpreneur.com What is one Apple mobile app that every brick and mortar entrepreneur should be using to improve...
Embrace Your Zany Side: Offbeat Ways Startups Win Over Hard-to-Reach VCs – youngentrepreneur.com Having a killer business idea is key, but it won’t necessarily help get your foot in the door when you’re looking for funding. Sometimes the best way to grab someone’s attention is to get creative. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » Which are the Friendliest U.S. States for Small Business in 2013? Thumbtack.com Survey Reveals – noobpreneur.com Want to start a small business in the U.S.? The 2013 Thumbtack.com survey reveals U.S. States’ small business friendliness. Thumbtack.com, local service listing company, has just released the 2nd annual Small...
How to Calculate Gross Profit – entrepreneur.com Knowing when your business is making money. Continue Reading On entrepreneur.com » Young Landscaper Grows Business Into Thriving 'Weed' Franchise – foxsmallbusinesscenter.com When most teenagers are worrying about the trials of high school, Gairad DeCastro was saving money to start his own business. Continue Reading On foxsmallbusinesscenter.com » 5 Ways to Book the Right Bookkeeper – .businessownersideacafe.com/ The savvy small business person or entrepreneur should do many things to give their company its best shot to be successful, including booking the right bookkeeper to manage the financial records. One might say a bookkeeper...
How to Set Your Salary – entrepreneur.com Deciding how much to pay yourself can be tricky. Here’s how to determine what you’re worth. Continue Reading On entrepreneur.com » Seven Payroll Tips for Small Business Owners – foxsmallbusinesscenter.com Having a staff on payroll can seem very commonplace as well as essential to running a small business, but many owners get in trouble with Uncle Sam because they don’t understand the complexity of payroll tax law. Continue Reading On foxsmallbusinesscenter.com » The Pros and Cons of Launching Your Business From Home – youngentrepreneur.com You’ll save money, but will clients find you unprofessional?...
Four Ways to Keep your Small Business Growing – businessknowhow.com Like it or not, your business’s expenses go up a bit each year. To stay profitable, your business needs to grow so it can absorb those increases. Here are four things you can do to keep your small business growing. Continue Reading On businessknowhow.com » Make It Your Business to Stop Costly Leaks – .businessownersideacafe.com/ Water leaks can waste tens of thousands of gallons of water a year and raise your company’s utility bills. If the leak has progressed and started to damage the surrounding wall, floor, or ceiling, there...
Forget Facebook’s Social Graph: LinkedIn Has a New Search Tool Too – youngentrepreneur.com With LinkedIn’s search update, people may be taking a closer look at your profile. Here are five tips for making sure you remain front and center on the professional network. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » Is Entrepreneurship Right for You? – inc.com Most advice for aspiring business owners on whether they’re cut out for entrepreneurship is nonsense, claims one founder, who offers alternative guidance.Just about everyone dreams of being an entrepreneur at some point, and why not? The attractions are obvious – the independence, flexibility, passion and...
A Sugar-Free Vodka Goes Head-to-Head with Major Brands – foxsmallbusinesscenter.com We’re highlighting small businesses from around the country as nominated by you, our readers. If your favorite small business is using Twitter to communicate with customers, let us know about it @fbsmallbiz with the hashtag #mysbc, and it may be featured as an upcoming Small Business Spotlight. Continue Reading On foxsmallbusinesscenter.com » Your Legal Checklist for Starting a Business – inc.com Ready to take the leap into entrepreneurship? Make sure you master this checklist first.It’s spring (at least on the calendar), and here at LegalZoom, March means it’s what we...
Why You Should Consider Cutting Overhead With Part-Time Employees – entrepreneur.com Part-time employees can be essential to running your business. Here are a few things to consider when hiring. Continue Reading On entrepreneur.com » 12 Ways To Get More Business from Your Website – businessknowhow.com How can you get more business from your website? Or make sure your first website is a good sales tool? Here are 12 tips to help fix or avoid common website mistakes. Continue Reading On businessknowhow.com » Surprise Negativity Buster: Rituals – inc.com Creating small, secular rituals can help you clear your brain and get...
The 'Etsy Economy' and Changing the Way We Shop – entrepreneur.com The online handmade marketplace is seeking to reimagine retail. Continue Reading On entrepreneur.com » What the Rolling Stones Can Teach You About Business – inc.com The force that drives sexagenarian Mick Jagger just might be the reason you’re an entrepreneur.In December, my wife, Elaine, and I attended a 50th-anniversary concert of the Rolling Stones at Brooklyn, New York’s new Barclays Center. They’re often referred to as the Strolling Bones these days, and with good reason… Continue Reading On inc.com » The Incubator Bringing Washington D.C.’s Entrepreneurs Together – youngentrepreneur.com...
'Entourage' Star Adrian Grenier Starts Music Incubator (Video) – entrepreneur.com While the young actor has already co-founded or invested in several startups, this time Grenier is changing his tune. Brian Solis spoke with him about his new venture. Continue Reading On entrepreneur.com » A Tech-Savvy Way to Do SMB Accounting – foxsmallbusinesscenter.com We’re highlighting small businesses from around the country as nominated by you, our readers. If your favorite small business is using Twitter to communicate with customers, let us know about it @fbsmallbiz with the hashtag #mysbc, and it may be featured as an upcoming Small Business Spotlight. Continue...
New Crowdfunding Site Aims to Understand Manufacturing – inc.com For backers of crowd-funded physical products, the mantra has always been ‘buyer-beware.’ Here’s how a new crowdfunding site, Crowd Supply, seeks to fix that problem.About two months ago, I wrote about about Seth Quest, an ordinary guy–a designer–who came up with an idea for a funky iPad stand called the Hanfree… Continue Reading On inc.com » Startup Snapshot: Oklahoma City – entrepreneur.com A look at a surprising startup city, plus three other locations to key your eye on. Continue Reading On entrepreneur.com » Happy Birthday Twitter: Jack Dorsey on the Ubiquitous...
Spring Break Plans? Open Your Mind and Rekindle Your Love of Entrepreneurship – youngentrepreneur.com Spring may be in the air, but you’ve got a lot of work to do — on your business and your soul. Here are five tips for meeting your business challenges with a clear, open mind. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » How to Send Investors Running for Their Lives – inc.com Got a crucial meeting with potential investors? Here’s how to guarantee you’ll walk out empty-handed.If you follow the eight tips outlined in this entry, you will be guaranteed to suffer absolutely no dilution, as there...
Push to Raise Tax-Exempt Threshold for Shipped Goods – foxsmallbusinesscenter.com A bill was recently introduced to raise the de minimis level from $200 to $800. Shipping and international retail experts say the legislation could benefit the government, small business owners and consumers. Continue Reading On foxsmallbusinesscenter.com » 10 Twitter Feeds for a Timely Dose of Inspiration – youngentrepreneur.com If you’re seeking a regular diet of inspirational messages, look no further than your Twitter app. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » 6 Ways to Build Customer Loyalty – entrepreneur.com Effective ways to follow up that ensure your business is always in the...
How to Make Sure Your Business Gets Paid – entrepreneur.com The elements of prompt and accurate invoices. Continue Reading On entrepreneur.com » 4 Places to Find Big Ideas – inc.com Need to stop fighting fires and find time to think deeply? Here are four activities that can help even the busiest people make space in their schedule for big ideas.Business owners face a conundrum: The day-to-day functioning of your company keeps you super busy, so busy in fact that you generally have little time for the type of deep, strategic thinking on which the long-term success of your business depends…...
Does Collaboration Actually Hurt Productivity? – inc.com In some offices the insistence on collaboration is forcing people to take creative measures to focus. What’s the new etiquette when it comes to connection vs. concentration?Collaboration is all the rage (so much so that some are even speculating it might be the new greenwashing), but this trendy we’re-all-in-it-together ethos doesn’t just set off some folks’ hype sensors, it also presents other dangers… Continue Reading On inc.com » 3 Social Media Startups to Watch From SXSW 2013 – youngentrepreneur.com The ‘next big thing’ in social media might not have debuted this week, but...
5 Quick Tips for Better Bootstrapping From SXSW – youngentrepreneur.com The founders of popular image-hosting service imgur on what it takes to launch a tech startup without seeking outside investors. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » Big Speech? You're Practicing Wrong – inc.com If you want to know how you really look to investors, it’s time to record yourself.Most CEOs never know how their pitch looks or sounds–until someone videotapes you at a pitching event. And then you watch the footage: OMG!You’re not alone. When I saw my first video, all I could think when I stared at my hands was...
5 Tips for Surviving the Shark Tank – inc.com If you get an opportunity to pitch your business to investors, following these five principles will help you secure funding for your growth.At some point, growth businesses need to raise capital. Funding from cash flow and the owners’ bank accounts are the best sources but are inherently limited, especially if you have a business that is scaling rapidly… Continue Reading On inc.com » A Simple Follow Up to Create More Profits In Your Business – .businessownersideacafe.com/ How many times have you attended a networking event, had a number of great conversations...
NYC Business Toasts on News of Judge Nixing Sugary Drink Ban – foxsmallbusinesscenter.com Local entrepreneurs cheered as NY state judge blocks Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on sugary drinks larger than 20 fluid ounces, which would have gone into effect Tuesday. Continue Reading On foxsmallbusinesscenter.com » MakerBot’s Bre Pettis on the Next Industrial Revolution – youngentrepreneur.com The 3-D printing visionary kicks off the 2013 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. His advice to entrepreneurs with a dream: “Believe that it’s possible.” Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » How to Build an Advisory Board – entrepreneur.com Why you should consider building an advisory team...
10 Tips for Successful Business Networking – businessknowhow.com Want to make your business networking more effective? Here are ten tips to keep in mind. Continue Reading On businessknowhow.com » From Mobile to Social Media to Disruptive Tech: A Preview of This Year’s SXSW Interactive – youngentrepreneur.com A look inside the tech world’s go-to event for creatives and innovators. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » Alexis Ohanian: How I Got Washington to Listen to Start-ups – inc.com Now, the Reddit co-founder keeps getting asked: When are you going to run for Congress?Every couple weeks, someone asks Alexis Ohanian when he’s going to...
Online Microlenders Offer Capital to Young Businesses – youngentrepreneur.com An eBay merchant quadruples his revenue with help from an online microlender. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » Is It Possible to Have Too Many Ideas? – inc.com Not if you can develop a good process for managing them.Some investors hate it when you bring them more than one idea. In their minds, this equates to a lack of focus. They see a person with a lot of ideas as some type of mad scientist, and they assume he or she isn’t a good businessperson. I’m not like this… Continue Reading On...
4 Strategies Used by Superstar Athletes to Become Super Focused – youngentrepreneur.com Sports greats use these methods to focus on boring tasks without procrastinating, here’s how you can too. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint: The Real Reason Start-ups Fail – inc.com Ask 10 entrepreneurs why startups fail and you’ll get 10 different answers. But there’s just one simple cause underlying all of them.If you ask 10 successful entrepreneurs or venture capitalists why start-ups fail, you’ll probably get 10 different answers. That’s because there’s no shortage of common failure modes:- They don’t solve a big...
It Never Pays to Be a Know-It-All – inc.com The former head of Columbia Records learned early on what all CEOs must do: Embrace your strengths–and hire around your weaknesses.Clive Davis started his career as a lawyer. As he recounts in his new autobiography, The Soundtrack of My Life, Davis spent several years working as general counsel for Columbia Records before a fortuitous political reorganization landed him at the helm of the company… Continue Reading On inc.com » Maintaining Your Startup's Focus – entrepreneur.com Too many passions can derail you. Find one that sticks. Continue Reading On entrepreneur.com » 13...
3 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Naming Your Business – entrepreneur.com Here’s a look at three entrepreneurs who have changed company names and the lessons they learned. Continue Reading On entrepreneur.com » Survey Says: Start a Business, It Might Improve Your Sex Life – inc.com Some of the perks of owning a small business? More freedom, better sleep and more sex.In January, my Inc.com colleague Selena Cuffe wrote that, though her evidence was purely anecdotal, she believed that entrepreneurship was highly correlated with a better sex life. Turns out the evidence isn’t just anecdotal… Continue Reading On inc.com » Jason...
Tony Hawk: I Learned to Say 'No' – inc.com It’s easy to lose focus when you can’t turn down a business opportunity. Here’s how Tony Hawk learned the value of sticking with what you know.Tony Hawk knows that when you’re hurtling down a halfpipe into an aerial spin, losing focus could get you seriously hurt. After co-founding a skateboard company in 1991, Hawk learned that distractions in the business world can be equally dangerous… Continue Reading On inc.com » Advertisement: – inc.com Continue Reading On inc.com » A Look Inside NYC's Entrepreneurial Landscape – entrepreneur.com A new exhibit at New...
