Open your internet browser, and you'll be flooded with stories of overnight entrepreneur success: “I made a million dollars in my first year” or “I run my seven-figure business from the coast of Fiji.” That sounds great, but is it really true?...
With all of the talk of disruption, it’s easy to believe that reinventing the wheel is the only way to have a successful startup . There’s a lot of pressure to innovate and create, but that’s not the only way...
Millennials And Their Startups It’s every parent’s hope that their children have a better future. For Generation Y, that future is more achievable than ever before for startups -- but it doesn’t come without its challenges. Late last year, the Wall Street...
Let’s say you wake up one day and decide the world needs a better mop, and you’re just the person to make it. Before setting out, you interview prospective customers. “Are you looking for a better mop?” you ask someone....
A business plan is a written description of your business's future, a document that tells what you plan to do and how you plan to do it. If you jot down a paragraph on the back of an envelope describing...
Starting Your Business There is an app for just about everything these days even for starting your business. Groceries, taxis, black cars, valet parking, haircuts, even tailors and dog walkers can all be ordered on demand from your smartphone. There's even apps that...
One of the most serious career choices you can make is whether you will be on the clock for someone else or work for yourself. But don’t be fooled: working for yourself doesn’t always mean starting a business. It’s not...
Marketing Plan Everyone knows you need a business plan, yet many entrepreneurs don’t realize a marketing plan is just as vital. Unlike a business plan, a marketing plan focuses on winning and keeping customers; it's strategic and includes numbers, facts and...
If you're putting a team together for the first time, there’s a good chance that you’ve already got a few people in mind for your startup. But, before you start rallying the troops and investing big, it's important to know what...
Starting a business is tough. Everyone knows this. And, I’ve learnt it the hard way. I’ve built a fair number of products and even successfully brought five of them to market. “Five products” might sound like a lot at first,...