Thought Leaders
Are You Sitting on Top of a Million-Dollar Idea?
4 lessons you can learn from a successful entrepreneur about the business ideas that may be right under your nose.
By Scott Duffy
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Thought Leaders
Launch Your Big Idea by Starting With Why
Building a successful business is hard work. If you're not strongly rooted in why you're doing it, it's much simpler to quit or fail.
By Scott Duffy
Tech
7 Companies Reinventing ‘Old’ Fields With New Tech
Meet the entrepreneurs behind instant relationship coaching, automatic coupon code testing, online wedding registries and more.
By Hayden Field
Thought Leaders
This Cosmetics Company CEO Turned a $1 Million Packaging Fail into Quadrupled Sales. Here’s How.
Carisa Janes, founder and CEO of Hourglass Cosmetics, had to pull more than 10,000 units of foundation off Sephora's shelves in 2012. She went into fix-it mode and turned things around.
By Hayden Field
Thought Leaders
How the Rifle Paper Co. Founders Turned a Side Hustle Into a Thriving Lifestyle Brand
Anna Bond and her husband Nathan had no money, no jobs and no business experience when they decided to launch the now-beloved stationery brand. Here's how they went from broke to $22 million in revenue.
Thought Leaders
She Built Her Startup With No Money or Team. How the CEO of Piazza Did It.
Pooja Sankar gave new meaning to the word 'scrappy' as she built her online question-and-answer forum.
Business Accounting
4 Practical Tips for Building Up Your Savings to Launch Your Small Business
These everyday fixes can supercharge your stash and help you reach your goal.
By Hayden Field
Building a Business
Follow These 6 Steps to Open Your Own Crazy Themed Cafe
These themed cafe owners went above and beyond offering a regular cup of joe and free Wi-Fi. Here's what they did to make their dreams a reality.
By Carolyn Sun
Building a Business
How Do You Choose Just the Right Niche for Your Ecommerce Business? A Checklist
The first question to ask yourself? What are your personal interests? And are you game to do a whole lot of market research?
By Bob Ellis
Thought Leaders
This Entrepreneur’s Online Reputation Was Destroyed. He Used His Experience Fixing It to Form a Multimillion-Dollar Company.
Here's Pete Kistler's story -- and tips for improving your own online presence.
By Hayden Field
Business News
3 Lessons for Entrepreneurs From Spotify, Which Won Over Taylor Swift and Just Made its Billion-Dollar IPO
Shares of the streaming service opened at about $165, valuing the company at close to $30 billion.
By Hayden Field
Thought Leaders
How I Built a $100 Million Company by the Time I Was 17 Years Old
This kidpreneur started his company at 12 but then had to face some distinctly adult challenges.
By Zach Marks
Tech
8 DIY Tools You Need to Get Your Business off the Ground
Why spend all your resources on expensive consultants when you can do it yourself?
By Andrew Medal
Marketing
How You and Your Business Can Combat the Goldilocks Syndrome
Trying to be all things to all people is not your smartest move. Here's what you should do instead.
Business Funding
3 Crowdfunding Tips Every Company Forgets From a Brand That Raised $800,000 and Got Acquired
Wearable brand Misfit explains how to position yourself, avoid disappointing backers and keep things fresh.
Marketing
5 Ways to Get a Journalist to Respond to Your Pitch
You can be heard, you can get great responses to your pitch, you can find the right approach -- however -- you'll rarely recover from being annoying.
Entrepreneurs
What Would You Do With the Extra Time If You Didn’t Have to Sleep?
A new poll asked what challenges people would take on if they didn't need to take time to rest.
By Nina Zipkin
Thought Leaders
Why You Have the Wrong Idea About Who Is a Great Mentor
The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a nonprofit aiming to give entrepreneurs all over the world the resources to thrive.
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
You Really Could Have a Legitimate Business in a Week
If your great idea solves problems, the rest is mostly filling out forms online. You can knock it out in a few days.
By Derek Miller
Entrepreneurs
4 Ways Creativity Is Killing Your Viable Business Ideas
Perfect is the enemy of good. Your innovative concepts are worthless if you can't implement your vision.
Building a Business
3 Tips for Starting a Company in an Unfamiliar Industry
Launching a company within an industry you know nothing about? (Like Elon Musk did). No, you're not crazy.
By Hope Horner
Business Funding
How to Prevent Your Software Startup From Running out of Gas
Finish your first iteration quickly, knowing that the most successful apps are a series of experiments -- and iterations.
By Zach Ferres
Human Resources
4 Reasons Small Cities Are Better for Business
The short commutes in a community grateful that you started a business are just the beginning of the benefits.
By Zac Carman
Building a Business
The Secret to Starting a Business Is Managing the Changes
Going in a new direction requires adjustments. The key is doing what needs to be done at your pace.
By Mark Asquith
Building a Business
6 Tangible Steps to Launch an MVP Product
A lackluster response from potential customers doesn't mean you've failed -- it just means you've succeeded at understanding what the market doesn't want.
Building a Business
The 7 Business Lessons You Should Learn by 30
Start with an understanding that "the right people are worth everything."
Building a Business
Why do Start-ups Fail? Revenue May Be the No. 1 Reason.
And a the failure to differentiate your product is a key reason for that lack of revenue.