Marketing
How to Create Your Buyer Blueprint
Developing a good idea of who your best customers really are will help you find a strong market for your business.
By Scott Duffy
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Building a Business
How I Built a Company the Lean Way — by Using the Scientific Method
Starting a company is one of the most irrational acts you can do as a human being. That's why employing hypotheses and experimentation is crucial.
By Joe Kinsella
Marketing
You’ve Listened to Your Gut, Now Answer These 4 Practical Questions About the Product You Think Is so Great
Trust but verify your instinct.
By Ric Kelly
Building a Business
4 Fundamentals to Successfully Jump-Start Your Startup
Don't rush into business before you've done everything to give your startup the best possible chance of success.
Building a Business
When Is the Best Time for My Company to Enter a New Market?
Expansion into new markets can help businesses find new revenue streams and increase brand awareness or stave off competition.
Thought Leaders
After 90 Meetings in 90 Days, These Founders Finally Found Their Customer
After creating a potentially groundbreaking solution, two founders weren't sure whom to sell it to.
Building a Business
The Top 4 Reasons Startups Fail, According to 14 International Accelerators
The only mystery about startup failure is why founders keep making the same mistakes.
Building a Business
4 Tips for Finding Your Profitable Blogging Niche
There's something you like and know lots about that other people will pay for. Here's how you find it.
By Syed Balkhi
Building a Business
The Right Way to Grow Your Business Internationally
A promising new customer base is an enticing draw, but today's entrepreneurs must consider underlying factors that didn't exist a generation ago.
Building a Business
Gary Vee’s Garage-Sale Challenge Teaches More Lessons Than Some College Courses
It's so simple, someone with no experience can do it.
Building a Business
Here’s How Celebrity Chef Sunny Anderson Brought Her Super Bowl-Ready Snack Stadium to Market
It's all in the research.
By Linda Lacina
Marketing
The Easiest Way to Do Real-Time Market Research and Give Customers What They Want
How you can get the most money from your customers by giving them exactly what they want to buy
Business Funding
Watch This College Student School Investors With a Well-Researched Pitch
On this week's episode of 'Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch,' one contestant underscores the importance of doing your homework as an entrepreneur.
Building a Business
5 Ways to Do Original Research Faster and More Cheaply
Recycling existing ideas (with subtle new twists) is easy, but what customers really want is new data they've never seen before.
Building a Business
4 CEOs Share Their Secrets on How to Dominate Your Market
How can you emerge from today's ever-constant competition?
By Kc Agu
Thought Leaders
10 Must-Read Books About the Market, Investing and Building Wealth
If you want to get started with investing, you need to start reading these books.
Business Ideas
Don’t Be Afraid to Embrace Boring Ideas
Kikkerland's annual design competition results in an unexpected bestseller.
Building a Business
3 Steps to Spotting Opportunity in Markets With Dominant Players
No matter how big the business, new opportunities exist and always will. The trick is how to see them and exploit them before anyone else.
By Jen O'Neal
Business Ideas
The 3-Step Approach for Testing Out Your Business Idea
Here's how to learn the most from your potential customers and get honest feedback.
Marketing
3 Reasons to Start Copying Your Competitors Today
You don't have to steal strategies or plagiarize work to learn from your competitors-find out how.
Marketing
5-Step Guide to Crowdsourcing Like a Pro
Make sure your audience loves your product before you even make it.
By Jim Joseph
Building a Business
How Entrepreneurs Can Conduct Primary Market Research
The entrepreneurship community has lagged behind in incorporating primary market research into startup formation, which is a significant missed opportunity.
By Bill Aulet
Business Ideas
How to Avoid Getting Fooled By Trends
These three common misinterpretations can lead to false hopes and product failures in the healthy and wellness industry and beyond.
By Roger Cusa
Business Ideas
How I Came Up With a Million-Dollar Ecommerce Idea in 20 Minutes
If people are lining up for a product, figure out how to make the line shorter and they'll buy from you.
Marketing
How to Get a New Product to Market Without Hiring Market Researchers
Thoroughly exploring the market you think exists for your product is crucial, even if you can't afford it.
By Lesya Liu