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Growth Strategies

Startups Should Work On the Technical Side First & Then Solve the Problem

Unless you have tweaked the idea, tested it out, done a bit of prototyping and marketing don't over project the financials.

Fundraising

This Maker Aggressively Expanded Her Business Without a Traditional Loan. Here's How.

Have more demand than you can fill? This new spin on financing can help.

Growing a Business

If, Like Many Others, You're Hesitating About Going Public, Scale This Way Instead.

Remain private as a business, and scale that way. The outcome will be a good one.

Growing a Business

The 4 Things You Need to Do to Make the Platform Play

How to transition your SaaS business for a platform sell.

Marketing

You Can't Succeed at Sales Working in Failure Mode

Customers buy products because of awesome marketing, not because of an awesome salesperson.

Thought Leaders

5 Traits That Distinguish Serial Entrepreneurs

Few people are inspired to start a business more than once. Then there are the people who just can't stop.

Culture

In Business, Does Size Matter?

Popular wisdom says you're better off on your own or working for a small company than a big corporation, but is that really true?

Growing a Business

4 Fatal Sharing Economy Mistakes

Uber and Airbnb are exalted examples of sharing-economy success. Many more companies you've never heard of illustrate what not to do.

Growing a Business

The 9 Growing Pains Entrepreneurs Need to Overcome

Growing pains either overwhelm entrepreneurs and cause them to give up, back down or alter their vision or teach them new lessons and allow them to better understand their business or industry.

Science & Technology

4 Reasons Not to Confuse Early-Stage Money for Success

The rigors of bootstrapping your startup shape company culture, compel innovation and keep control where you want it, in your hands.

Growing a Business

3 Tips for Not Stumbling When Your Startup Is Poised to Scale

Size is a consideration all of its own. A company ready to grow has to carefully examine what got it to that point to determine if it is still useful.

Growing a Business

For Long-Term Growth, First Scale Your Foundation

Don't let the exhilaration of the initial growth spurt distract you from the fundamentals necessary to grow for years.

Resumes & Interviewing

Don't Make These 10 Startup Mistakes

Due to entrepreneurs' lack of experience, many startups end up in failure. Here's how to avoid disaster.