Building a Business
5 Rookie Branding Mistakes Every Entrepreneur Makes But Shouldn’t
Nearly everybody just trying to keep their startup solvent skimps on branding and all of them would be better off it they didn't.
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Thought Leaders
How Being Transparent Helps Scale Your Company
A culture of trust is the bedrock for success. It starts living your core values every day.
By David Stack
Business Plan
7 Things You Must Do Before Quitting Your Job or You’re Screwed
Leaving your job to become your own boss without going broke requires setting the groundwork just right. Few people do.
By John Rampton
Building a Business
5 Lessons Learned the Hard Way for Building an Authority Website
Jason Wachob was broke and nearly unable to walk when he launched what has become a thriving health-oriented website.
By Dan Dowling
Building a Business
The Most Essential Things You Need in a Business Accelerator
A positive experience depends on setting realistic expectations and understanding what these programs can and can't do.
Building a Business
4 Product Management Mistakes That Will Drive You Crazy
Most startup leaders still don't understand the basic components of leading a product team. Do you?
By Andrew Medal
Online Presence
Why Your Startup Needs to Protect Its Online Reputation From Day 1
It's important for every company to be proactive about its online reputation.
By Andrew Medal
Business Operations & Logistics
What Startups Should Do Differently When It Comes to PR
Startups must specifically address the unique needs and challenges of being a new company while creating their PR strategy.
By Ivy Cohen
Building a Business
We Interviewed Barbara Corcoran Live — You Told Us What to Ask Her
The 'Shark Tank' star discussed creative ways entrepreneurs can be more resourceful.
By Nina Zipkin
Business Funding
5 Reasons Bootstrapping Your Business is the Best Thing You Can Do
Investors know those companies that are bootstrapped know how to run the business and ensure equity.
By Brian Foley
Building a Business
5 Things to Know If You’re Starting a Business Under 30
Did you know, for instance, that there are substitutes for experience? And that that's not a typo?
Building a Business
Pay Yourself: Why Founders Should Set Aside Profits Every Month
Nobody you hire works for free and neither should you.
By Eric Siu
Marketing
4 Ways to Market Your Startup On the Cheap
Nothing spurs the imagination like bootstrapping with very little money to work with.
By Kc Agu
Building a Business
4 Steps From Startup to a Growth-Stage Company
Whatever your business, the fundamentals of growth are the same.
By Ed Sappin
Building a Business
A 3-Step Startup Guide to Connecting With Consumers
Improve customer relationship and your brand's relationship with them by using these three tips.
By Nathan Chan
Building a Business
The Obvious Mistake Most Startups Know Not to Make (But Still Make Anyway)
Rome wasn't built in a day and neither is a business. Start small and then scale out.
By Nicolas Cole
Building a Business
The Tax Break That Small Businesses Need to Know About (Infographic)
You can get a tax deduction for equipment you buy for your startup
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
The Best Ways to Attract Clients for Your Medical Claims Billing Service
Landing your first client can be the hardest part about starting your own billing service. Learn about the most effective ways to sign up your first – and next – clients.
Buying a Franchise
Should Millennial Entrepreneurs Start a Business or Just Buy a Business?
Don't let the glamour of having a startup blind you to the head start you can have simply buying a business.
Tech
You Can’t Expand While Your House Is on Fire
Some steps you just don't get to skip, like having a product that works as advertised, at a cost that makes economic sense.
By George Deeb
Building a Business
3 Ways to Charge for Your Medical Claims Billing Service
Before you start your medical claims billing service, it's important to figure out how you'll be charging clients.
Business Funding
3 Ways Professional Organizations Can Benefit Any Startup
Participation helps establish reputations and uncover opportunities for partnership
Building a Business
Startup Expenses for a Medical Claims Billing Service
Don't spend money where you don't need to. Discover the bare minimum in startup expenses for your new business.
Building a Business
Stop Worrying About What You Don’t Know and Just Focus on Opportunities
Making your startup a success has far more to do with the what you'll figure out than what you already know.
By Sabine Ghali
Building a Business
4 Ways to Make Sure You Aren’t Hiring the Wrong People for Your Startup
Look beyond their resume, and take them for a test drive if you can.
Building a Business
How to Determine the Best Markets to Target for Your Medical Claims Billing Service
You can't get started until you have clients, so find out how to target the ones that are a good fit for your service.
Building a Business
Here Are 4 Things I Would Have Done Differently as a Founder
After 4 years, an entrepreneur looks back and realizes that sometimes a bad decision is better than no decision.
By Holger Seim