Building a Business
Make Friends First and Pretend You’re Switzerland: 7 Tips for a Successful Business Partnership
Good relationships deliver 100 percent for each partner. Why not over-deliver?
By Keith Krach
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Thought Leaders
How to Know When You Should Partner With a Nonprofit
Ask yourself the right questions about whether now's the time to partner with a nonprofit. Then, team up and go save the world.
By Kevin Xu
Thought Leaders
4 Strategies to Build a Stronger Brand Through Philanthropy
A philanthropic plan can help charities accomplish their missions while growing your company and your brand.
Business Accounting
Get Real About Your Business and Avoid Reality-Show-Makeover Syndrome
Work with a trusted advisor to develop a strategic forecast, and you won't need 15 minutes of fame to rescue your business.
Building a Business
9 Tips for Creating an Awesome Brand
Building a successful brand is a lot of work upfront and a big payoff ever after.
By John Rampton
Building a Business
7 Keys to Healthy Co-founder Partnerships
These concepts are relevant for entrepreneurs who want to strengthen their collaboration.
Building a Business
3 Ways Co-Marketing Can Help Your Small Business Grow
By working together on promotional efforts to promote a product, service or piece of content, all businesses involved benefit.
Building a Business
How Startups and Legacy Companies Can Both Cash In on Market Trends
What service or product can you provide to companies looking to ride the next big wave to sweep through a consumer market?
Marketing
New Star Wars Film Is a Marketing Force Brands Should Study
'The Force Awakens' is predicted to break box-office records, thanks in part to numerous brand partnerships.
Building a Business
Accelerate Your Business Growth Through Partnering
Well aligned companies can accomplish far more combined than either can hope for separately.
Building a Business
4 Ways You Can Secure Partnerships for Your Startup
Looking for a strategic new alliance? Trying looking in all the "wrong" places to find just the right partner.
Buying a Franchise
4 Questions to Ask to Hire a Great ‘Biz Dev’ Team for Your Startup
What strategies does that applicant have to move your company toward a great strategic partnership?
By Chuck Cohn
Building a Business
10 Characteristics of Unstoppable Partnerships
Nothing does more to unlock our individual potential than working with devoted partners.
Business Accounting
Everything You Need to Know About Business Partnerships
Before you even start thinking about bringing another business partner on board, find out what this legal expert has to say about the pitfalls of partnerships.
Marketing
5 Time-Tested Marketing Strategies for Building a Million-Dollar Business
There is always a lot that can go wrong in a business but a handful of marketing ideas are proven winners, when done right.
By Eric Samson
Building a Business
The 7 Elements of a Strong Business Model
Envisioning the many moving parts of a functioning business is the first step to success.
By Larry Alton
Entrepreneurs
Fear as a Positive Motivator: 5 Lessons Learned From the Loss of a Business Partner
Rather than being paralyzed by the possibility of failure, I chose to be afraid of opportunities the company would miss if we didn't push forward.
By Adam Simpson
Building a Business
10 Steps to Forming Long-Lasting Strategic Partnerships
From small-company owners to enterprise executives, partnerships are a delicate yet necessary part of any successful business strategy.
Thought Leaders
Saxbys and Drexel Team Up to Promote Entrepreneurship
Saxby's founder Nick Bayer talks about the one-of-a-kind program and why he wishes there was one for himself years ago.
By Carly Okyle
Building a Business
3 Signs That Your Partner Program Is Going Belly Up
How to ensure your partner program is set up for success, rather than ending up a total dud.
Building a Business
The 7 Deadly Sins of Joint Ventures
Joint ventures always make sense on paper but not so much when we flawed humans are actually running things.
Building a Business
To Build a Great Licensing Partnership, Discuss Expectations Early
A brand license works best when the licensors and licensees understand what to expect from each other. Misunderstandings are frustrating and costly.
Building a Business
How to Successfully Collaborate With a Larger Business Partner
Partnering with a bigger company is good for the bottom line but tough on the ego. Expect to do things their way, on their schedule.
Building a Business
How to Create Strategic Partnerships That Are a Win-Win
Follow these steps to forge relationships grounded in mutual trust that will increase your business presence and profitability.
By Kate Mckay
Business Ideas
7 Tips for a Smooth Start to Manufacturing
To avoid the pitfalls between prototype and real product, take it slow and know who you are trusting to manufacture your product.
Building a Business
4 Tips to Go Further, Faster with Strategic Partnerships
If done correctly, partnerships can help your startup gain credibility and distribution.
Building a Business
6 Steps to Managing Your Overwhelming Workload
Entrepreneurs' workload can often be massive, causing people to become stressed out. To get everything done (and not go crazy), here are a few guidelines to manage business tasks.