The Grind: Page 9
5 Tips for Picking the Perfect Partner
Choosing business partners is not easy. If they are going to be with you in the long haul, you need to make sure they are a great fit. Here are a few things you should be considering.
3 Ways to Treat Early Adopters Like Royalty
When first launching an endeavor, getting the first few customers on board can be extremely challenging. Yet, they provide a load of information. Here is how to make sure they are happy.
What a CFO Taught My Startup About Projections
From hockey-stick growth to flat lines, projections can run the gamut. For our series The Grind, the founder of S.W. Basics offers up advice about how she handled these, at times, elusive forecasts.
Attention Culturists, Political Junkies and Renegades: Here is Where to Launch Your Startup
While Silicon Valley, New York and Boston's entrepreneurial ecosystem get the most media attention, these hubs don't make sense for all companies. For our series The Grind, globe-trotting entrepreneur Jamie Wong gives us the skinny on other amazing locations to start a company.
How Changing Gears Stopped My Startup From Failing
For our series The Grind, the founder of Practice Makes Perfect discusses how pivoting helped him not fall into the category of failures.
Why a Dog-Eat-Dog Mentality Doesn't Work
Thinking that you have to annihilate your competitors to dominate your industry may not be the best approach to scale your company. Here is why.
How to Go 'Cha-Ching' With an Affiliate Program
When budgets are lean and resources tight, consider turning to an affiliate program to increase sales.
Why You Should Sell First, Build Later
For our series The Grind, the founder of Alumnify explains why his philosophy is sell, sell, sell and not launch quickly.
Closing Shop: Why I Decided to Throw in the Towel
For our series The Grind, the founder of a healthy salad restaurant explains why she decided to call it a day and shut her restaurant doors.
Want to Work at a Startup? Here Is How.
For our series The Grind, the founder of S.W. Basics offers up advice on how to catch the attention of startup founders.
Why Landing at a Big Retailer Wasn't Our Golden Goose
For product-focused startups having your item on the shelves of big-box stores isn't always what it is cracked up to be. Here are three hidden challenges you may face.
Going Global: The Secret to Being Everywhere at Once
While scaling a business globally can be an exciting, it can also be challenging. Jamie Wong of Vayable offers up advice on how a lean startup can scale internationally.
How to Make Your First Hire Less Terrifying
Bringing on your first employee can be a scary but a necessary task. Karim Abouelnaga of Practice Makes Perfect provides tips on how to make the process less painful.
Why I Learned to Code and How You Can in 3 Months
For our series The Grind, AJ Agrawal opens up about why he decided to put everything on the back burner to become a programmer and why he is so glad he did.
Why Growing Your Business Is All About Perspective
For our series The Grind, entrepreneur Greg Connolly explains how changing his mentality helped him become a better entrepreneur.