Five Hidden Challenges of Entrepreneurship
Most entrepreneurs expect to face the “normal” challenges of starting a business, which include finding the right opportunity, building and executing a winning plan, and financing their venture. But many…
Business Basics Posts
11 Tips for Building Enchanting Startup Websites
Traditional marketing says you have to “push” your message out to customers, over and over again, to get it remembered. A more effective approach in today’s Internet and interactive culture…
Curators Help Find the Best Content for Entrepreneurs
Every entrepreneur is flooded with information from all directions, but despite their best efforts to absorb it, they likely miss the information really needed to start a business. These days,…
6 Problems Investors Can’t Live With
New entrepreneurs often seem to confuse viability with fundability. Certainly a non-viable business should be not fundable, but many viable businesses are also not fundable. Thus when an investor declines…
11 Signs You’re One of the Best Entrepreneurs
At some point in their life, hopefully, everyone strives to be the best in their chosen profession. Most people think that being the best requires more intelligence, more training, and…
How Can You Run a Company if You Can’t Run Your Life?
People who can’t manage their own lives don’t make good entrepreneurs. Small businesses require multi-tasking, work prioritization, and decision-making, with no entourage of assistants and specialists. That’s why Fortune 500…
8 Signs of Trouble in Startup Paradise
Starting a business is a lot like starting a marriage. At first, all parties are in dreamland, with a vision of changing the world, having lots of fun, and raking…
Assemble Your Army of Entrepreneurs
Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. Then they are surprised…
Ten Calculated Risks Worth Taking
Being a risk-taker in business is not the same as being reckless. Nevertheless, the word “risk” has a negative connotation to most of us, implying danger and possible loss. For…
Tech Startup Expenses Continue to Fall
I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any…