StartupNation Blogs

I recently spoke with Shashi Srikantan, founder of Quench Bath and Body, on StartupNation Radio. Her company offers bath and body products from around the world. What a star she is!
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Though she’s just recently become an entrepreneur, thanks in part to her use of our StartMeUp! program, Shashi has always been interested in beauty products.  [...]

I love to admit it, Rich Sloan is right.
Do all of your research diligently, assess the landscape of the market, finely define the project at hand, painstakingly lay out a time schedule, assign specific tasks to specific people, stay on top of the process with regularly scheduled meetings, set deadlines and gather feedback from team [...]

Here’s a link to the webcast of my 8 Secrets to Startup Success.
Throughout April and into early May, I was on a seminar tour with the folks at Microsoft Office Live Small Business. The tour, Vision to Venture (aimed at women entrepreneurs), was a huge success. Hundreds of people showed up in St. Louis, San [...]

Hi gang,
Yeah,  eBay has been a tough marriage the last few years for us. Â
First they jack up my Store insertion fees 150%, then they institute undocumented policies concerning the feedback system and we almost get kicked off the site (neutrals are now negatives!),  then they announce fee structure changes that actually RAISE our fees,  then [...]

So what do you do when you wake up at 4am with a leg cramp and then lie in bed for the next 45 minutes wondering if it will come back while the challenges of the upcoming day are whirling through your brain? Well, if you’re the CEO of a startup company you get up [...]

As you know, at StartupNation we’re all about helping you make progress and get stuff done easier and more effectively as an entrepreneur.
Well, this week marks a milestone for entrepreneurs who’ve been wondering when’s the right time to finally get their business online with a solid website and a comprehensive online strategy.
That time is now. [...]

The rockin' great
web team here at StartUpNation  has done it again. This time they've made the
Search Functionality on StartupNation.com something to be proud of. You can
search major sections of the site: Content, Blogs, Forums, Members,
Marketplace. And an Advanced Search will help you fine tune the results
even more.
For example, this morning I received a private message [...]

A common problem we see here on StartupNation is bootstrapping entrepreneurs without the working capital to get their company website set up properly. Having a web presence is crucial for today's start-ups, but what do you do if you you don't have the money for a site or the knowledge to build your own? The [...]

The
internet has leveled the playing field for small businesses – absolutely.
Startup companies can reach the entire globe with their product or service in a
way that just wasn’t possible a decade ago. Entrepreneurs have access to market
research that is far better and much timelier than ever before.
The ability
to implement changes swiftly is another advantage that even [...]

The new look and feel of StartupNation.com launched today with some major enhancements. The biggest and most visible is the new homepage. You can hover your mouse over 5 specially called out tabs just under the photo of Chief Startupologists Jeff & Rich Sloan, and unique content for each tab appears. The content for each [...]