Business Blogs: Trends, tips, and real-life anecdotes from industry experts.

Wow – we are blown away by the overwhelming response to this week’s short contest at StartupNation.com. So many of you responded and expressed appreciation as you discovered a great deal of value on the website that you didn’t previously know about. Thank You!
Your feedback has caused us to ask just a few more questions, [...]

I wonder if you’d help me settle a bet we have running in the office?
It’s my belief that as a visitor to StartupNation.com you tend to focus on one aspect of our website and don’t often get exposed to the entirety of what we offer. I also believe that if you were to check out [...]

To coin a phrase, everything old is cool again, and it took a woodworker who thought just like that to come up with our cool company of the day.
Tom Bashara started his Colorado Springs-based e-tail business, Turn Your Head, in 2004 after thinking up a unique way to preserve his little girls’ faces as keepsakes.
He’s [...]

When it comes to marketing strategies and sales tactics, the idea of giving away your product is a classic one. But does it work?
We have a real live example right here at StartupNation that occurred during our weekly team meeting. Steve, one of our StartupNation community members, showed up with cookies! Not just any cookies, [...]

eCommerce companies banking on garnering a strong holiday sales season are planning on utilizing email marketing as their first choice strategy to drive sales. This is according to the latest study by shop.org and Forrester Research.
The top 3 marketing strategies:
Email marketing 52%
Search [...]

There are many things to be impressed about by people who start and grow their own business. There is a unique success story in the news today about the co-founder of Infosys Technologies, India’s powerfully successful Consulting and IT Services company. N.R. Narayana Murthy, the entrepreneur who says he starts every day by cleaning the [...]

From Joan Isabella, StartupNation Radio consultant
I painted my son’s bedroom. Four coats later I was asking myself why I didn’t hire a painter to do the job.
Deciding to farm out a job–whether it’s outsourcing for your business, or hiring a painter– depends on more than the money involved. It really depends on how [...]

From Joan Isabella, StartupNation Radio consultant
A signature feature on StartupNation Radio is The Elevator Pitch . Participants have one minute to verbally hook the interest of a potential investor on a virtual elevator ride. We are having the first ever “StartupNation Radio Pitch-Off” on StartupNation Radio and here in the community forums at StartupNation.com.
You [...]

From Joan Isabella, StartupNation Radio consultant
StartupNation is more than a place to read articles about how to run our businesses. It’s a place for us to find confidants (and according to this recent survey we need them more than ever), a place to share ideas, get constructive criticism, and to help one another make [...]

From Dennis Hitzeman
My friend Mike probably holds the world record for building the most winning teams. We entered West Point in July of 1965, two Chicago dudes recruited for sports. He played basketball for Bobby Knight; I played football for Bill Parcells. We both spent most of our years on the bench, but we learned [...]