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5 Qualities You Need to Become a Successful Entrepreneur Later in Life

No matter what age you are, pursuing an entrepreneurial path is always a risky endeavor. The good news is, the odds are increasingly in the favor of baby boomers. Starting a business is increasingly becoming...

byMyCorporation

July 5, 2018

Straight Talk for Startups: Mastering the Fundamentals

The following is excerpted from "Straight Talk for Startups: 100 Insider Rules for Beating the Odds—From Mastering the Fundamentals to Selecting Investors, Fundraising, Managing Boards, and Achieving Liquidity" by Randy Komisar and Jantoon Reigersman. Copyright...

byRandy Komisar and Jantoon Reigersman

June 26, 2018

5 Pieces of Startup Advice That Every Entrepreneur Should Avoid

Entrepreneurs are always hungry for advice and guidance from veterans who have already grown their businesses. There is no shortage of perceived wisdom regularly handed out that all entrepreneurs should take heed of. There are...

byHenry Cazalet

June 20, 2018

Living the Dream: Pursuing Passion and Entrepreneurship [Radio]

On this episode of StartupNation Radio, your host, Jeff Sloan, is joined by Pappas Financial president and founder, Norm Pappas, in the co-host seat. This week, the two talk to entrepreneurs who are living their...

byStartupNation

June 9, 2018

4 Steps to Go From Freelancer to Full-Time Entrepreneur

You’ve been working as a freelancer for a while and you’re ready to fully commit to entrepreneurship. Maybe you’ve continued to work your 9-to-5 while you freelance on the side as a means to test...

bySusan Guillory

May 30, 2018

Common Challenges to Starting (and Maintaining) a Side Hustle

Every once in a while, you might find yourself dreaming of working for yourself, either as a full-fledged entrepreneur, or by testing the waters with a side hustle. Plenty of people have second jobs, or...

byNick Rojas

May 27, 2018

How Quitting My Job and Becoming an Entrepreneur Unleashed My Creativity

Two years ago, I had it all. I was working for a venture-funded company, we were growing, and I was in a leadership position with a decent equity stake. Honestly, I was living the dream, and I...

byTyler Hakes

May 25, 2018

6 Female Millennials Who Ditched Their Corporate Jobs for Side Hustles — and Were Successful

We hear stories all the time about entrepreneurs who leave their 9 to 5 jobs in favor of bringing their side hustles to life. But, what about those working in cushy corporate positions? If the...

byDeborah Sweeney

May 23, 2018

Former Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation President and CEO on 5 Things Every Aspiring Entrepreneur Should Know

The following is excerpted from "Burn the Business Plan: What Great Entrepreneurs Really Do" by Carl Schramm. Copyright © 2018 by Carl Schramm. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Good...

byCarl Schramm

May 22, 2018

How to Validate Your Business Idea

In my last post, I talked about how you can generate business ideas. Now, I would like to share some methods on how you can validate your ideas to see which ones you should pursue...

byDavid Pike

May 22, 2018

10 Steps to Start a Side Hustle (While Working a Full-Time Job)

Never in history have we seen such rapid growth in the number of entrepreneurs who’ve begun working for themselves. From app developers, to freelance writers, business consultants, creative producers and startup founders, there’s no shortage...

byRyan Robinson

May 21, 2018

Think You’re Too Busy to Start a Side Hustle? Why You Might Be Wrong and 10 Ideas to Get Started

The term “side hustle” is a relatively new one, but the idea has been around for decades. Your full-time job likely supplies you with the income you need to stay afloat, but if you had...

byAnna Johansson

May 19, 2018

Study Explores the Current State of American Small Business Owners

The early bird gets the worm. Nice guys finish last. You snooze, you lose. Sound familiar? As entrepreneurs, we’ve all been hardwired, to some extent, to believe that the more hours we put in and...

byKim Harris

May 18, 2018

How to Go From Side Hustle to Full-Time Freelancer in the Gig Economy

I can’t stand the word “hustle.” It gives me visions of a bloodshot-eyed, head-in-hands freelancer barely holding onto their dream of building an empire. Why do we see “hustling” as a good thing? Is becoming burnt...

byGaby Román

May 14, 2018

Starting a Business in Outer Space (and Other Places to Pop-Up) [Radio]

On this episode of StartupNation Radio, your host, StartupNation founder and CEO, Jeff Sloan, is joined by two co-hosts, Norm Pappas and Mark Bennett. Together, they chat with two entrepreneurs making their startup dreams come...

byStartupNation

May 12, 2018

Entrepreneur Chris Guillebeau’s Formula for Creating a Side Hustle in 27 Days

Author, speaker and entrepreneur Chris Guillebeau is best known for his renowned books, "The $100 Startup" and "The Art of Non-Conformity." He is also an expert travel hacker, and host of the annual World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon....

byCara O'Bleness

May 9, 2018

How to Successfully Juggle Freelance Gigs as a Full-Time Employee

According to a recent study from TSheets by QuickBooks, 21 million individuals in the United States already have side hustles that they plan to keep going in 2018 and beyond. Data collected by Intuit and...

byDeborah Sweeney

May 7, 2018

The 3 Stages of Launching a Successful Side Hustle

The term “side hustle” is a huge misnomer. Why? Because “on the side” means that your new endeavor is going to fit in nicely with everything else going on in your life: work, school, significant...

byMike Miyake

May 4, 2018

Top 5 Survival Tips for Acquiring a Business Successfully

After 13 years of owning a more traditional, boutique PR and marketing agency, I looked into buying a digital agency to round out what we can offer our clients. We wanted to be more in...

byHolly Rollins

April 29, 2018

This Sneaky Hack Saved Me $7000 (and Helped Me Build a Million Dollar Business)

I started my first company when I was six years old, selling fallen apples to keep the streets clean. I have always seen problems and created a solution, despite all the odds. So when it...

byCrystal Etienne

April 20, 2018