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Learn How to Ace Growth Challenges in Your New Business

Before all else, if you're about to start your journey as a new business owner, congratulations! And welcome to the entrepreneurial world. Before setting the wheels in motion, discover the various growth stages your business...

byNicola Charing

June 2, 2022

Decentralized Crowdfunding: How Much Can a Startup Raise?

When it comes to funding, startups have several options. They can go the traditional route and seek out angel investors or venture capitalists. Or they can crowdfund their projects through platforms like Kickstarter or Indiegogo....

byJordan Bishop

June 1, 2022

6 Tips to Help Find Empowerment Through Embracing Failure

Launching a business is an exciting, and challenging, prospect. Unfortunately, there will always be times at which you experience unexpected roadblocks as an entrepreneur. It might be misplaced trust in an unreliable partner, lost revenue,...

byMonica Eaton-Cardone

June 1, 2022

5 Tips for Starting a Business

Starting a business can be very difficult, especially since more than 50 percent of UK startups fail within their first year. In our guide to starting a business, we provide a proven method to become...

byMark Wright

May 31, 2022

‘The Startup of You’: Why You Need to Embrace Your Free Agency

Excerpted from "The Startup of You (Revised and Updated)" by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha. Copyright © 2012 by Reid Hoffman. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without...

byReid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha

May 31, 2022

Managing Personal Finances When Starting a Business

As an entrepreneur, you know saving money is crucial. It can be tempting to throw all of your money into your newest venture, but doing so can risk heavy losses if it doesn’t take off....

byDevin Partida

May 27, 2022

Reinventing Yourself? How Founders Got People to See Them Differently

Sometimes, to progress in business and in life, you need to reinvent yourself. These successful business founders and Advisors in The Oracles have been there. Here’s their advice on how to make people see you differently...

byThe Oracles

May 26, 2022

Is Your Big Idea Investor-Worthy? Ask Yourself These 4 Questions Pre-Launch

Entrepreneurs certainly aren’t lacking for ideas — but that doesn’t mean every concept is worth pursuing. It’s not enough to separate the good ideas from the bad. It’s about identifying the great ones. Investors want to know...

byJanielle Denier

May 25, 2022

4 Steps to Creating Your Company’s Strategic Business Statement (or BHAG)

You’re not a failure if you don’t achieve your goal. Most companies adopt a certain type of goal setting to drive their business. Whether company milestones or individual KPIs, these goals are focused on one...

byJosh Cohen

May 19, 2022

The Value of Home-Based Businesses to Economic Recovery

The challenge of America’s economic recovery, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, is to spread it to every community – and especially those that have been historically excluded. The key to meeting that challenge...

byIlana Preuss

May 18, 2022

11 Self-Made Millionaires Reveal the Best Advice They Ever Got

These millionaires and advisors in The Oracles have had some super-smart mentors; so we asked them for the best advice they’ve ever received. Here’s what they told us — and how it led to their success....

byThe Oracles

May 16, 2022

5 Strategies for Building a Great Startup Team

The way you treat your employees, their time, skills and abilities in the early phases of your union as a team influences the rest of your company's course of action. Mark Zuckerberg once said, "The...

byGaurav Belani

May 13, 2022

WJR Business Beat: Job Switchers Rewarded with Higher Pay (Episode 406)

On today's Business Beat, Jeff Sloan talks about how it's going to be more difficult and costly for small businesses to hire the best talent because job switchers during the pandemic have seen significant salary...

byStartupNation

May 12, 2022

How Pitch Videos Can Help Your Startup Get Funding

When you’re about to launch a startup, gaining the interest and support of startup investors is an important element in becoming a successful brand. These days, videos are a great way of communicating information and...

byKevin Payne

May 11, 2022

A Q&A with Ryan Close of Bartesian: Creating and Marketing a Game Changer

Bartesian started as a dream for Ryan Close. But in just a few years, his cocktail company had 975% year-over-year growth and more than $50 million in sales. The business is a media darling and...

byRyan Close

May 10, 2022

Reselling Basics: 6 Priceless Tips to Get Your Business Going

We live in an exciting world where it’s pretty straightforward for anyone with an entrepreneurial spirit to start a business. However, you don’t need a groundbreaking idea to launch a company; you can resell other...

byGilles Couvreur

May 2, 2022

How Startups Can Balance Social Impact and Profit

Professor Henrietta Onwuegbuzie of Lagos Business School claims, “Being purpose-driven helps companies grow faster and make more money.” But what exactly does it mean to be a purpose-driven business, and how can startups balance social...

byChristos Kritikos

April 29, 2022

Why and How Companies Must Prepare for ESG Investing

Historically, revenue, capital growth and safety of returns have been the key determinants used by investors when making any investment decision. And, that still holds true – but there is a new factor that investment...

byAdhip Ray

April 28, 2022

The Importance of a Having a Business Mentor When Starting Up

As an entrepreneur, you have a fierce independent streak. It’s how you got your business off the ground in the first place. However, there will come a time where you hit a wall when it...

byParker Davis

April 26, 2022

Your First 6 Months in Business: A To-Do List

Getting your business off the ground is an exciting journey, but it’s not without challenges. There are a lot of moving pieces, a lot of decisions need to be made and a lot of money...

byMatthew Gillman

April 26, 2022