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Content is (Not) King, Content is Currency

I have a love/hate relationship with the idea that content is king. For starters, there are many examples of great companies, killer profits and expansive growth that do not have content. These companies may have advertising...

byPatrick Jager

September 1, 2016

The Importance of Being Unique in Small Business

I have a confession to make: I started my company not knowing exactly what I was going to do. OK, I feel better now that I got that off my chest. Truthfully, I spent a...

byPatrick Jager

August 18, 2016

Lessons from the Field (of Dreams)

Do you have a go-to film? That one you've seen so often you can recite every line (with the proper cadence and emphasis)? One that makes you laugh and cry as hard today as when you...

byPatrick Jager

June 2, 2016

Run a contest: Win Customers (and more)!

How Running a Contest Can Generate Buzz for Your Business Need a creative way to promote your franchise opportunity? Why not give one away? That’s what we’re doing at SOLDIERFIT, a military-inspired fitness franchise headquartered...

byDavid Posin

May 15, 2015

Keshia Ashe gives young girls ManyMentors in STEM

ManyMentors focused on giving opportunities primarily to middle and high school students Keeping young people interested and involved in science and technology is an important focus and one of the major goals of the ManyMentors...

bySteph Elizondo

March 31, 2015

Lone Mopper Productions Helps Start or Grow Existing Cleaning Businesses

Lone Mopper Productions in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Boomers Back in Business and the Most Glamorous" Categories Congratulations to Lone Mopper Productions, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for being named...

byStartupNation

March 30, 2015

Sherrie Berry: Revitalizing The Skincare Industry

Changing people's lives by developing skincare products Looking at Sherrie Berry today you’d never know she was the victim of an accidental backyard explosion that burned her face, chest and arm less than a decade...

byKatelyn Gendron

March 30, 2015

My Bella Mia Boutique Keeps Princesses in Trendy Baubles

My Bella Mia Boutique in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Most Glamorous and Savviest in Social Media" Categories Congratulations to My Bella Mia Boutique, located in Cotati, California, for being...

byStartupNation

March 27, 2015

Little Wonders Montessori: A Place of Inspiration and Learning

Little Wonders Montessori in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Greenest and Recession Busters" Categories Congratulations to Little Wonders Montessori, located in San Francisco, California, for being named in the Top...

byStartupNation

March 26, 2015

Toni Nelson can Help You to “Rethink, Reinvent and Relaunch”

Toni Nelson is in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Most Innovative" Category Congratulations to Toni Nelson, Savvy Entrepreur, located in Placida, Florida, for being named in the Top 100 for...

byStartupNation

March 25, 2015

City Maid Service Cleans Up the City!

City Maid Service in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Greenest & Most Innovative" Categories Congratulations to City Maid Service, located in New York, New York, for being named in the...

byStartupNation

March 24, 2015

Bring your book idea to life with Write Your Book!

Write Your Book in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Recession Busters" Category Congratulations to Write Your Book, located in Saunderstown, Rhode, Island, for being named in the Top 100 for...

byStartupNation

March 24, 2015

A necessity for a mother, but a father gets most of the credit for Swinga Baby

Swinga Baby in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Greenest and Most Innovative" Categories Congratulations to Swinga Baby Products Limited, located in Barrington, Illinois, for being named in the Top 100...

byStartupNation

March 23, 2015

iRock Resume Services Knows How to Sell People!

iRock Resume Services in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Recession Busters" Category Congratulations to iRock Resume Services, located in Dallas, Texas, for being named in the Top 100 for 2014...

byStartupNation

March 9, 2015

How soon will Micromax become the next Samsung? A start-up story

Micromax: Local business gives Sony a run for their money Micromax started off as an IT company in 2000. Headquartered in Gurgaon, it was initially meant to develop embedded platform. By 2008, it started rebranding...

byLinda Page

March 6, 2015

Cheese Cake Delite: A “Tastefully” Done Entrepreneurial Endeavor

Cheese Cake Delite in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Yummiest" Category Congratulations to Cheese Cake Delite, located in Stockbridge, Georgia, for being named in the Top 100 for 2014 Home-Based...

byStartupNation

February 27, 2015

LURE Home Spa Becomes an Entrepreneur’s “AHHHHH”-HA Business Venture

LURE Home Spa is in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Most Glamorous and Most Innovative" Categories Congratulations to LURE Home Spa, located in Marlboro, New Jersey, for being named in...

byStartupNation

February 20, 2015

Mom Turns Need and Idea Into an Entrepreneurial Success: Nizo Nursing Wear

Nizo Nursing Wear in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Most Innovative" Category Congratulations to Nizo Nursing Wear, located in Erie, Colorado, for being named in the Top 100 for 2014...

byStartupNation

February 19, 2015

The Welcome Committee

The Welcome Committee is in the Top 100 and the Top 10 of the "Most Innovative and Boomers Back in Business" Categories Congratulations to The Welcome Committee, located in Mooresville, North Carolina, for being named...

byStartupNation

February 19, 2015

Hothouse Botanicals Business Owner Loves the Freedom of Entrepreneurship!

Hothouse Botanicals in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Greenest and Most Glamorous" Categories Congratulations to Hothouse Botanicals, located in Chandler, Arizona, for being named in the Top 100 for 2014...

byStartupNation

February 18, 2015