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Upskilling to Launch Your Startup

Upskilling: Learning new skillsets When launching a startup, you’ll need to focus not only on creating an excellent product or providing a useful service. Becoming a business owner requires a whole new skill set, requiring...

byRachel MacDonald

July 7, 2015

5 Quick Strategies To Help Entrepreneurs Shift From Hobbyists To Business Owners

How to Transition from Hobbyist to Business Owner Making money from your hobby is not synonymous with having a business. Unfortunately, far too many people don’t understand that. What’s the difference between a hobbyist and...

byLioness Magazine

June 24, 2015

Advice BEFORE You Start Your First Business

My advice for tomorrow's entrepreneurs: What I wish I'd known when starting my first business Good people are invaluable, average people are expensive Surround yourself with the right people in your first business, from the...

byAlastair Campbell

June 1, 2015

Want effective marketing? You need a startup mentality.

A startup mentality: NOT a bad thing to have! The way people are consuming content has vastly changed in the last decade. While long-standing companies scurry to find new and innovative ways to deliver their...

byNatasha Clark

April 9, 2015

Entrepreneurial success: what it takes to get there

Entrepreneurial success: Getting there Succeeding as an entrepreneur takes much more than just a bankable business idea. Start-ups face highly unstable conditions, and entrepreneurs striving for success need to persevere in the face of uncertainty....

byCarlos Baradello

March 23, 2015

My Top 5 Must-Reads for Startup Founders in 2015

Founders Can Find Practical Startup Advice in Books When you're just starting out, you have a lot to learn. These five inspirational and educational books for startup founders offer practical advice to help you get...

by Jayneberinger64

March 12, 2015

The Challenges and Rewards of Creating a Startup in East Africa

Advances and opportunities are on the rise for startups in East Africa The growth potential for business in East Africa is huge right now, as evidenced by the number of startups that have been emerging...

byEran Feinstein

March 2, 2015

How to Run a Startup While Working a Regular Job

Many entrepreneurs launch their startups while they work a day job for another company. This arrangement offers them the flexibility to earn a salary while also allowing them to focus on their venture. While this...

byMarco Terry

January 8, 2015

Starting a business question from a blog reader

I began answering this question from one of my readers, and then just figured I might as well turn this into a blog post so others can benefit from it. The following question was asked:...

byCorey Kossack

July 29, 2007

Life is Short.

Last week was a tough week. Hundreds of people lost their lives in the escalating war in Iraq. The Virginia Tech massacre left 33 students and faculty dead and 29 others injured. A neighbor of...

byJack Burris

April 24, 2007

Every Day Seems More Intense When You’re Starting Up Your Business

I'm going to the Detroit Tigers baseball game tonight with my bride Suzanne. Section 144, Row L, Seats 8 & 9. The reason we're going to this particular game is that the Tigers starting pitcher...

byJoel Welsh

April 20, 2007

Reaching the Do Point

You've got a killer idea. (But, hey, you have a busy life.) You've never seen or heard of a business like it. (But does the idea already exist and you just haven't seen it?) You...

byRich Sloan

April 7, 2007

Britney Spears as an Entrepreneur?

Yes, that is exactly the kind of conversation that goes on sometimes in the StartupNation community forums. And for good reason. It's often the wacky, off the wall, “bend your mind just a little bit”...

byJoel Welsh

January 17, 2007

Sara Blakely turned visible panty lines and uncomfortable g-strings into a booming business

The genesis of a new business idea can come from anywhere. You don't like visible panty lines on your rear end? Your g-strings just aren't all that comfy? Hmm - There ought to be a...

byJoel Welsh

October 18, 2006

When Small Business Opportunity Knocks, Answer the Door!

You say you're not an entrepreneur? You look at Henry Ford & Ray Kroc and say, “Well, that was all fine & dandy for them, but I'm not even close to inventing the automobile assembly...

byJoel Welsh

September 21, 2006

Starting a business may be a trait we pass on to our children

From Joan Isabella, StartupNation Radio consultant My father is celebrating his 80th birthday this week. So I will try out my toast to him on you. First a little background: When my parents married, they...

byJoan Isabella

September 13, 2006