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How The Federal Reserve Hiking Interest Rates Affects Your Startup

With all the tasks that come with starting a new business—managing the books, acquiring customers, ensuring positive cash flow and so on—it can be a challenge to stay on top of all the macroeconomic changes...

byMatthew Gillman

March 22, 2023

6 Recession-Proof Side Hustles You Can Start Today to Bring in Extra Cash

With a couple of banks going under and jitters spreading about the banking industry overall, fears of a recession are back in the headlines. So it's only natural that with this economic volatility comes more...

byJennifer Paley

March 16, 2023

Learn How to Start and Build a Successful Lifestyle Brand

You’ve developed a great line of products or services. Now what? There are plenty of sales-focused businesses out there where this is the end of the story: have stuff, sell stuff, make money. Some entrepreneurs,...

byVeronica Vargas

March 16, 2023

7 Business Plan Essentials for Starting a Company

Launching a business is undoubtedly daunting. From brainstorming ideas, creating a business plan, and recruiting team members, those processes are time-consuming and energy-draining. You can always start a business on a smaller scale. Once you...

byAndre Oentoro

March 8, 2023

Q&A: New $10K Grants and Other Benefits for Entrepreneurs

Verizon's program for small business just released information on its latest round of grant funding. The grant program is in partnership with LISC, and through it, Verizon Small Business Digital Ready has committed $1M in...

byStartupNation

March 7, 2023

For Anyone Wanting to Start a Business, There Is a Season

Is there such a thing as the “best” time of year to start a business? A strong argument can be made for early in the year, when entrepreneurs are rewarded with tax and accounting benefits....

byDeborah Sweeney

February 15, 2023

The 7 Benefits of Forming a Corporation

Whether you are just starting your business or you have already been operating as a sole proprietorship or general partnership, you may be wondering about the benefits of forming your business as a corporation. That's...

byBizFilings

February 14, 2023

15 Quotes That Will Motivate You to Start a Side Hustle (and Be a Better Entrepreneur)

It's normal to experience dips in motivation, to want to procrastinate instead of dealing with the mountain of work that lies ahead. But at the end of the day, true entrepreneurs know that you have...

byRyan Robinson

February 14, 2023

The Best Funding Options for Minority Entrepreneurs

Access to funding is often the difference between growing a successful business and closing up shop. And while there are a lot of funding options out there for entrepreneurs in general, minorities often need to...

byEric Goldschein

February 13, 2023

11 Reasons Why You Need a Side Hustle

Side hustles aren’t new, but in today's volatile economy they’re more popular than ever. Especially now, with so many ways to make money online, more and more people are deciding to pursue a side hustle. ...

byGeorgi Todorov

February 9, 2023

How to Use the Eisenhower Matrix for Business Decision-Making

While entrepreneurship affords you flexibility, the ability to do something you love, and many more amazing benefits, the work of a business owner never stops. In fact, 81% of business owners routinely work more than...

byScott Lieberman

February 2, 2023

9 Essential Skills You Need to Start and Run a Successful Business

It’s easy to feel underqualified when you’re about to start a new business. It’s a huge undertaking! But the fact is that more people than ever seem to be taking the leap. In 2022, according...

byEmerson De Oliveira

February 1, 2023

6 Steps to Choosing a Business, from Following Your Passion to Measuring Your Risk

There are always three crucial up-front decisions for anyone who wants to start a small business--and, let's face it, that pool of people seems to grow larger every day. The first decision is whether to...

byStartupNation

January 31, 2023

10 Common Traits of an Entrepreneur

Many people dream of being an entrepreneur, especially in times like today when economic volatility has led to deep layoffs in the tech sector and general job insecurity in other industries. Aspiring entrepreneurs envision their...

byAnne MacRae

January 27, 2023

From Startup Nonprofits to Major Players, the 6 Keys to Growth in 2023

In order to make an impact in the nonprofit sector, it is important for organizations to understand and embrace the primary growth factors that will be at play in the coming year. While there are...

byGaurav Belani

January 4, 2023

Why the Beginning of the Year is the Best Time to Start a Business

The beginning of the year has always been a popular time to start a business. If you’ve been considering forming an LLC or incorporating, but are curious about the benefits of starting up in January,...

byJames Gilmer

January 1, 2023

Monetizing Your True Purpose: How to Make Money at Anything

By now, you've mastered the importance of cracking your life’s purpose code and finding your purpose. Now, it’s time to discuss monetizing your true purpose. There are five primary reasons people do not achieve their...

byEric Lochtefeld

October 27, 2022

Why the Supply Chain Disruption Is Actually Good for Small Business

When the economy is strong, and the sales are rolling in, there is little incentive for entrepreneurs to come up with any new innovations. It is only when something dramatic like a pandemic hits, and...

byKim Staflund

October 17, 2022

Want to Become a Digital Nomad-preneur? Avoid These Blunders

The dream of many office dwellers is to shed their winter coats and boots, grab a laptop and flip-flops, and build a riches-producing business while sipping iced lattes on a beach somewhere. As silly as...

byEthan Drower

October 14, 2022

5 of the Biggest Gaps in Cyber Liability Insurance

An alarming number of data breaches and cyberattacks have occurred in the past several years, thanks to a global pandemic and various other factors. More precisely, cyberattacks have increased by 27% compared to 2020, with...

byRachel Jenkins

October 13, 2022