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Costs of Starting a Business: Bricks & Mortar Retail Startup

Establishing a bricks-and-mortar store can be one of the costliest forms of starting a business. And yet it’s also possible to save a lot on expenses and to leverage minimal resources into big results --...

byStartupNation

June 8, 2006

Is Sole Proprietorship For You?

The day you start acting as a business, you become a sole proprietorship. It’s that simple. And while fast growth and certain higher liability types of businesses might make you want to consider other legal...

byThe Sloan Brothers

June 8, 2006

6 Steps to Making Your Home Business Professional

So you’ve started up that home business and can’t wait to make calls and seal deals in your slippers and sweats? Nothing wrong with that, but the fact is it’s not going to inspire confidence...

byStartupNation

June 8, 2006

Southwest Airlines Ticket Winner!

AND THE WINNER IS... (drumroll) Our congratulations go to bridalchic! You are our first lucky entrepreneur to win two free round trip tickets on Southwest Airlines through our "Work Hard. Play Harder." Contest. bridalchic is...

byJoel Welsh

June 6, 2006

When starting a business, make yours one that gets the job done with one phone call

You know the weekend is over when your spouse heads out the door to the office and hands you a plunger while giving you a kiss goodbye. I don't know about you, but something in...

byJoan Isabella

June 5, 2006

4 Tips to Help Your Startup Business Manage Shipping

Shipping is the final stage of e-commerce fulfillment, and it’s an important one: Your customer is far more likely to remember whether your startup business got your product to her quickly, and in one piece,...

byJoseph Anthony

June 5, 2006

“Work Hard. Play Harder.” Round trip tickets from Southwest Airlines

“It's supposed to be hard. If it was easy, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.” At StartupNation, we agree with Tom Hanks character Jimmy Dugan in the movie “A League...

byJoel Welsh

June 1, 2006

Ten Steps to opening a lemonade stand

We are trying to teach our 6 year old the value of work. We are hopeful to raise a young man with a strong work ethic and desire to succeed. It's much easier said than...

byJoan Isabella

June 1, 2006

Who don’t you partner with when starting a business?

Family? Best friend since 4th grade? A co-worker that you never went to lunch with? It sure seems like big fun to start a business with someone you love to hang around with. After all,...

byJoel Welsh

June 1, 2006

Managing Inventory Assets for an Online Retailer

You’ve taken the plunge and started your business, selling online. Congratulations! But you’ve also got to do something with your wares until you sell them. So now, whether you like it or not, you’re also...

byStartupNation

June 1, 2006

More Home Business Tax Write-Offs

If you’re running a home business, have we got some good tax news for you! By popular demand, here are even more tax write-offs that are especially suited to home businesses. Employing your kids Being...

byStartupNation

June 1, 2006

Tax Write-Offs: How They Work With Your Home Business

You shouldn’t decide whether to base your business in your home or outside of it primarily on the tax advantages. But if you’ve made a commitment to start or grow your company from your living...

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June 1, 2006

Affiliate Marketing 101: Understanding the Basics

Imagine a marketing program that can increase sales 10 percent to 25 percent--and you don’t pay a dime unless you get results. Sound too good to be true? That’s pretty much how affiliate marketing works. ...

byJoseph Anthony

June 1, 2006

Grabbing Data from Your Business Website

Sure, you know that a website is critical to any small business or startup these days. But how closely are you monitoring whether or not your website is actually doing what it’s supposed to do?...

byStartupNation

June 1, 2006

Developing Marketing Materials for a Startup Business

Without customers your company is just a great idea, an innovative product, or a much-needed service. So developing marketing materials should be one of the top priorities for your startup business. Visibility puts you in...

byStartupNation

June 1, 2006

Marketing Materials Checklist for Small Business

Give each one of these items solid consideration for your initial array of marketing materials for your small business: Logo You’ll want to create a polished image from the beginning and some kind of unique...

byStartupNation

June 1, 2006

Taking Another Page from Grassroots Marketing Success

The number of effective grassroots marketing techniques is limited only by the creativity and innovation of startups who use them. Here are some more tactics that have worked for entrepreneurs like you. Grassroots marketers network...

byThe Sloan Brothers

June 1, 2006

A small business loan with a twist

Catch 22. You have a terrific idea for a profitable small business. You need some startup cash to get it rolling. Or maybe you've started your business and an influx of cash will take it...

byJoel Welsh

May 31, 2006

Entrepreneurs need to turn it off to turn it on

Entrepreneurs often don't but they especially should. And when they do, they don't really, at least not completely. (I'm reminding myself of Yogi Berra's famous quotes – my favorite: "If the fans don't come out...

byJoel Welsh

May 30, 2006

Small business owners are contestants in the real American Idol

I never watched American Idol. But I'm sure many of you have. I want to know if the show has anything to teach us about running our businesses and our lives. Without ever watching, here...

byJoan Isabella

May 30, 2006