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How to Secure Funding as a Female Business Owner

Raising working capital is a huge part of the job when starting a business. However, many women-owned businesses can run into trouble when looking for financing to fund their small business. When loans and other...

byRapid Finance

September 23, 2022

Harnessing Your Emotional Intelligence as a Female Entrepreneur

Women in the workforce hear it all the time: “You’re so emotional.” It’s a criticism levied at women (usually from men who are afraid to express their own feelings). The subtext is: “You’re too emotional...

byKarrie Brady

September 23, 2022

Turning Passion into a Career: Entrepreneur Shares Lessons Learned

Unlike most entrepreneurs, my main goal as a young adult was not to eventually start a business – it was to go to the Olympics. I spent years competitively swimming. I had perfected the techniques...

byJenny McCuiston

September 22, 2022

More Money Isn’t the Only Thing That Will Attract Quality Employees

As a business owner, you are constantly battling with how to boost profits and productivity without increasing costs. Commonly, the first adjustment that comes to mind is within your own team. Finding quality staff members...

byScott Lieberman

September 22, 2022

Why Having the Right Advisors When Launching a Startup is So Crucial

When startups don’t have the right advisors, they waste time, money, energy and human resources — but that’s not all. According to Svetlana Kamyshanskaya, a startup advisor with extensive connections in Silicon Valley and founder...

byJT Ripton

September 21, 2022

11 Reasons Why You Need a Side Hustle

Side hustles aren’t new, but 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. A 2021 survey from...

byGeorgi Todorov

September 21, 2022

5 Tips for Aspiring Mom Entrepreneurs to Turn Your Startup Dreams Into Reality

As a mom, your schedule tends to center around your kids more often than not. From school drop-offs and pickups to ballet recitals and lacrosse practices to checking homework and cooking dinner, it can feel...

byPurusha Rivera

September 20, 2022

What Startups Need To Know About Content Marketing

Content marketing is more than just a way to attract visitors to your website. It also fuels social media, supports search engine optimization, and is a powerful lead-generation tool. However, you must protect your efforts...

byJT Ripton

September 16, 2022

Non-Seasonal Startups: Year-Round Lucrative Industries for Entrepreneurs

For entrepreneurs looking to start a company, the industry and business you choose can be the difference between walking away with nothing or reaching the pinnacle of success. Only 30 percent of small businesses make...

byMeredith Wood

September 15, 2022

5 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Starting A Business From Scratch

We often envision the traditional startupper as either the 24/7 working lonely wolf or the adventurer enjoying long-sought freedom and flexibility. But with the hardships, pitfalls, upswings and victories that come with starting your business,...

byLesley Pyle

September 15, 2022

WJR Business Beat: Startups Led by Women Are Getting More VC Money (Episode 474)

Funding for female-led startups is on the upswing, Jeff reports on this Business Beat, at least in certain areas of the country. Tune in below for more good news: Tune in to News/Talk...

byStartupNation

September 12, 2022

Turn Your Passion into a Business: 3 Steps for Purpose-Driven Startups

Purpose-driven companies are all around us, replacing profit with a greater good. Tesla setting a standard for clean energy in transportation, Pela making common goods compostable or Love Your Melon using hat sales to fight...

byTricia Martin-Owen

September 12, 2022

Time Management: The One Habit All Successful Entrepreneurs Learn to Master

Every person’s got their own “secret to success.” You know, the habit they swear by. Entrepreneurs have them, too. And more than likely, they’re all different tidbits of advice. Eat right, take a day off,...

byRachel Blakely-Gray

September 9, 2022

Q&A: How Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Can Help You

We reached out to Brianna Ellison, director of community engagement for Verizon, as part of our initiative to bring the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program to Michigan entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners. From marketing...

byStartupNation

September 9, 2022

Want a Proven Business Model? Try Coffee Shop Franchising

The beauty of franchising is that you're buying into a proven business model, Jeff says on this segment of "The Pre W. Smith Show," and coffee shops are a great way to go. Listen to...

byJeff Sloan

September 8, 2022

LIT Method’s Taylor Norris Shares Business Tips for Aspiring Women Entrepreneurs

Passion, vision, trust -- and being prepared for anything -- are the key drivers fueling women entrepreneurs. Every day is International Women’s Day in my mind. While it’s wonderful to have a holiday highlighting our...

byTaylor Norris

September 8, 2022

15 Books That Every Entrepreneur Should Read

The dog days of summer are here, which means prime reading time. While the warmer weather continues to beckon us outdoors, it feels as though there is more time to hit the books. Aspiring entrepreneurs...

byJohn Rampton

September 7, 2022

13 Tips for Future Women in Business Leadership

As a woman in leadership, what is your best tip for a future female leader? While the modern workspace is more open and equitable for women than previously, there are still pitfalls to avoid and...

byBrett Farmiloe

September 7, 2022

Register NOW for a Pitch Competition and Day of Networking

StartupNation and Dell have partnered in a national competition worth $500K in prizes for startups! Are you a Michigan-based startup with a great idea? Apply to join Dell for Startups for a pitch competition Sept. 28, sponsored...

byStartupNation

September 6, 2022

Urbanum’s Brigid Beaubien: An Eclectic Approach to Home Goods

Urbanum, with its creatively decorated windows and sophisticated black and gold color scheme, sits in a busy, revitalized strip in the New Center neighborhood of Detroit. For gifts and decor, this spot can't be beat...

byStartupNation

September 6, 2022