How to Prepare Your Startup to Be Ready for Anything
You may have already overcome one of the biggest challenges of starting a new business. You formulated an…
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5 Lessons During the First 5-Years of Owning a Business
Growing and launching your business is serious business. Get the top 5 lessons Yana Schottenstein learned with hers!
Need a Business Idea for Your Startup? Try This Method!
If you want to leave the 9-5 job, but aren't sure what kind of business to start, try this method to help you answer that question and get going!
Assembling the Perfect Business Plan for Your Startup
The process of assembling an appropriate business plan is often the most important aspect of putting up a startup company that has the best possible chance of being successful and prosperous.
How to Conquer Your Business Startup Fears with Mind Mapping
Let’s face it. The first step is always the hardest. Whether you’re trying to quit smoking, start graduate…
The fudge store phenomenon, and why it works
Do you like fudge? Chocolate? Peanut Butter flavor? Maybe, Pistachio? Or, how about Mint? Well you’ll be happy…
To move forward, work backward
Have you ever heard someone say, “let’s do a work back”? I met with a techie recently who…
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored…
Stepped into a cafe in Silicon Valley on the patio of a large office building – it was…
Flexibility
Penelope took a break from her desk today and went outside to let her dog get some fresh…
Is this the golden age for entrepeneurs?
We have a lot of philosophies about entrepreneurship and small business here at StartupNation. One of them you…
Small businesses can learn from Netflix and Blockbuster
Suzanne and I gave each other a Christmas gift this year that we’re really excited about – a…
Planning to Write Your Business Plan
My new company’s business plan went from beta to final release today. I’m very proud of the final…
What’s OUT! What’s IN! The ‘Wayne Gretzky’ Small Business Trend Spotting Strategy
Out: heal-hurting leather-soled dress shoes Out: Clothes Out: Web 1.0 In: run-through-the-airport rubber-soled dress shoes In: Working from…
Does your business plan include blue jeans?
It’s often quite fascinating to see how the mind of an entrepreneur jumps from one thought to another.…
Cool Company of the Day: Turn Your Head
To coin a phrase, everything old is cool again, and it took a woodworker who thought just like…
Infosys Technologies entrepreneur sticks to his own rules
There are many things to be impressed about by people who start and grow their own business. There…
Vacation may lead to a new small business opportunity
I almost didn’t come back from my vacation in North Carolina. Not only was the weather perfect, the…
Startup attitude: Act like a winner
• Confidence • Boldness • Strut These are contagious qualities. Your customers will pick up on it. Your…
Cool Company of the Day: ManageYourCellar.com
We love red wine – a lot. It’s partly the flavor, partly the infinite variety and nuances of…
Inspiration
My mom died exactly 4 years ago today. She is the sweetest lady I have ever known. Now,…