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3 Reasons Why a Side Hustle Can Make a Huge Impact in Your Career

While a business degree can be valuable to your career growth, there are plenty of real-world examples that make it obvious that a degree isn’t the be-all end-all to a burgeoning career. Bill Gates famously dropped...

byNathan Resnick

October 21, 2017

Overcoming a Fear of Sales as a New Entrepreneur

Let’s face it: sales isn't for everyone. Some people just seemed to be wired in such a way that they can walk up to a door or into a board room and jump right into...

byNathan Resnick

September 23, 2017

What’s Hot in the StartupNation Community Forums?

The StartupNation community forums provide an online space for like-minded entrepreneurs to share advice, discover new data and strategies and connect with one another. It is also an outlet for dreamers to learn the necessary...

byRyan O'Bleness

September 19, 2017

Why it Never Pays to Be a Jackass: In Business and Life [Opinion]

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's own, and do not reflect the viewpoints of StartupNation Media Group, LLC. Lessons in how to have lasting impact While we might be living in...

byMatt Villano

August 24, 2017

5 Reasons Why You Should Join the StartupNation Community Today

Have you joined the StartupNation community forums yet? It has been recently redesigned, with user-experience as our first priority. We are quite proud of the changes we've implemented. StartupNation provides the premier small business community...

byStartupNation

April 27, 2017

5 Tips for Marketing with Facebook Live

In our business, my husband and I are always looking for new ways to reach clients online, using Instagram, Facebook and even Snapchat. We regularly use these platforms, giving potential buyers an exclusive peek into...

byMelissa Steele

November 28, 2016

Preparing for the Unglamorous Side of Being an Entrepreneur

Despite what the media portrays, being an entrepreneur isn’t all glitz and glam. Actually, very little of it is. For every one grand scheme that takes off and flourishes, there are another dozen that will...

bySara Sugar

November 3, 2016

The Dark Side of Passion in Entrepreneurship

Passion. It’s the key ingredient in entrepreneurship. You can’t push a company from zero to one without it. What is it? What is passion? Entrepreneurs know it as the drive that keeps you from going...

byNicole Gravagna

September 30, 2016

Inside the Mind of Entrepreneurs: A Psychological Peek

Risk takers. Success seekers. Wild creators. Entrepreneurs. We all know what entrepreneurs are: people who are willing to take enormous risks to chase new opportunities. Some start business after business, as if no one success...

byJordan Kasteler

September 19, 2016

Live Free or DIY: The Startup Capital You Didn’t Know You Had [Book Excerpt]

From startup to growth to pivoting in a changing marketplace, "Live Free or DIY" reveals how small business owners in every industry encounter the same roadblocks—and how the solutions are simpler than you think. Whether wrestling...

byJustin E. Crawford

August 9, 2016

Is your teen an Entrepreneur?

Maybe your teen isn’t the captain of the football team or the cheerleading squad – But, maybe they can be a captain of industry! Dwayne Farnsworth, America’s Youth Entrepreneur Coach, shares with you how to...

byStartupNation

September 5, 2015

Discover Your Passion & Disrupt Your Career

Ready to take the world by storm? Disruptors, a new book by Kunal Mehta, helps you become a disruptor for major change. The book profiles the early failures and heartbreaks of several disruptive entrepreneurs (the...

byStartupNation

April 30, 2014

Guy Kawasaki on Enchantment, Marketing and Small Business

Guy Kawasaki is no stranger to entrepreneurship, having co-founded several businesses including Garage Technology Ventures, and Alltop.com, which is, as he describes, an "online magazine rack" of popular topics on the web. He's written ten...

byWendy Kenney

March 5, 2011

White House unveils new initiative for small business owners, but something is missing

Yesterday President Obama unveiled a new initiative to encourage entrepreneurship in the United States. Dubbed "Startup America," the goal of this new program is to encourage "high growth" entrepreneurship to increase the number of new...

byWendy Kenney

February 1, 2011

Why you Need to Build a Startup Family

Over the last 7 years, I have been involved in more startups than most entrepreneurs will in their lifetime. That's not to say that I'm an "expert" in entrepreneurship (or an expert in anything for...

byCorey Kossack

October 16, 2010

55% of Americans Don’t Like “Workin’ for the Man”

Happy with your day job? If so, you're in the minority. 55% of Americans are not happy with their work and wish they could be doing something else, according to the latest study by The Conference Board,...

byRich Sloan

January 6, 2010

Partner: Beat The Economy Together

I wonder if products have the same experience people do, that when they meet their match, they feel like they are "home?" I'll bet the product manager of this doosey has earned his bonus: Hillshire Farm...

byChristine Haskell

May 15, 2009

Diversify Your Revenue Streams: Spin What You Got

I picked up a book in the airport recently: Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher. It's a fast read and has enough tabloid photos to keep you interested. Her come-sit-by-me-and-dish point of view is disarming and...

byChristine Haskell

May 11, 2009

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 school, or learn how to play guitar. It’s that first step that leaves us feeling awkward, inadequate,...

byHeather Schuck

April 9, 2009