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How to Draft a Business Plan for Your Startup

You’ve determined that you have a viable business idea, and are ready to launch your startup. However, before you can begin selling your offerings or even consider incorporating the company, you’ll need to draft a...

byDeborah Sweeney

December 10, 2019

5 Ways Seasonal Partnerships Can Benefit Your Business Long-Term

The holidays are all about making spirits merry and bright and in the small business community, this often translates to collaborating together on seasonal partnerships. If you’ve never approached a fellow business before with this...

byDeborah Sweeney

December 1, 2019

4 Ways Franchise Ownership Minimizes Business Risk

Aspiring business owners have several choices available for how they decide to break into entrepreneurship. Two of the most common ones include starting a business from the ground up and investing in a franchise. Both...

byMyCorporation

August 12, 2019

Should Your Startup Hire a Full-Time or Part-Time Social Media Employee?

Entrepreneurs are notorious for wearing many hats during the early days of their startup's business. One of these hats often includes social media manager. Typical daily duties associated with maintaining a social media presence include...

byMyCorporation

June 4, 2019

Inside Small Business: Survey Shows Startup Dreams Thriving

The second annual The UPS Store, Inc.’s “Inside Small Business Survey” is in, and the results confirm that dreams of owning a small business continue to be robust in 2019. This year’s survey demonstrates that...

byDr. Luke Pittaway

May 28, 2019

Study Explores the Current State of American Small Business Owners

The early bird gets the worm. Nice guys finish last. You snooze, you lose. Sound familiar? As entrepreneurs, we’ve all been hardwired, to some extent, to believe that the more hours we put in and...

byKim Harris

May 18, 2018

How to Keep Your Virtual Team Engaged

There’s no doubt the world of work is changing. The internet, the cloud and apps have successfully untethered work from the office. You can run your business from anywhere, which minimizes startup costs and creates...

byDaniel Matthews

April 15, 2018

7 Steps to Grow Your Business Through SEO

Reading blog after blog on dispelling SEO myths, you finally wonder, "When should I start seriously considering SEO for my startup?" Search engine optimization (SEO) is a term used for when a website makes its...

byRyan Jackson

February 9, 2018

Go Beyond Money to Inspire Your Salespeople

Salespeople are the folks that open doors and close sales. They are responsible for generating the lifeblood of your business: revenue. However, your salespeople are also your frontline, and oftentimes the only touchpoint customers have...

byThe Sloan Brothers

February 3, 2018

Starting Up: Which Type of Business is Best for You?

Despite what you might see in the news, entrepreneurs aren’t just software developers, hip millennials and venture capitalists. Entrepreneurs are neighbors, parents, activists, dreamers and all sorts of people willing to burn the midnight oil...

byKenneth Burke

November 2, 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

5 Books Every Millennial Business Owner Must Read for Success

Despite the hate they get in the media, millennials are actually extremely hard working and entrepreneurial. In fact, there's a good chance you either are a millennial business owner or know of one. A recent study...

byAmanda Abella

August 22, 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

Google Small Business: Attract More Holiday Shoppers This Season

Local customers rely on small businesses to help make their holidays special, and they rely on the internet to help them find the right local spots. Is your business ready to attract more customers during...

byStartupNation

November 16, 2016

Entrepreneur in Residence: The Role That Will Boost Your Small Business

Most organizations are looking for a competitive advantage, a way to stay ahead of the curve and gain the insight and wisdom to create growth and success. So how do some educational institutions, Fortune 1000...

byMichael S Melfi

October 27, 2016

Google Small Business Livestream: Help Holiday Shoppers Find Your Business

We all rely on small businesses to help make our holidays special, and we rely on the internet to help us find the right local spots. Is your business ready to connect during this busy...

byEmily Harris

October 24, 2016

How to Deliver a Great Elevator Pitch

"I have a great idea!" "I want to tell you about my project." "You have to hear this pitch!" OK, so you've teed up a conversation, but can you deliver on it? When the person...

byPatrick Jager

May 25, 2016

Why Technology Is More Important Than Ever

Technology concerns used to be all the rage with large corporations. Massive infrastructure and a fully dedicated IT department were vital to operating in the growing business markets. During this time, small businesses were simply that:...

byAnica Oaks

May 5, 2016

4 Things You’re Doing Wrong in Running Your Business

Running your own business seemed like such a fun way to make tons of money, but now you’re scratching your head wondering how it got so hard. And all that money? Where did it go?...

bySusan Guillory

April 26, 2016

How Cloud Computing Can Help Your Startup Company

Cloud computing offers startup businesses plenty of competitive advantages in today's challenging business market. Most importantly, it helps cut costs, which is imperative to the success of oftentimes budget-ridden SMBs. Cloud computing provides these businesses...

bySheza Gary

April 25, 2016