Hello from the engine room deep in the belly of StartupNation! We've been working on a major community upgrade and website re-release for the past year as some of your may know. I'm happy to...
In my last article I talked about the 7 Trends Making Businesses More Democratic including the Internet, expectations of Generations X and Y, new business standards in a Post-Enron age, political transitions, humanity’s search for...
Companies aren’t stationary. They move from one state to another, usually to lower the cost of doing business and/or to provide a better quality of life for owners and employees. No one really knows how...
Eden Reff dreamed all her life of opening a restaurant. But she couldn’t dream up the money to pay for it. By 2003, Reff's financial situation still hadn't changed. Her resolve had. She decided to...
The new look and feel of StartupNation.com launched today with some major enhancements. The biggest and most visible is the new homepage. You can hover your mouse over 5 specially called out tabs just under...
Entrepreneurs need those unique and unexpected diversions in order to shake them out of their daily intensity and provide a proper perspective and the proverbial “looking at things from a different angle”. The good news...
You know your startup will need outside financing - an angel on your shoulder who blesses you with cash. But you want to keep as much control of your company as possible. What do you...
Prototypes are near and dear to our hearts because building and using them helped us succeed in licensing our dead battery prevention device, the Battery Buddy, to a huge company. We built our prototypes ourselves....
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. ...
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...
Grassroots marketing is the best way for your startup business to create awareness among potential customers and to establish a brand in whatever markets you’re targeting – local, regional or even national. There’s nothing fancy...
Online retail businesses are a popular option for entrepreneurs with minimal capital to invest up front. What’s more, online retail is a great business to run as a home-based, solo, parent or part-time entrepreneur. It...
What is StartupNation? StartupNation is not a website, or a radio program, or a book. StartupNation is not a resource, a newsletter, or an event series. (these support it, but do not define it) StartupNation...
“I’m booking solid revenues, but I need some tips on how to handle inventory management.” You’ve already got a head start on a lot of people wondering how to run a small business if your...
OK. Let's do a little dreaming. Let's say you could escape the grind. If formulaic thinking has you down, or you're feeling like you're living in a life of habit, you could make a...