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How to Bring Your Business Finances into the New Decade
For new entrepreneurs, now is the perfect time of year to look at your business finances with fresh eyes. While there may be nothing wrong with your current systems, you may find that technical advances can help your startup save both time and money when it comes to your finances. StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings...
February 7, 2020
4 Ways to Use a Personal Loan to Take Your Side Hustle to the Next Level
Side hustles are crazy popular these days, and are a great way to test the entrepreneurial waters. If you have one, you’re one of more than 7.9 million people with multiple jobs. Now is the perfect time to plan what you’d like to accomplish in the year ahead with your side hustle and what actionable...
January 14, 2019
Clockwork Author Mike Michalowicz on Designing Your Business to Run Itself
For many, August is a time to kick back and relax before summer ends and schedules ramp up for the fall. But for entrepreneurs, unplugging from business and truly relaxing can be a challenge, because they worry that the business can’t run without them. Serial entrepreneur and author Mike Michalowicz knows this feeling all too...
August 27, 2018
4 IoT Devices That Can Help Your New Business Succeed
Predictions call for the introduction of billions of new Internet of Things, or IoT, devices in the next few years, but this might seem like nothing more than an interesting concept—and not one worth implementing for your new business. On the other hand, some of the jobs that you have to juggle from day to...
April 8, 2018
Artificial Intelligence: What Small Businesses Need to Know
Today, the possibilities of artificial intelligence (AI) are within the reach of almost every small business. Contemporary artificial intelligence is not only equivalent to the human mind for some particular tasks, but goes beyond what can be asked of mortal employees when it comes to the 9 to 5. In business, there are a few specialized...
July 16, 2017
Simple Ways to Reduce Your Startup’s Overhead Expenses
In the early days, saving a few hundred dollars per month can make all the difference to a cash-strapped startup. There are plenty of ways to save, but the best thing you can do is find ways to reduce overhead expenses. If you haven’t reevaluated what you’re doing in this area, then something needs to...
June 17, 2017
Virtual Assistant: A startup’s answer
6 Reasons why Every Start-Up Should Hire a Virtual Assistant Start-Up businesses face daunting challenges the moment the enterprise is formally launched. There are several challenges along the way to attaining business success. Some of these challenges manifest themselves when you least expect it. For the inexperienced entrepreneur, his efforts could be stymied by circumstances...
July 23, 2015
Why the Time is NOW to Hire a Virtual Assistant
With over 70% of the economic experts expecting a last quarter uptick in the economy, now is the perfect time to start preparing for the extra business. I am a big fan of using virtual assistants to help build out my team during peak seasons. This is an especially useful business strategy in today's market...
June 29, 2009
No Time For Social Media? Hire a Mom.
The rise of social media is undoubtedly one of the biggest changes to happen to marketing since the birth of the internet. According to a Universal McCann 2008 study, 272 million people are using social media. Of those 272 million, 77% are reading blogs and approximately 34% of them are posting opinions about companies and...
March 30, 2009