StartABiz Staff
I’m kind of a fangirl for Startup Weekend. Imagine an event that brings together some of the brightest entrepreneurial minds in your community and gives them the chance to bring their best ideas to life. The energy is almost palpable, and watching quick pitches transform into actual plans is incredible. (Can you see why I’m in love with it?)
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by Sujan Patel
Have you ever looked at people who claim to earn tons of money for very little work and asked yourself, “What’s their secret?”
Well, I’ll tell you.
Their secret is almost always passive income.
Passive income describes earnings derived from something that, once it’s up and running, requires little — if any — work to maintain. Its opposite is active...
Social media has evolved in its scope and utility and hence, no longer remains an option for startups, aiming to claim their share in the big and competitive corporate world today. In addition to being a cost-effective alternative to the traditional marketing channels, social media is essential for grabbing the eyeballs and putting your brand out there where the...
By Michael Noice
Success in business depends on how well you can turn your resources into profits. Unfortunately, I’ve worked with many clients who thought money was the only resource that would make their business a success. As a result, they postpone -- or worse yet, abandon -- their dreams of starting their own business. I’ve also seen other clients,...
Note: this post was inspired by lean methodology books like Lean Startup, Running Lean, 4 Steps to the Epiphany, and Lean Analytics. Enjoy!
So you’ve got a great business idea.
You hate your boss, your skills are wasted in your current job, and people younger than you are getting richer than you with ideas that you thought of first.
I get it,...
BY Steve Strauss
Starting your own business is one of the great joys in life and in fact, can probably be said to be part of the American dream. Often ranking right up there with owning your own home, starting a business is one of those things that signifies you have arrived.
But how, exactly, do you do that?
Buying your first...
By Contributor
Everyone tells you that your startup or small business needs to have a website if you want to compete in your industry or niche. While that is good advice, the truth is that simply having a website isn’t enough to drive sales and ensure successful digital marketing.
In order for your investment in website design to bring you a...
By Elizabeth Scott, MS
Have you noticed that when you’re swamped with work and feeling stressed, you sometimes have a strong urge to do the opposite of what you need to do—work—and waste time with t.v., social media, or curling up with a good book? This kind of procrastination can add to your stress as your time to get things...
By Paul Grossinger
The longer I spend as an investor, the less important I think investment dollars are to startup success.
You need them, of course. But investment dollars are more like water or oxygen than anything else: they are a prerequisite for life but they won't do much alone.
To really succeed as a seed-stage startup you have to build an A-plus...
by AJ Agrawal
Entrepreneurs need to have the right set of skills if they’re going to be successful. The fact is that so many people are not focusing on the underlying characteristics they have. They’re focusing on just the hard skills at their disposal. You’ll find that the regardless of the skills successful people have they all come with the...