StartABiz Staff
by Melissa Dawn
Many of you reading this right now are working for someone else — helping someone else build their dream. But you probably have a dream of your own that thrills and excites you. And if you’re like most people, you have two main worries holding you back from making the leap:
“How will I replace my day...
Outsourcing. It is not an unfamiliar word in the entrepreneurial sphere. More and more entrepreneurs are trying to infuse this tactic in their business to be more productive.
With books like "The 4 Hour Work Week," the benefits of outsourcing have been overstated. Many entrepreneurs want to start outsourcing. However, many of them do not know where to start.
First, it...
During the writing of my book, The Art of Startup Fundraising, I tried to distill all of my learnings during my years connecting startups with capital. However, I thought it would be interesting to put together a quick roadmap with what it takes to go from nothing to a substantial amount of funding.
Nowadays $5M in funding could either be considered...
The fact is, for most entrepreneurs, life at most times is overwhelming. There are moments when you’ll find yourself with so many ongoing fires in the proverbial oven, the easiest thing to do is put yourself on autopilot and keep going, with no strategic focus in mind.
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You’ll find yourself engaging...
When you’ve been in the entrepreneurial game for a while, your ability to discern what does and doesn’t work becomes elevated. As entrepreneurs we are generally free-thinking, creative, inspired people -- but knowing when to intelligently take risks and when to step back, is key to scaling your success. A good business is only as good as the people...
This story appears in the June 2016 issue of Startups. Subscribe »
Maverick maneuvers can carry a startup into uncharted territory, both good and bad. But when they turn out well, these unconventional decisions become legendary strokes of genius, leaving the rest of us to wonder, Why didn’t I think of that? William Hsu, managing partner of VC Mucker Capital, sees this trait...
By Ray Zinn
If you're in it just for the money, find another line of work.
Some founders I coach hate hearing that. Real entrepreneurs get it. A founder’s focus on being rich is one criteria I use to filter out seed investment opportunities. I do so because if someone is too concerned with lining their own pockets, they won’t be...
In April 2015, I started LeadQuizzes and started working with a business coach, Loren Howard. Howard has built four companies over seven figures, including one that did eight figures in just eighteen months.
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The first thing he told me to do was spend 70 percent of my time selling; I thought he was...
by Kaya Ismail
Skills. We all have some, and we’re all working towards attaining more.
Except we aren’t.
Between the projects that we already work on, and the responsibilities that we already have, most of us struggle to find the time to learn new things. After all, learning does indeed take time.
But there are a few skills that you can learn today,...
Startups don't have much money to work with, but that doesn't mean you can't run a successful marketing campaign.
Every business goes through a startup phase, where customers are sparse, revenue is light, and you aren't 100 percent sure what you're doing (even if you're a seasoned entrepreneur). In these phases, the last thing you want to do is...