StartABiz Staff
Inbound marketing has become increasingly popular in the marketing and advertising world for the last several years, and it's no surprise why. While traditional outbound ad campaigns attempt to persuade unfamiliar audiences with sales-y messages, "inbound" campaigns focus on the value they can provide users. And that prompts those users to naturally gravitate to those business when the need...
By Lauren Marinigh
When we think of successful entrepreneurs, people like Richard Branson, and Steve Jobs come to mind, but these tiny entrepreneurs started businesses before some of us were thinking of anything other than Barbie dolls and cootie shots.
These entrepreneurial kids will make you feel like you wasted your childhood, and inspire you to get out there and turn...
Early in my career as an employer, I found myself on a Nietzschean quest for the “super employee” -- the perfect person who could do a lot of things well and very little wrong. It didn’t occur to me at the time that it’s not realistic to think that people come without failures and shortcomings. A lot of entrepreneurs have unrealistic expectations. They are...
As someone who is a prolific writer, I happen to respect good writing.
These days, however, writings skills are not generating much by way of compensation. Journalism, for instance, a profession that was a good livelihood generator for writers, is an imploding industry.
Against that backdrop, here is a startup idea that could become a good earning mechanism for writers, while...
When we first start out in business, we need money, right? Rarely does a new business or 9-to-5 job provide enough of it. One way to make more money is through a side business.
Related: 9 Ideas to Make a Side Income While Growing Your Business
Side gigs offer us another way, not as intense as full-blown entrepreneurship, but a way to earn...
We love minimal workspaces, but there’s something about these home office setups that look and feel more like a study than anything else that’s also really attractive. Redditor Formulabuild built this home office with a library on one side and all of his instruments on the other. Here are some more photos.
Formulabuild doesn’t say too much about the gear...
By Lauren Marinigh
Starting a business can be full of highs and lows. No matter how prepared you think you are before starting up, you can’t avoid the many learning curves that lie ahead. Wouldn’t it be great to be two steps ahead of these challenges?
I spoke with Daniel Lewis, an entrepreneur based in Brampton, Canada, who started his own...
By Lane Moore
A lot of the time, "do this and you'll be happy" lists read like directions on how to make ice cubes. Like, duh, you should exercise and eat vegetables. But what else? A recent AskReddit thread prompted users to reveal the little things they do to make themselves happy every day. While they might not all...
As the CEO of a company, I’ve hired a lot of employees, fired a few, and watched my fair share head into retirement. I’ve also quit a job—a really good one—to go off and chase my dreams. Having been on both sides of the spectrum, I can tell you that no matter how much you hate your boss, believe...
by Faisal Hoque
Who doesn't love chocolate? And we all know Hershey's — but perhaps we don't all know the story of the famous chocolate company's founder, Milton Hershey.
Milton Hershey was a 'nobody' who, according to Biography, became the American manufacturer and philanthropist who founded the Hershey Chocolate Company and popularized chocolate candy throughout much of the world.
He started three separate candy...