StartABiz Staff
This is, we are constantly told, the age of the freelancer and the entrepreneur. In the U.K., the number of startups passed the 600,000-mark – a record, while official statistics suggest that the number of workers classified as freelancers has grown steadily since 2011, from 1.4 million to 1.88 million. The situation is little different in the U.S., traditionally...
Laura Cattano went from working in a restaurant to managing her own business in less than a year and spent "next to nothing" to get started.
Her biggest initial startup costs? Replacing an old computer and spending about $400 to create an LLC. Since then, Cattano's client list for her professional organizing business has grown to be "in the thousands"...
This startup was probably going to be an unmitigated disaster, but it taught me once again one of the most important secrets to building a successful new company.
I was really pissed and annoyed. I wanted to send my son Zachary to a Miami, FL area summer coding camp, but the only game in town was an overpriced piss poor...
By Donna Fuscaldo
It’s not too late.
Whether it’s Jack Dorsey or Mark Zuckerberg, America loves the story of the scrappy, young founder. Lost in that narrative is the fact that many people start their first business in their later years. According to the Kauffman Foundation, three-quarters of all new entrepreneurs in 2014 were between the ages of 35 and...
By David Finkel
Here is a quick list of what I consider to be the 10 most important management "commandments". Use them to help you develop as a leader.
Hire right.
Want a winning team? One that is easy to manage to great performance? Much of the battle is in hiring great people and onboarding them in a way that gets them...
I started my business in 1999 while a student in college. There were pros and cons, but I’m largely thankful for the experience and would recommend it to other aspiring entrepreneurs. Here are seven reasons why.
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1. Low risk, high reward
What have you got to lose? You don’t own anything, you...
The only resource that none of us can get more of in this life is time. We get what we get, so we've got to make the most of it.
For perspective, I have a full-time day job, a profitable online side business and I also write regularly for six different large web sites including Entrepreneur.com. Oh yeah, my wife and I have three kids 4-to-14...
By Shawn Murphy
In the digital age, it's easy to present a persona online that follows a carefully crafted narrative. That story line may be true or have elements of truth. We can be whomever we want online. I know people who appear online to have it all figured out, but offline are a hot mess. The converse it true, too:...
By Lewis Howes
When I started my podcast, The School of Greatness, one of the top three people I wanted to get on the show was Tony Robbins.
That happened last year, and it's been one of the most popular episodes to date.
With the release of the paperback version of his book, we were asked to bring him back on, and I gladly...
By Brian de Haaff
Every entrepreneur hopes to be successful. Some entertain the remote possibility of becoming very rich. But most entrepreneurs do not achieve the kind of material wealth that Bill Gates enjoys. You may wonder -- what are the secrets to their success?
I have been fortunate to start several software companies myself and now lead the team at Aha! -- I always want to keep learning. So, I read...