StartABiz Staff
When it comes to books on business, marketing and management, entrepreneurs are overrun with choices. But when it comes to books on money, entrepreneurs are underserved. It’s not that money books don’t exist, it’s that they rarely look at money through the eyes of an entrepreneur. So here are 5 money books I believe every entrepreneur will benefit from...
Note: This is an excerpt from a longer interview with Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann. You can read the full Q&A here.
Ben Silbermann is the CEO one of the most valuable private companies in Silicon Valley: Pinterest. But his photo-collection startup wasn't always a rocket ship.
In March 2010, four months after launching the company, Pinterest had just a few thousand...
By Scott Gerber
If your new logo design causes even a fraction of the confusion that Uber's recent rollout did, you might want to take a step back and consider alternative options. Even better, weigh all future possibilities before you start designing. Rushing such a critical element of your branding is rarely the right move.
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A paper published by the University of Cologne in Germany in the May 2015 Journal of Personality and Psychology, in which more than 1,000 Americans and Europeans were studied, found that cynicism may be associated with poverty.
The study noted that cynicism makes you wary of trusting others. It went on to argue that when you see people in a...
Being an entrepreneur is a lifestyle that requires staying power, because starting a new business is a long-term process with many tough challenges. As an angel investor, I look diligently for signs that an aspiring startup founder has what it takes to thrive and prosper for the long haul ahead. Passion and vision are necessary, but not sufficient, to...
Business has taken me to Asia, Europe, Minnesota, Boston, Colorado, and several other U.S. cities in the last two months. Sounds pretty awesome right? While parts of being the Founder of an international startup are great, it’s also a grueling endeavor that will test your mind, body, and soul. Everyone that lives in the startup world has heard the...
By Bill Snyder | Stanford Business contributor
Stanford faculty, students, and alumni have founded more than 39,000 companies and nonprofits since the 1930s, ranging from tech giants like Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems to retailers like the Gap, and much newer nonprofits such as Noora Health and Embrace.
How does Stanford foster innovation? "You create an environment where creativity flourishes, where innovation...
Want to become a successful entrepreneur?
Change your mindset and start thinking like one by asking these six secret questions they ask themselves!
Based in part on research by Dr. Saras Sarasvathy, a professor at the University of Virginia, the following common themes emerged after interviewing serial successful entrepreneurs of companies worth $200 million to $6.5 billion. This set of questions,...
Want to know how to give an elevator pitch? Watch the video above to see why Hygia Sanitation’s 60-second pitch was named the best of the 42 given at last week’s Rice Business Plan Competition. Here’s how it begins: “Hi. Did you take a crap today? Yes? Yes? … But wait, do you know where does your crap go?...
By Jeff Reid
The Entrepreneur Insiders network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in America’s startup scene contribute answers to timely questions about entrepreneurship and careers. Today’s answer to the question “What are some tips for maintaining a successful startup?” s written by Jeff Reid, founding director of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship
Initiative at Georgetown University.
To me,...