StartABiz Staff
By Amanda Jesnoewski
We all know that marketing and promotion is an essential part of business – but what if it takes you well beyond your comfort zone and seems to conflict with the essence of who you are?
This is for the shy, humble and introverted entrepreneurs among us – the ones who would rather stay in their office than...
There are several contenders for the “most important” factor to a business’s success, including the strength of the idea, the timing of the company and the cohesive force of your employees. But my money’s on experience -- the industry and entrepreneurial experience of the person in charge and the cumulative experience of the team.
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The trouble...
Linda was a successful pharmaceutical and medical device sales representative with her MBA when I met her at a business conference I was the keynote speaker at, talking about scaling companies.
Tired of working for other companies, Linda wanted to build her own business helping small pharmaceutical companies and medical manufacturers tap into an outsourced sales force of highly skilled...
We are not out to discredit banks or bankers, but we do believe that many potential borrowers make unwarranted assumptions about banks that we’d like to clear up. The bottom line is that sometimes a bank is a good place to get a small business loan, and other times it’s not.
Banks Are Not Impartial
The small business loans you...
By Empact
This is a guest post from Jason Duff, founder and CEO of COMSTOR Outdoor.
Overpriced real estate. Insane work hours. Fierce competition against other smart people. Against huge odds, smart young people flock to Silicon Valley and other hubs to find the next billion-dollar unicorn.
I'm 34 years old, and I've taken the exact opposite approach in my entrepreneurial career. And...
You're reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media.
If your credit card bill keeps getting bigger, or the amount you’ve set aside for the month hasn’t quite seen you through, don’t worry– you’re not alone. Although it may be a hard fact to face, many of us are just simply not very good at managing our finances....
by ancy A. Shenker,
My 23-year-old daughter acknowledged the other day that I’m better than she is at finding stuff on Google.
"That’s because I grew up with the Dewey Decimal System," I replied. "And I had to wait for my mother to drive me to the library."
(Don’t know what the Dewey Decimal System is? Google it!)
Last month I turned 60,...
Whether you work entirely from home, or occasionally bring some office tasks back to your house, the functionality and appeal of your home office will influence whether you're productive and engaged ... or not.
Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs don't give their home office enough attention, and don't recognize the negative impact this can have on their performance.
The Keys to a Productive...
by Feris Rifai
And if yours does, it’s important to take a step back.
The Entrepreneur Insider 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 “How do you come up with a new startup idea?” is written...
By Leura Fine
Newly funded, newly engaged, and thinking about the future, as the CEO of Laurel & Wolf, I've been contemplating ways to take the next steps in building a big company. I've spent a lot of time hearing stories and investigating how other successful founders have built their companies and at the end of the day, my realization is...