Technological changes in recent years have greatly improved how we accomplish many tasks. Starting a business often entails simply applying some of this existing technology to an old process. That is the technique used by GetHired. The company launched its website in January 2012 that infuses visual creativity into job hunting.
Not many years ago, starting a business took a lot of time, money, and other resources in order to get it off the ground. Becoming an entrepreneur had a barrier to entry that many low or middle class people couldn’t get through because of their limited financial resources.
Craigslist has become the premier online classified advertising website. But a dominant force in a particular market is not cause for a new business to avoid competing. Startup classified service Rumgr has just attracted new investors to extend its reach.
Many people develop brilliant business ideas after careful research and reflection. But actually starting a business requires more than a sound idea. A new company must have solid operational principles. Uncertainty about managing day-to-day details causes too many prospective entrepreneurs to hesitate launching a business.
The founders of 955 Dreams decided that starting a business to publish mobile apps is most likely to succeed by focusing on a popular category. They selected music as the obvious choice. Now the startup has $3,250,000 of new capital from angel investors and venture capitalists.
You’re going to need money. That’s a fact, but you’re probably not going to score a meeting with a venture capitalist or angel investor before your business opens its doors but the way you pitch your idea to family and friends may be the difference between getting the funding you’re looking for and putting your […]
Online financial service HelloWallet recently secured a second round of funding from investors. This new $12,000,000 in capital brings the total raised by the business since it started to about $20,000,000.
The problem is well known within the small business community. Although Washington might say that the environment is better for business startups looking to open their doors for the first time, the reality is much different. Funding sources are hard to find and without capital, businesses in the beginning phases of development find it difficult […]