The optimal path to success when starting a business is targeting an expanding market. One of the reasons is that rising interest in a type of product inspires buyers to examine new options. Plus, angel investors are eager to provide backing to startups offering innovative options to eager consumers.
The Obama Administration worked hard to encourage small business growth last year. Washington even tried to encourage the formation of new companies hoping to transform a significant amount of the nation’s unemployed in to entrepreneurs. Through the United States Small Business Administration as well as numerous tax incentives, 2011 was supposed to be the year […]
You’ve made it through the tough part. You were able to get beyond the planning stages and open the doors, either virtual or real, to your business. Your expectations are such that you don’t believe you’ll make a profit in your first year of business and although that may be true, that doesn’t mean that […]
Small businesses can come from the most unlikely of sources and these three businesses were born out of one of those: The National Football League. The NFL is the most watched sport in America with millions of people tuning in each week but what the public doesn’t know is that the NFL is committed to […]
A much smaller amount of funding is required to launch new online applications than was required a few years ago. That is spawning the start of new businesses to bring their ideas for an improved web community into the market. One example is Piazza, an online destination for college students.
A key advantage of small companies is ease at quickly adjusting to market demands. Having a dynamic web presence is a typical example of how many smaller enterprises thrive. Zmags started in 2006 as a new business helping large operations maintain vibrant web campaigns that function on various platforms.
The media has a way of overhyping people sometimes but in the case of Buddy Valastro, known as The Cake Boss by anybody who is a fan of his reality show and his newest series, “The Next Great Baker”, the hype may be deserved.
Washington is still looking for ways to spur more small business growth. So far, all of the attempts have done little to produce a measurable uptick in the amount of small businesses not only opening their doors but also hiring new workers.