First there was bartering and trading, then we paid with coins, then paper money, and finally credit cards. Now, the smartphone innovation has brought about a new way to pay and for many, it will allow consumers to eventually leave their wallets at home. The company is Square and they’ve developed a way to pay […]
The statistics are not encouraging. In fact, they’re enough to evoke fear in the new business owner. Most small businesses who start this year won’t be in business in 10 years. Most will fail and although it’s easy to blame the economy, the economy is only a small part. The issues may be much more […]
With national flash sales sites having developed enormous popularity, local online shopping services have inevitably arisen. Ideeli provides a members-only online retail community for the biggest shopping market of all – New York City.
Although business startups are forming every day, still many of the current new entrepreneurs don’t know about the SBA. The United States Small Business Administration is a government sponsored agency who is 100% dedicated to the growth of the small business community. According to SBA, they have these goals:
Two San Francisco companies are using new technology approaches to compete with the giant of the online ticketing market. One of the startup companies is Eventbrite, which announced in May that it had raised $50 million to finance its growth in the ticket market. Ticketfly is another startup ticketing business that announced in April it […]
There are a lot of colleges and universities offering MBAs and even entrepreneur courses but another well known foundation has just graduated its first class in an effort to give entrepreneurs real world training on how to take a business from an idea to a thriving institution who is hiring employees and generating positive cash […]
Plenty of people are advocating that you skip writing a business plan for your new corporation. If you’re considering whether a business plan is really necessary, examine comments of Sean Hackney.
Once your new business pushes through its infancy and begins to show some of the fruits of your labor, you will undoubtedly look to hire employees and a whole new world of considerations will drop on to your businesses’ doorstep. Among them, what kind of help do you need, how much can you afford to […]