The trend of working from home is rising rapidly and this presents opportunities for starting businesses. One company even formed to provide help for others in working efficiently from home.
Starting a business that uses a popular experience for a new purpose has continued to attract investors for Grockit. The company applies social networking and gaming techniques to the educational process.
It seems obvious, right? If you’re planning to be an entrepreneur, you should make a plan. In fact, Forbes Magazine talked about the story of Eric and Patrick and their very different reasons for starting an insurance company. What can the story of Eric and Patrick teach you about your business startup?
All of the financial writers of the world may have some questions to answer after the results of a study were released. According to Barbara Bird, associate professor of management at American University’s Kogod School of Business, even more important than a solid business plan, an entrepreneur needs to dive in, make quick decisions, learn from […]
Anyone starting a business encounters either of two types of responses from friends. One is congratulatory best wishes; the other is a warning that taking a normal job is safer. Those who warn you about safety are dead wrong. When you possess the plan and ability to tackle a market condition with your own initiative, […]
When the stock market loses 20% of its value, very few negative effects are immediately felt in the small business community but if you recently formed an LLC or own a business startup you, as well as most of the nation’s business owners are certainly apprehensive wondering what’s next.
Anderson Schoenrock realized in 2007 that the investment banking industry was undergoing systemic changes. This process has accelerated in the past few years. A sound career path is no longer assured by working for a large investment firm, which could fold at any time. Entrepreneurial opportunities are certainly lacking.
Putting all the steps in motion to finally start a business usually begins by simply having an idea with commercial appeal. Everyone gets these. They think about how some product or service would improve a situation or make people more comfortable. Before long, a lot of these people realize there’s a way to turn that […]