You might think pet sitting is a small industry, but it’s really a $60 billion business and growing. Revenues are expected to jump 4% over the next two years. Which makes now a great time to get involved and start your own pet sitting business. This article, and the purpose...
Has it always been a dream of yours to start your very own nail salon but you don’t know where or how to start? You have come to the right place. Learn how to start a nail salon and avoid the most common mistakes that startup nail salon businesses go...
Do you love food and travel? Do you like to serve people high-quality food items? Do you have a good idea for the right location? Can you keep up with the demands of a hungry crowd? If so, then you might be interested in learning how to start a...
In a great post by Mark Suster, an entrepreneur turned VC, he details a 13 step plan to raising funds. The original post can be found here and is over 5,000 words. There is also video summary which is about 70 minutes long. If you don’t have 70 minutes or the...
We’ve come far past the point of trial and error in sales and marketing, especially with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line. And even if we were still in that antiquated trial and error stage, startups still couldn’t afford to undertake those types of odds—the failure rate...
Imagine creating your startup without raising any capital whatsoever, simply having your customer’s cash in hand before you have to produce any type of product or service. Sounds a lot better than trying to raise up huge amounts of capital just to develop, produce and launch your product, right?...
While it might be taboo in some circles to think about raising funds for your startup by working—the argument being that this isn’t actual funding, but rather investing your own money—with a slight tweak to your method, even the staunchest opponent of the argument will have to concede. Of...
As you begin to launch your MVP and embark on your lean marketing campaign, one key target group that you always want to keep in mind is the early adopter. In a nutshell, early adopters are the people that buy into your vision right off the bat. Whether it’s...
Time and time again, we’ve seen startups fail for any number of reasons. And while we could sit here and list all of the possibilities your startup might fail, it’s much easier—and less scary—to nail down the one or two underlying reasons that rest at the base of all...
In this series we will focus on the challenges of launching a startup while working a traditional job and how others have accomplished it. The 40 hour workweek can certainly be a grind, but you shouldn’t let it stop you from chasing your dreams. Many entrepreneurs have dreams of launching their...
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