Keyword: startups
Business mogul says offices should not have doors
Simple rule for startups Mark Cuban is without question, the model that many startup founders are inspired by – he works all day and night but still plays hard and always tries new things, yet continues to make gobs of money. Cuban recently wrote 12 rules for startups in Entrepreneur Magazine, but today, we have chosen to focus on one ...
3 things every founder should look for in an angel investor
Founders’ relationships with investors The relationship between a founding team and seed investors is an important one. When done well, it is a dynamic relationship in which the business benefits tremendously. When done poorly, it can put stress on the business and even lead to diminished productivity. Founders carry full responsibility for the business, so they have full responsibility to ...
A beautiful road map for securing an early-stage investment
Startups and fundraising Startups almost always must go through the exciting, excruciating, time consuming, eye opening, and ultimately important step of fundraising (at least once). It’s a horrific experience on one hand – taking too much time and work, requiring significant legal preparation and trust me, you hear “no” a lot, just to name a few of the fun things ...
Differences between a small business and a startup
Start-ups are sexy Start-up businesses are exciting. They are chaotic. They are risky. They are responsible for much of the innovation in our social and professional lives. They provide an opportunity for substantial financial gain. Let’s face it – start-ups are sexy. Many people call themselves “entrepreneurs” and/or state on their resume that they are starting a business or have ...
Study finds most startup founders to be highly educated
New trend – skip college, found a startup? With the rise in visibility of tech startups, many believe that college kids are dropping out to follow in the Steve Jobs and Bill Gates footsteps in lieu of completing their education. Tech advocates are encouraging brilliant kids to skip the debt of college and pursue their startup dreams, but are they ...
The four forgotten basics of startup web visibility
Your idea? Genius. Your site? Gorgeous. Your content? Engaging and informative. So where is everybody? If you’re like most startups, to some extent, you’re bootstrapping, and your budget for marketing your business isn’t exactly … in existence. You pioneered your entire business, right? Can’t you bootstrap your marketing too. Well, yes and no. Even if your content is so legendary ...
Real Estate Startups to Watch
Rentbits A product of Rent Marketer, Rentbits launches new search that actively crawls the web for property rentals and displays them in brilliant fashion for rental hunters. I’ll be reviewing Rentbits and Rent Marketer and currently have their product listed. Experience tells us that with the housing market struggling in many areas around the country, that less buyers means more ...














