Have you exhausted the financial help from your friends and family to take your business to the next level? What do you do? It’s time to start looking for someone who is willing to invest in your start-up. Angel investors are investors or a group of investors who are willing to provide you a second-round of funding or the seed … Continue reading
For many years you wanted to get away from the monotony of your regular day job and wish to venture out on your own. Starting a start up is a dream held by many of us. However, before you become an entrepreneur, there are certain questions that need to be asked. Is your dream project unique? Will it survive in … Continue reading
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the key to success for any business that is active on the web. It not only helps find relevant keywords when searches are conducted via search engines, but also helps save a big deal of money. As experts put it – “SEO is the best customer acquisition strategy in the online world”. Jason Mark Anderman, … Continue reading
Andrew Schrage, Founder and Editor of Money Crashers, launched his start-up SparkCharge Media – a conglomeration of financial websites including MoneyCrashers, in 2008. He started his business on a shoestring budget at the height of the recession. “With my business plan, I knew how much I had in savings that I was willing to allocate towards the business, and I … Continue reading
Just wishing to become successful doesn’t show any result. It requires a reasonable amount of planning and commitment to succeed in any field. When you plan to set up a business, failure is the last thing on your mind. If you are a start-up or a small business owner, you will never see your business fail if you have laid … Continue reading
When you plan to set up a small business or form a new company, it is important that you select your entity wisely. Jeffrey A. Unger, CEO and founder of eMinutes (www.eminutes.com) talks about points to consider while incorporating your business, about LLC and Corporation. When forming a new company, “Select your entity wisely (and don’t forget to consider not … Continue reading
Whether a start-up or an existing small business, they have realized that modern technologies empower them to be on the same platform as that of medium/large enterprises or the multi-national companies. Though some SMB’s are reluctant to introduce technology in their enterprises, many start-ups have shown interest in leveraging the latest technology to cut on the IT operational costs and … Continue reading
India recently introduced the National Manufacturing Policy (NMP), which has been welcomed by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The policy provides special emphasis on the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). According to CII, the NMP provides for adequate support to promote and strengthen employment-intensive industries to ensure job creation, with special attention to textiles and garments; leather and … Continue reading
Starting your own business in the United States of America is easier than elsewhere in the world. America encourages new entrepreneurs to start their enterprises by providing them with an attractive self-employment program, small and medium business (SMB) loans and business counseling. The current government has announced incentives to all start-up businesses by waiving off the taxes and supporting them … Continue reading
So you’ve been considering starting your own business. Are you’re the right person to be your own boss? Far too often, the only reason one doesn’t give entrepreneurship a try is fear. Building a dream into reality is exciting, challenging, time consuming, and frustrating. But at the end of the day, if you are a good at what you do, … Continue reading
