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The number of accelerator programs in the U.S. has grown tenfold over the last 10 years, meaning there are…
Goals are important, but they can also be detrimental to your business if you aren’t careful with them.…
One of my favorite “secret sauce” approaches to running a business is buying and using prepaid credit cards…
For even the most organized and motivated entrepreneur, writing a business plan can be a daunting task. After…
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Brian Wong graduated from college by age 18, raised $24 million in venture capital by 25 and swears…
Does your business need a fast cash injection? The good news? You have options. Remember: Businesses rely heavily on…
It’s pretty commonplace for startups to make money mistakes. In fact, it would be rare if you didn’t…
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On this week’s edition of StartupNation Radio, brought to you by Pappas Financial, your host, Jeff Sloan, is…
With the holidays just around the corner, you’ll want to increase your online marketing efforts to get that…
On the surface, starting a company seems fairly easy, right? There are more than 18 million businesses in the…
Before the arrival of cloud accounting, software options were traditionally rather cumbersome and generally more suited to larger…
As a busy business owner, you need everything you do to matter. Maintaining a relevant blog is hard work…
Last year I had to unexpectedly kickstart my career as a freelance website designer. I took like a…
Obviously, you hope to make your company’s workforce as productive as possible. According to a recent study from…
When your business is in the startup stage, you’re in an ideal position to attract genius talent, and…
Millennials have been getting some serious hate in the media for years, but they also have a lot…
With 2018 right around the corner, as businesses wind down Q4 by conducting the year-in-reviews, they’re also gearing…
Whether you are just opening a new business or have been managing one for years, time tracking is…
Let’s face it: Whether you’re thinking about building a business or are already in the throes of entrepreneurship,…
These are 10 single lines of code that help undertake critical machine learning tasks compactly and efficiently include data preparation, model training, and...
The first thing to know about being a sole proprietor is that a sole proprietorship is a specific…
Being involved the startup ecosystem, I regularly get the question: “what marketing stack do you use?” from fellow marketers.…
With the holiday season in full swing and the end of the year right around the corner, it’s…
If you’ve ever drafted a traditional business plan or a lean startup plan, you know that it’s highly…
If you have plans to launch a business of any size this year, one of the most important decisions…
Most entrepreneurs think that, in order to sell more of their products and services, they need more traffic,…
The following excerpt is adapted from “Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice” Copyright ©…
Whether you are writing your business plan for investors or developing it for strategic purposes, including the right…
Startups need more than just a great idea to succeed; they need the right people to bring the…
Whether pitching their business on “Shark Tank” or interviewing with a major magazine, many entrepreneurs need help calming…
Amid all the holiday revelry, days off and cookie consumption this December, make sure to carve out some…
If there’s one thing that I find myself saying over and over again, it’s this: “Content marketing is…
Of the many contracts that startups draft and execute, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are among the most common. Protecting…
Blogging isn’t as easy as it used to be. Five years ago, you could write a 500-word article…
Your business credit score is a measure of its likelihood to honor its financial obligations. As such, this…
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On this week’s episode of StartupNation Radio, your host Jeff Sloan, is joined by co-host, Norm Pappas, of…
The average startup doesn’t have much capital. According to the Small Business Administration, the average entrepreneur spends $30,000 launching…
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On this edition of StartupNation Radio, your host, Jeff Sloan, chats with Stephanie Scapa, CEO of WEYV, Inc.…
When you start up a new business, amongs the first things you do nowadays is get a website…
From the beginning, I organized my business, United Systems Integrators (USI), around the 10 core profit principles of…
Startups need to be very strategic about their investments, and it can seem hard to justify a big…
For entrepreneurs and small business owners who don’t have an accounting background, bookkeeping and taxes can be intimidating…
The key to building a wildly successful business is going above and beyond to serve your audience. You…
How many times have you hired someone who checked all the boxes, interviewed well, seemed to have potential…
Small business accounting tools can be a lifesaver for all entrepreneurs. Let’s be honest: accounting and bookkeeping are…
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Employees crave feedback. The right insights can help us to improve productivity, establish paths for professional and personal…
With the holiday season upon us, many company employees are looking forward to being able to kick back…
Building your business from the ground up is both an exciting and stressful process. New businesses are fortunate…
When you work as a freelancer or run your own business, non-paying clients can be a major threat…
If you own or are considering launching a business, you’ve likely heard about cryptocurrency and the Initial Coin…