There’s more than one way to finance your new company, from keeping your day job to using consultancy sales to fuel a product build.
Successful founders share their favorite tools for tracking finances, from mobile apps like Square to good old Excel.
Finding a venture capitalist (VC) you can live with for the long term is just as important to your company’s health as their money.
Possibly no department is more important in a startup than the sales department. How do you keep your salespeople on track to make — and better yet exceed — their sales targets?
Young entrepreneurs are often dismissed by doubtful investors and colleagues. Here are 5 ways to show them you’re very, very serious.
If you’re asking a family member to support your business, then you need to show them the same courtesy — and level of detail — you would an investor.
Getting a Harvard MBA should prepare you for entrepreneurship…right? While MBAs certainly have advantages (like analytical training), they may have to work a little harder on some other qualities first.
Entrepreneurs know better than anyone how important money management and cash flow is — so why are we so hesitant to teach our kids the truth?
Florida Pro DJs founder Brian Barnett has a few words of advice for entrepreneurs in any industry — including that learning how to delegate is an absolute necessity.
By listening to their customers, finding investors who “got it” and persisting, David Politis and his team raised a Series A successfully. Here’s what he learned along the way.
Female founders raising capital should do their homework, know their product/service and most of all, know their options inside and out long before pitching investors — and 10 other tips.
Everyone talks about how to raise money, but few entrepreneurs discuss what to do with it after you already have it. Sunil Rajaraman, CEO of Scripted.com, offers 5 seasoned tips.
You don’t have to sell out your values to have a career (or start a company) that’s successful. Erica Dhawan shares 5 insights from her own leadership coaching experiences.
Ian Clarke, CTO of OneSpot, Inc. and founder and coordinator of the Freenet Project, thinks the most important thing an entrepreneur can do is question their own assumptions, over and over again.
Nathalie Lussier offers some wisdom for fellow entrepreneurs, including why focusing on your personal life first might actually be the key to fueling your business’ growth.
Ethan Austin, GiveForward co-founder, identifies the six most critical stages of the startup life cycle — and offers some advice for would-be founders who want to make the leap.
‘ZinePak co-founder Kim Kaupe offers some advice for other time-strapped entrepreneurs on being more productive, staying on top of industry news and most of all, cultivating a rested mind.
No business owner looks forward to bookkeeping, but accounting gets even more complicated if you fall behind. Kirk Simpson offers 5 simple ways to stay on top of your company finances.
Acceleration Partners founder and managing director Robert Glazer offers his insights about business to first-time entrepreneurs — especially with respect to getting the right people on your team at the start.
Sometimes your potential customers need more than a nudge or a pop-up. They need nurturing, they need trust, and most of all, they need you to get your hands OUT of their pockets.
