The New Sharing Economy
Entrepreneurs are happy to serve this growing market. From apartment rentals to couch surfing, bikes or cars, vacation rentals, tools or art, there seems to be a sharing service for pretty much anything you can think of. More ...
Crafting a Mission Statement is Crucial to Success
Research has shown that a having good mission statement reminds you why you are in business in the first place, and provides a guidepost for decision making during the course of your business. Here's how to craft a mission statement. More ...
Starting a Small Business - Twelve Questions to Consider
This article contains twelve questions that you should consider when starting a new business: 1. What is your product or service idea? 2. What geographic area will you serve? 3. What is your competition? 4... More ...
How to Accept Credit Cards
You want to avoid circumstances in which a customer or clientwants to buy your product and the only barrier to your getting paid is that you do not accept credit cards. Here is how to become a credit card merchant. More ...
How to Pick a Winning Business Name
Many marketing campaigns are solely based on business names. Despite this many people, completely ignore spending time picking a good business name. This very often happens, when someone believes to have a winning business idea, and wants to kick it off as soon as possible. More ...
Important Information When Considering an Invention Promotion Firm
Think you have a great idea for a new product or service? You're not alone. Every year, tens of thousands of people try to develop their ideas and commercially market them. Many use the services of an invention promotion firm. More ...
15 Easy Steps to Starting Your Own Small Business
When I decided to start my business, I tried hard to find a good startup guide. I couldn't find anything that had all the steps clearly listed without a lot of confusing fluff and filler. More ...
How to Do a Business Feasibility Study
Do you have a great idea for a new business? You could benefit from a feasibility study. A feasibility study is a process to determine your business idea's viability. More ...
Public Domain Profits
To put it in simple terms, anything created before 1923 is now in the public domain. Anything created between 1924 and 1963 is in the public domain unless the copyright was renewed. Most of the time these copyrights were not renewed because either the owners weren't making any money off the work, or they just forgot the deadline. More ...
How to Start a Coffee House
A coffee house may be one of the more simple businesses to start among businesses in the food and beverage industry. The Starbucks coffee house chain was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971. Today it operates 23,768 locations worldwide with 2017 Q2 Revenue of $5.3 Billion. More ...
How Crowdfunding Sites Work
Crowdfunding is social networking asking a crowd of people online to donate money for a specific cause, or project sometimes promising them a cut of the returns or various other rewards. More ...
Choosing the Right Home Business For You
Actually starting any home business is the easy part. The hard part's deciding what that business should be. So how do you even start the process of deciding on the right home business for you? The key is to be methodical, realistic, objective and patient. More ...
Have You Registered Your Service Mark?
First of all what IS a service mark? Well, a trademark applies to goods or products (such as a car or a washing machine) while a service mark refers to services (like coaching, transportation and storage, or legal work). More ...
Understanding Financial Statements When Approaching Lenders
A young and maybe struggling company, needs bank financing to survive. Going to the bank shouldn?t bring on apprehension. Having a basic understanding of financial statements and being prepared when you approach a bank will go a long way in reducing your apprehension. More ...
100 Ways to Make $100 or More
If you are thinking about how you could make a little extra money, here are 100+ ideas. You may be able to make money doing what you already do. More ...
Small Business Success Tips - Marketing
For a small business, marketing is crucial. It is also very expensive if done badly. A small business owner just starting out should take two primary marketing steps simultaneously, whether or not he can hire marketing help. More ...
How to Source Wholesale Products
If you're starting a retail business and looking for products to sell, you'll need to find reliable wholesale suppliers. This serves as a guide with some helpful tips for finding the right wholesale product sources for your business. More ...
Five Things You Need To Remember Before Starting a Small Business
Everyone knows someone who has decided to go into small business but did you know that 70 percent of all small businesses fail within the first 12 months of operation. In some countries that failure rate is as high as 85 to 90 percent. More ...
Finding Your Home Business Niche
When some folks begin to think about a business of their own, they know in that very moment what kind they are going to start. Then, there are the rest of us... Knowing that we want to have a business of our own is not enough. Many of us have struggled with the important question of what type of enterprise we would like to start. More ...
Three Simple Tips To Picking a Profitable Niche Market for Newbies
For a new online entrepreneur, picking a niche can be the most intimidating part of the entire business model building process. So it's vital that you understand the correct elements of picking a niche that pairs passion and profits. More ...
