If you thought procrastination was bad then wait till you meet burnout! At some point in your entrepreneurial journey, you are going to experience burnout. The trick is how you deal with it rather than letting it consume you. If it gets a hold of you then it can well and truly know you off […]
In the early days of Netflix, the company was trying to be the Amazon of DVD movie rentals. To get feedback on how to improve their service, the execs held a number of focus groups with customers. After one such focus group, Mitch Lowe and the rest of the executive team overheard something that changed
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Goumbik / Pixabay We live in a world where it’s easier than ever to start a company. Thanks to technology, you can start and run a business from almost anywhere. You can even hire remote workers and grow your company without a brick and mortar headquarters. As you move forward, though, it’s important to know
We present a roundup of the most popular small business and entrepreneurship articles of 2017. Dive into this list of can’t-miss advice on a variety of important topics that will inform and inspire you. Here at AllBusiness.com, the majority of our advice articles are written by real entrepreneurs and small business owners just like you—people
Contemporary startup ecosystem may seem like a “schizophrenic” jungle – overflowing with creative juices in one part, only to be bordered by cash-starved deserts of reality in the neighboring one. The reason for this are varied, chief among them being tight budgets that run out of steam before a business idea manages to grow some
geralt / Pixabay 200-page business plan documents are cumbersome projects that often render themselves obsolete in a fraction of the time it took to initially create the document. Declaring business plans “dead”, however, removes too much of the responsibility around planning as an entrepreneur, often misleading entrepreneurs into thinking that they don’t need to do
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You’ve decided it’s time. Years of planning and hard work are coming together in a business plan for your future. You’ve dreamed of starting a business for years, and now you’re on the verge of making it a reality. You can hardly contain your excitement. Whether you’re selling a product or service, you’ve got a
When a dream of owning a small business comes into view, the little details likely play a small role, if any. But as a plan comes together, those little details can become big issues. Overhead costs — those fixed expenses that make the day-to-day business happen, from office space to equipment to supplies — aren’t
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There are plenty of articles out there about how running a business can ruin your personal life, but not much about how your personal life can affect your business if you are the entrepreneur. When running a company, it’s especially difficult to find a balance between one’s work and personal life. With all the stress
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SEO can help a growing startup establish its presence and meet business goals. Here’s how to get started with search engine optimization and which areas to focus on. It’s a common challenge for early-stage and growing startups to find the resources and the time to focus on many different activities that can take their business to
