Starting a business means bringing a dream to fruition and devoting your working life to doing something you love. Of course, being an entrepreneur isn’t necessarily a constant. After several years of running a business, some people find they want to pursue other passions. Others decide to leave the business world altogether. If the time [...]
For more than 600,000 people each year, the dream of owning a business becomes a reality. Once reality sets in, many of those budding entrepreneurs realize that some of the things they thought they knew about business ownership weren’t quite on point. If you’re thinking of starting your own company, seeing past some of the [...]
More than 30 million small businesses are currently up and running across the United States. An estimated 600,000 additional startups open their doors each year. Some entrepreneurs enter into business ownership thinking it’s going to be a simple feat only to find out it’s much more difficult than they expected. Others initially psych themselves out [...]
Millions of people dream about starting their own businesses. In most cases, they imagine what entrepreneurship would be like while toiling away at a repetitive or labor-intensive job and playing by someone else’s rules. Only a fraction of those visionaries actually experience business ownership firsthand. If you’re among the elite few who have brought the [...]
More than 625,000 startups are established each year according to the latest estimates from the United States Small Business Administration. For the hundreds of thousands of people who open the doors of their new small businesses, the experience is a dream come true. Of course, despite years of planning, many find that they weren’t quite [...]
Business owners are constantly looking for ways to improve their revenue. While there are many schools of thought on the subject, one of the most important things a business owner can do is diversify their revenue stream. Having a constant flow of various income streams can help business owners feel more secure with their financial [...]
Whether employees are in the office, working from home, or working from a remote office, collaboration is key to getting any projects done. Today, there are tons of virtual tools available to help employees collaborate effectively, no matter if they’re across the world from each other. Below are some of the ways businesses can use [...]
Everyone talks about the work-life balance, but it doesn’t really exist. There is no perfect balance between work and the rest of someone’s life, and trying to find a perfect balance often leads to people giving up sleep or other things they need, which can lead to poor health and other issues. It’s the idea [...]
New business owners need to make a choice – should they purchase an existing business and help it grow, or should they start their own business from the ground up? This seems like it would be an easy question to answer, but all too often, the answer is far more complex. There are pros and [...]
It’s all too easy to see other companies as competition, but working with other companies can be a key strategy used to help both companies grow faster. No matter what kind of company it is, by working with another company, it’s possible to create shared goals and to drive business up faster than it would [...]
