[ad_1] Ah, the hardworking entrepreneur. In Hollywood stories, we are the people who spend all day hustling to make a buck; spending nearly twenty hours a day in our garage or building our network of contacts in order to beat back the competition. While it’s true I keep long hours, …

[ad_1] This story appears in the October 2016 issue of Startups. Subscribe » Countless startups fail every year. But there are not countless reasons that they fail. “I’m talking to entrepreneurs three or four times a week, and they’re all coming to me with the exact same issues,” says Tarek …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » One of the make it or break its for a lot of entrepreneur’s is having a world-class network. If you have a strong network, your business can withstand just about anything and opportunities will …

[ad_1] In this on-going series, we are sharing advice, tips and insights from business warriors who are out there doing battle day in and day out. (Answers have been edited and condensed for clarity.) Please give us a rundown of the work you are doing.My name is Debbie Spander, I lead Wasserman’s Broadcasting and Coaching group, …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » Two years ago, Pinterest engineer Tracy Chou famously asked, “Where are the numbers?” referring to the number of women in the tech industry. Since she asked that, we’ve seen the numbers. They’re pretty dismal. …

[ad_1] Poor PageRank. We knew it. We used it. We sang its praises. But, alas, PageRank is dead. And the world has changed — at least when it comes to search engine optimization (SEO), scoring and optimization. As an industry, we’ve had some time to get adjusted. John Mueller announced in 2013 …

[ad_1] Another New Year, another tax season. Like many who are self-employed, you may be doing the mental math before you’ve even filed in an attempt to deduce whether you’ll get a refund or owe money (and how much). To either limit what you owe or maximize your refund from Uncle …

[ad_1] Your small business needs extra capital. Should you take out a business loan or look for an investor? Figuring out how to finance your business is an important decision that can have big consequences. So which is better? Debt or equity? Let’s quickly go over their differences, then talk about …

[ad_1] Chances are pretty good that you would never have heard of the Titanic if it had not struck an iceberg back in 1912. But when it comes to startups, you don’t hear about the ones that slam into icebergs — you only hear about the tiny few that dodge them. …

[ad_1] When Alexandra Fine was gearing up to launch her company’s second gadget, a handheld vibrator engineered to mimic human touch, she knew Kickstarter wasn’t likely to accept her application. The crowdfunding website does not support sex toys and rejected Fine once before. So, Fine did what any strong-willed person would …