[ad_1] Most of you will have a business plan for your startup, as this document acts as the blueprint and roadmap for your company. Whether it is to share with management to help with strategy or present to investors for funding, the business plan will provide the basis for future decisions. However, …

[ad_1] The business plan is commonly, and mistakenly, thought of as the Holy Grail or template for success. It’s more than often the direction you’re pointed if you have an idea and talk to any old-school business person, corporate lifer or institutional banker — at least when it comes to getting …

[ad_1] Between Brexit and Trump, the global economy looks precarious, or, if you’re optimistic, at least uncertain. Even if you’re running a local business, global factors can and do influence your clients, thus affecting your business and you. You might think yourself immune as a lawn care company in somewhere …

[ad_1] Every business faces fierce competition in terms of sales, efficiency and effectiveness. That’s why Automation is necessary for your business to survive. The reason: There is so much to do in your business, but time is insufficient. According to Pareto’s 80/20 rule, only 20 percent of your activities have the …

[ad_1] Running an ecommerce business is no walk in the park. It’s a multifaceted undertaking with a lot of moving parts — web development, retail merchandising, logistics, brand marketing, payment processing and so on — and you have to be good at all of them. Lots of large brands and …

[ad_1] Unicorns are all the buzz these days. Companies such as Snap and Dropbox inspire an entire generation of entrepreneurs around the world to dream big. But by focusing on major problems, huge markets and billion-dollar exits, many entrepreneurs take the wrong approach to growing their business and miss the chance to create and control a profitable company. One …

[ad_1] It’s fairly common to hear folks in “Startup Land” state that ideas are “a dime a dozen.” Most of us are taught to think that it’s all about execution, the ideas are a given. There’s some truth in this logic. For every good idea you hear about there are …

[ad_1] While I regularly write about side hustles, earning more and how amazing it was to leave my day job for self-employment, there are far more reasons to keep your day job than leave it. Your livelihood is no laughing matter, and quitting your job with no game plan can lead …

[ad_1] Prior to the 1990s, networking required business owners to put on their business attire, shove on dress shoes, drive to a pre-determined location at a pre-determined time, walk into a room full of people who didn’t know each other, go through introductions, explain their business, hand out business cards and hope …

[ad_1] Not all ideas are million-dollar businesses. There is a real difference between a great idea and a true business opportunity. So, how are you able to decipher between all the great ideas floating around in your mind and the ones that will turn into a thriving business? It’s all …