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Here are our latest articles on various aspects of business startup. If you have a topic you’d like to see covered here, please contact us.
Getting Started Articles
Want to Start a Business? Start With These Five Things
If you have been thinking of starting a business and don't know where to start, these five things will get you on the path to business ownership. Read more about the first five steps you should take to starting a business...
Starting a Business? Four Myths to Watch Out For
Consider these common myths about business ownership before you take the plunge and start your own business. Starting a business with realistic expectations will increase your odds of success greatly. Read more about the four myths to watch out for when starting a business...
Four Red Flags When Starting a Business
The excitement that comes with a great business idea sometimes causes tunnel vision. As you are starting your business, avoid these four red flags that can cause significant barriers to your business's success. Read more about four red flags to watch out for when starting a business...
Can Hyperfocus Make Your Business Startup More Successful?
Do you find yourself mired in details and losing control of the big picture? Is your business startup spinning its wheels? Use the technique of hyperfocus to maximize the use of your time and the success of your business. Read more about how using hyperfocus can make your business startup more successful...
Five Reasons You Should Start a Business in 2010
Many people are saying this is the worst time to start a business. However, there are great reasons to start a business in this economy. Here are five reasons you should start a business in 2010 and not wait. Read more to find out why you should be starting a business in 2010...
Develop Your Self-Discipline to Succeed as an Entrepreneur
Starting a business can seem like an endless road of things that have to be done. By developing your self-discipline through prioritization, time management and task management, you can keep yourself on the road to success as an entrepreneur. Read more about how to develop self-discipline as an entrepreneur...
Read more articles about Getting Your Business Started
Business Planning Articles
Pros and Cons of Outsourcing when Starting a Business
Outsourcing non-core functions can be a great way to free up your time to focus on your core operations when starting a business. It is important to be aware of both the pros and cons of outsourcing before you make the decision to outsource parts of your business startup. Read more about the pros and cons of outsourcing when starting a business...
Struggle Now or Struggle Later -- Planning is Key to Your Business Startup
Many entrepreneurs want to just jump directly into starting their business without doing the thorough planning that should precede opening day. When this happens, the business will inevitably face a struggle during the early years that could have been prevented by taking the time to plan the business startup. Read more about how proper startup planning will save you from problems down the road...
Five Steps to Turning Around a Struggling Business
Is your business struggling in the current economy? Are you not having the success you believe is possible for your business? If so, using this five step process will put your business back on the road to success. Read more about using five simple steps to improve or turn around a struggling business...
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Marketing Articles
Blog and Article Topics for Startups
With all the other tasks related to starting a business, developing articles and blogs for your website and article marketing campaigns can seem insurmountable. These techniques will help you develop good articles and blogs that will get your business off on the right foot. Read more about how to develop blog and article topics for business startups...
Blogging for Customers -- Does Your Startup's Website Need More Traffic?
Trying to gain more traffic for your website? Trying to get more potential customers interested in your company? Try adding a blog to your website. A blog provides benefits including increased traffic, increased customer loyalty, and better search engine rankings. Use these helpful hints to help you add a blog to your business startup's website. Read more about using a blog to get more traffic to your business startup’s wegbsite...
Easy Ways to Get Traffic to Your Business Startup's Website
You are starting a business and have the first version of your website up on the web. Rather than sitting back and waiting for traffic, use these techniques to let your target market know about your website and drive traffic to your site. Read more about some easy ways to boost the traffic to your business startup’s website...
Need to Write Blogs for Your Startup? How to Find Great Ideas
Now that your business startup has a website and a blog, you find yourself staring at a blank blog entry without a topic. Use these techniques to generate great ideas for blog entries and content articles. Read more about how to find great ideas for blog topics...
Read more articles about Marketing for Your Business Startup
Financial Management Articles
Financing a Business Startup? Details Matter
Regardless of where you are seeking financing when starting a business, knowing and understanding the details of your business matter. Not only do you need to know the details of the finances of your business, you also need to know your competition, your marketing, and be prepared to solve problems as they arise. Read more about why the details matter when you are financing a business startup...
Grants for Starting a Business-- What's Real and What's Not
"Free grant money to start a business!" The ads are everywhere these days. But are they real? Some grants are available, although not as many as the ads would have you believe, and you don't need any special skills or consultants to apply for them. Read more about the fact and fiction of grants for starting a business...
Starting a Business or Earning from a Hobby? Consider the Tax Implications
The IRS makes a clear distinction between a hobby that you may earn money from and a business designed to earn profits (even if it doesn't, at first). Be sure you understand which category you fall into. Read more about determining if your business will be considered a hobby by the IRS...
Starting a Business? Understanding Your Estimated Tax Payments
Handling the tax burden of self-employment is a major concern for many first-time entrepreneurs. Like most other aspects of business startup, the key to success is to learn the process and plan the work, and taking care of Uncle Sam is no different. Read more about understanding estimated tax payments...
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Employer Articles
Balancing Management When Starting a Business -- What to Look for in Key Staff
When hiring key staff for a business startup, consider your predominant traits, entrepreneurial, managerial or operations, and hire key staff that complement you. The best run organizations have a balance of these three types of traits. Read more about balancing management when starting a business...
Starting a Business? Use Teamwork to Achieve More
Entrepreneurship is not a solo sport. It takes a team, both within and outside the startup, to make the new business a success. Build culture into your company culture, view networking as a form of teamwork, and use teamwork to further your marketing objectives. Read more about how using teamwork will help your business startup...
Motivating Employees: Understand the Five Types of Motivation to Get the Most from Your Employees
Motivating employees requires understanding the five different types of motivation and designing your company culture to incorporate all five types. Most employees respond best to a mix of motivation types, an important consideration when starting a business or adding employees to an existing business. Read more about the five types of motivation...
Solve Employee Conflicts in Your Small Business
The role of employer can be a difficult one for entrepreneurs to embrace, however becoming an effective boss is critical for any entrepreneur with plans to grow a company. As a business owner you are thrown into the role of mediator of employee conflicts in your small business. Learning how to solve (and prevent) employee conflicts will be critical to your businesses growth and success. Read more about solving employee conflicts in your small business...
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Nonprofit Organization Articles
Business Basics are Critical to Starting a Nonprofit Organization
Many nonprofit organizations are started based on a passion of the founder to solve a problem or right a wrong. In order to successfully fulfill their mission, however, nonprofit organizations must pay attention to the fundamentals of running a business, including leadership, financial management, and strategic planning. Read more about how business basics are critical to starting a nonprofit organization successfully...
Increase Donations Through Your Nonprofit Organization's Website
Many nonprofits have found using the internet has substantially increased the donations they receive. Use these five key factors to optimize your nonprofit organization's website to encourage donations to your cause. Read more about increasing donations through your nonprofit organization’s website...
Five Ways to Increase Traffic to Your Nonprofit's Website
Promoting your nonprofit website is essential to getting all you can out of your internet presence. Use these five methods to increase traffic to your nonprofit organization's website. Read more about five easy ways to increase traffic to your nonprofit’s website...
Online Presence as Part of Nonprofit Sustainability
It is as true for nonprofits as it is for for-profit businesses that an internet presence is a necessity, not a luxury. Consider your nonprofit organization's objectives and strategy when you are developing your web presence and your organization will reap the benefits of being online. Read more about why having an internet presence is a key to your nonprofit’s sustainabillity...
Can Passion Translate to Success for a Nonprofit Organization?
You must have a passion for your mission in order to start a nonprofit organization. However, passion alone is not sufficient to guarantee the success when starting a nonprofit. Couple your passion with skills, knowledge, and hard work to sustain the organization for the long term. Read more and find out if passion alone is enough to start a nonprofit organization...
Want to Start a Nonprofit? Watch Out for Myths and Red Flags
If you are thinking of starting a nonprofit organization, consider these myths and red flags that indicate you may be better served with a for-profit company. Nonprofits have a very clear role in society and the economy. Be sure your idea is consistent with that role. Read more about myths and red flags that can derail your efforts to start a successful nonprofit organization...
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