startup

10 Common Startup Challenges to Overcome on Your Road to Success

by Gaurav Sharma / ⠀Startup Advice / October 2, 2021

Launching a startup definitely has its challenges but also can be like living your dream every day. The humble beginnings and phenomenal success of the likes of Epic Games and Facebook serve to light a fire in the hearts of many entrepreneurs. More than 800,000 genius ideas began their journey as startups or small businesses in the U.S. in 2020. Image Source: Statista So, do all these startups…

Modernizing Your Business in 2021

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / June 1, 2021

Businesses that enjoy long-term success are almost always the same ones that make an ongoing effort to modernize and stay current. The business landscape is constantly going through change. Change is influenced by various factors including technological developments, consumer trends, influencers, global events, and economic fluctuations, among many others. Yes, it can be challenging to keep up and to make continuous changes to your business. Ultimately, though, it’s…

Web Development Costs: How Much Should You Splurge On Your Site?

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Personal Branding• Startup Advice / May 27, 2021

Web development is a highly complex and intricate process but, over the past few years, there’s been a rise in free, template-based website creation modules. Most people wonder how much web development costs and, honestly, there’s no simple answer to that question. As noted earlier, some websites are completely free, but we all intuitively know that’s not the ideal option. The originality of website design and completely personalized…

Buying Your First Rental Property: 7 Tips to Reduce Anxiety

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Funding / May 26, 2021

Buying your first rental property is both exciting (in a good way) and somewhat daunting. Many people want to get involved in real estate investing but don’t know where to start. Oftentimes potential investors are scared away by the responsibilities they know come with property management. However, there are a number of solutions available if you’ve been thinking about dipping your toe into real estate. For example, you…

Cultivating Innovation in a New Era: Post-Pandemic Leadership

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / May 24, 2021

Ever since the recent pandemic disrupted our lives and workplaces worldwide, cultivating innovation has gotten decidedly trickier. Senior managers and executives have had to shoulder and ultimately adapt to unexpected changes to workplace normality, operations, and career progress more than any other time in recent history. The business environment has always been difficult to predict, let alone during a period of pandemic uncertainty. The good news? Advances in…

Starting an Online Store? 5 Things to Consider First.

by Sam Meenasian / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Finding Customers• Startup Advice / May 10, 2021

Starting an online store of your own might be something you’ve seriously considered. If there’s one thing businesses can learn from the past year, it’s that the future of sales is digital. This fact is made more evident by the accelerated industrial digitization during the pandemic, revolutionizing legacy industries and causing a drastic shift in consumer behavior. According to a survey conducted by UNCTAD, online shopping increased by…

6 Common Characteristics of the Startup CEO

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Startup Advice / April 14, 2021

Many of us may be dreaming of and actively working toward the day when we will print up business cards with the title “CEO” appearing directly underneath our name. No cakewalk in any setting, the job of CEO is undoubtedly the toughest job when it comes to working for a startup company. Startup CEOs are a special breed of entrepreneurs. Not everyone is cut out to be a…