Owning your own startup company seems like a dream come true. After a lot of hard work, networking, and gaining support, you finally manage to start one. With the dream of being the next Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos, it feels like the whole world is at your fingertips. But, let’s not get too ahead of ourselves. You just started and you have a hundred and one things…
Legal Entity Identifier: A Code for Businesses
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / January 6, 2022LEI is an acronym for Legal Entity Identifier. All companies that make financial transactions such as trading and investing in the stock market must have an LEI code. Some argue that an LEI is only needed at the time of making a transaction. However, we need to understand that LEI is more of an international level recognition. The LEI is a far more evolved and structural system that…
Starting a Liquidation Business That’s Successful and Profitable
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / April 29, 2021If you hope to be your own boss someday, starting a liquidation business is one attractive, realistic option. You already know that shifting from the comfort of a steady salary into the unknown will be challenging and difficult at times. Still, you might feel that you are ready for a change. You want to be in charge of your future, have more control over how your workdays go,…
What began as a trend among millennials has continued as even Gen Z appears to have been bitten by the entrepreneurial bug.…
This 23 Year-Old Entrepreneur Delivers: Interview with Parcel Founder Jesse Kaplan
by / ⠀Blog• Entrepreneur Interviews• Entrepreneurship / March 10, 2015Problem: Receiving packages from orders placed online is difficult in larger cities, especially in places where there is no active doorman to accept deliveries on behalf of residents. Unless the recipient is present at the time of delivery, which is typically during the hours of 8-5, a slip is left at the door, and the package is returned to the distribution center. Due to barriers with labor limitations,…
Internship Finder: Interview with internrocket.com’s Michael Somers
by / ⠀Blog• Career Advice• Entrepreneur Interviews• Entrepreneurship / February 23, 2015Jobs are not what they used to be for both employees and employers. The average worker stays at each position just 4.4 years, which leaves employers looking for new staff members at a rate drastically higher than that of just several decades ago. For the employee, the market has become more competitive and a college degree is no longer a guaranteed ticket to a profitable and happy career with…
Founded on a Bicycle – Interview with Dashed Founder Phil Dumontet
by / ⠀Entrepreneur Interviews• Entrepreneurship / July 10, 2014My interview with Phil Dumontet was interrupted by a police officer knocking on his window after he pulled over safely to the side of the road. As rare as an interview starting with a police intervention is a company starting with just a CEO and a bicycle. Dashed has grown into the leading restaurant delivery service in the Northeast. Dashed delivers for over 600 top rated restaurants in…
Law School Dropout – Interview with LawKick’s Aaron George
by / ⠀Entrepreneur Interviews• Entrepreneurship / April 15, 2014Dropout is such a negative word. Young entrepreneurs all across the country and world are ‘dropping out’ of school, but not because they are failing. Aaron George may have dropped out of law school, but it wasn’t to take a job or because he couldn’t handle it. He left law school to focus on something he was truly passionate about – lawyers. But why work with lawyers if…
Smaller than traditional companies, startups are designed to develop new markets and emphasize an efficient approach to business operations. Many startups have failed, but many have also achieved phenomenal success. One of the biggest challenges for startups is competing with larger, more established businesses. However, in today’s world size no longer predicts success. Here at Fueled, we’ve found three startups that were able to disrupt larger competitors and…
This Bus Runs on Passion – Interview with Ricky Berrin of SalesBus
by / ⠀Entrepreneur Interviews• Entrepreneurship / April 8, 2014SalesBus Founders Rickey Berrin (left) and Seth Murphy (right) Entrepreneurs are often fueled by passion. When asked what’s important in vetting an idea to pursue as an entrepreneur, Ricky Berrin responded, “Make sure it’s something you are passionate about because you’re going to be spending a lot of time on it. The second part is making sure what you’re building is something people actually care about and want.”…