According to Business Insider, only 3 out of every 100 companies that try to get cash from angel investors succeed. The success rate with venture capitalists is even lower. Disappointed yet? The truth is, you do not always need an investor to get going. Below are a few tips that will help you get off […]
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? Arizona Republic: In 2001, Lisa Liddy plunged into growing her book-publishing company, The Printed Page, to take up the slack that followed her husband’s loss of a job in the hospitality industry. Her business took off, as she and her husband, Joe, concentrated heavily on book design, layout and publishing. To counter stress resulting
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If you want to get noticed, your business must stand out from the crowd. Small Business Trends recently posted a list of tips that will help you get noticed. 1. Be an Educational Hub In case you haven’t noticed, we are in the middle of a content marketing revolution. And that’s something you need to
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1837 – Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a “stationery and fancy goods emporium”. 1851 – First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times. 1882 – The Pacific Stock Exchange
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Forbes: I said, “Starting is simply about seeing a problem in your life and trying to fix it. If you figure it out, then you can consider doing it for others who have a similar problem. That’s it.” How do you best describe the very basics of entrepreneurship? Photo by Anthony Storo
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In 1962, when he was 33, the scientist Nick Holonyak, Jr., created the first practical visible light-emitting diode. Holonyak wasn’t trying to create a light that would replace incandescent bulbs. He was trying to make a laser. Watch on Bizopy.
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The following is by Samantha Stauf. Just about every great business had modest origins. The late JR Simplot may not have been able to start his lucrative plans had a coin toss not gone his way. The founders of Whole Foods secretly lived in their first store because they couldn’t afford another home. Under Armour
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Gordon Gekko had his faults – no one would deny that – but in all honesty, who hasn’t at some point wondered just what it would be like to walk the Wall Street walk? Gekko’s excesses may have given greed a bad name but that hasn’t seriously dented the real-world investment potential of the stock
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