Guest Posts

8 Hot Industries for Start-Ups

The following is a guest post by IBISWorld analysts Kevin Boyland and Eben Jose. Driven primarily by a shift toward providing services online, these eight industries present excellent opportunities for start-ups. Fragmented industries with a low level of capital intensity often present excellent opportunities for start-ups. During the past decade, the key trend creating the

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How to Use the Internet to Build Professional Connections

In the financial world, it is important to make professional connections with other successful investors. For example, asset management firms need to build relations with companies that handle private equity, mutual funds, commodities, foreign currency and other financial services. Pete Briger Linkedin Connections is an example of professional networking operations between financial companies in the

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Making Gates and Making Money

Naturally the first step to developing a new small business is to identify consumer demand for a particular product or service. Traditional businesses such as hairdressers and restaurants manage to survive and flourish largely due to the necessity for both haircuts and food. And a practice as old as the hills – gate making –

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