USA Today: Over the past decade, the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity belongs to the 55 to 64 age group, according to a study by the Kauffman Foundation, a Kansas City, Mo.-based entrepreneurship institute. The 20 to 34 age bracket has the lowest rate. “When people think startups, they think kids,” said Christian Gurney of […]
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The following is a guest post by Kyle James. Online companies that have high fixed costs, especially when those fixed costs are associated with office equipment, inventory, warehousing, and high distribution costs have the hardest time making money. A company that fit into this category was WebVan, an online grocery delivery service that went bankrupt
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Who needs sleep when there are start-ups to launch? Between endless e-mail conversations and talkative co-workers, getting actual work done during the day isn’t always an easy proposition. The New York Times has an interesting article about a group of entrepreneurs, freelancers, and software developers who have come up with a nocturnal solution to that
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After graduating with her Master’s degree, Joanna Davies went in search for the right job. When a job didn’t materialize, she did the next best thing reports Dorset Echo. The local girl returned to her home town to set up new business, The Gilded Teapot, after graduating a year ago with a masters degree in
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This looks interesting: StartupToDo.com is a productivity application for startup founders, developers who want to fire their managers and microISVs who want to build successful software companies. Here you’ll find specific Guides to many of the hundreds of projects you need to do to build your company. Every Guide is written by, rated by, and
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The Des Moines Register: One minute Christina Moffat, 33, was working with RDG Planning & Design, working on a multi-million dollar health care project, and the next she was eyeball-deep in cupcake batter. OK, there were about four months in between. But still. Now, almost two years later, after establishing an enthusiastic following for her
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Baking isn’t usually considered a natural segway from real estate, but that is exactly how it worked for two real estate agents, Joe Barbato and Sharon Tabasco, when the recession slowed their business down. According to Tampa Bay Online, Sharon convinced Joe to buy into her idea after a batch of her cupcakes were a
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Entrepreneur: Starting a business is not for the risk averse. But in an effort to help entrepreneurs assess just how much risk is associated with launching or running their business, StartupNation.com, a website that provides business advice and networking for entrepreneurs, recently introduced an Odds of Success Calculator. The business valuation device calculates a business
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Was your new year resolution to start a new business? Don’t let the economy get you down. 10 News recently discussed some of the other areas you need to remember when launching your startup. Just ask Yanina Rosario, Assistant Director of the Small Business Development Center at USF. “If you don’t feel you can overcome
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In 2010, when Maria Seidman wanted to start a iPad app company, she needed a tech wiz to get the biz off the ground. She posted what as essentially a dating add for a cofounder: “Well-connected, passionate entrepreneur with a decade of experience launching and running digital businesses at a major media company is seeking
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