Perfect Your Pitch
You may have the perfect idea, with all the pieces in place, but you need to know how to convey that to others if you are to convert that idea into a profit. Pitching...
Category: Startup Culture
Advice for Monetizing an Idea
You’ve just come up with the perfect invention or business idea. It’s innovative, it fills a need in its target market, and you’re positive it will be a huge hit. So now what? Having...
Social Media is no Longer Just an Option for Businesses
It’s hard to even remember a day when social media didn’t dominate our personal and professional lives. Yet, ten years ago, very few people were active on social media. Facebook was just coming of...
The Biggest Startup Myths
What do you think of when you hear the word startup? Is it a small tech company run by millennials? Does it involve a rags to riches story of building the company from the...
Finance Skills All Entrepreneurs Should Have
I may be an entrepreneur in the quantitative trading industry where strong financial skills are mandatory; however, a set of basic financial skills is crucial for entrepreneurs of all industries, be it a tech...
Five Startup Success Stories
Many of the world’s most successful businesses and entrepreneurs started out with a simple idea that grew into a product, and those products exploded into multi billion dollar enterprises. We all know the story...
Best Apps for Entrepreneurs- Part 2
Recently, I wrote a blog listing some of the best apps available to entrepreneurs to help them organize their busy lives. This list came naturally to me because there are so many apps I...
What to Consider When You Approach Venture Capital Funding
If you’re an entrepreneur starting your own business, then you are going to need the proper funds to get your company up and running. Unless you were lucky enough to inherit a small fortune,...
Lessons from Startups
Many times, when we talk about “startups”, there is an assumption we’re talking about “tech startups”. Discussion about “startup news” centers around the assumed hubs of innovation, like Silicon Valley or Silicon Alley, and...
How to Name Your Business
Deciding on the name of your new company may be one of the more interesting challenges of launching a business, but the brainstorm can be far from simple. Before you consider names that aren’t...
