Monthly Archives: August 2010
Hire Your Friends! (At Your Own Peril)
Most business advice blogs tend to be full of stale, common sense puffery. My goal, as a guest blogger for Young Entrepreneur, is to apply my knowledge and experiences to the discussion of many business-changing decisions young entrepreneurs make or don’t make. …
Is Your Business a Championship Ball Club or an 8 — 8 Team?
I imagine entrepreneurship as a football game where your company is on offense and your opposing defense consists of your competition, the economy, your marketing acumen, your ability to hire the right people and, most importantly, your ability to handle …
Success in the Technology Business: Entrepreneurship or Stocks?
The technology business can involve different paths to success, but most of those paths rarely lead anywhere except to bankruptcy and discouragement. These businesses are so complex and difficult for many of us to comprehend that we often simply give …
What is an Online Marketing Sales Funnel and Why is it Important?
As a new contributor to YoungEntrepreneur.com I want to talk about a topic that is probably at the most forefront of doing business online, and that is the online marketing sales funnel. Obviously the nature of the internet is that …
The YE Weekly Article Recap (8/23 – 8/28)
Did you get busy and miss checking the YoungEntrepreneur.com Blog one day this week? No need to dig through the site to find the articles you missed. Introducing the YE Weekly Article Recap! Just browse through the recap, find what …
Reasons Why and Why Not to Start Your Own Business: Part 4
In the first few installments of this series, we discussed the reasons as to why you should start your own business. Here, I touch on some big deterrents which you should not allow to persuade you to go out on …
What Type of Entrepreneur are You?
When it comes to entrepreneurship, it's worth noting that not all small business owners are created the same. It goes a little deeper than personality though. The type of entrepreneur you are can have an effect on how successful you …
You Can't do All of the Work All of the Time: Building a Team of Peers
When you first start out and found a company it goes without saying that, due to limited budget, you try your hand at every role within the organization and will find yourself stretched in every direction. As one of Huddle's …
Characteristics of Successful Business Owners
Aspiring entrepreneurs often ask know how successful business owners got where they are today. More often than not, though, this curiosity is restricted to technical details like which business models were used or how startup financing was obtained. The idea …
Make Your Startup Elevator Pitch Top Floor Quality
An “elevator pitch” is a concise, well-practiced description of your startup and your plan, delivered with conviction and enthusiasm, that your mother should be able to understand in the time it would take to ride up an elevator. Everybody knows …
Entrepreneur Spotlight: 4 Rising Stars Under 25
I recently had dinner with Ankur Jain, founder of the Kairos Society of collegiate entrepreneurs and son of business mogul Naveen Jain. We got to talking about young entrepreneurs and what it means to create real change. Inspired by our …
Tips for Using Trend Forecasting Companies in Business Development
Forecasting trends is a tactic all companies must take very seriously. A sound business development strategy depends on understanding the direction that the economy and industry is headed. Sometimes following these trends can be overwhelming for small businesses. They can …
Marketing with Meaning
"Marketing with meaning", coined in The Next Evolution of Marketing by Bob Gilbreath, can be defined as bringing value to clients (potential and existing) through your marketing tactics. What does this mean for a business? Is offering a product or …
Why an Online Education Might be the Best Option for Entrepreneurs
Attending college and running a small business is a tedious balancing act that requires extreme discipline and above-average time management skills. While most entrepreneurs know that a college degree will be of great value to them throughout their career, the …
The YE Weekly Article Recap – (8/16 – 8/20)
Did you get busy and miss checking the YoungEntrepreneur.com Blog one day this week? No need to dig through the site to find the articles you missed. Introducing the YE Weekly Article Recap! Just browse through the recap, find what …
Pull, Don't Push – Marketing Lessons from Poultry
Marketing has never been so easily accessible for small business owners. There are myriad ways to get your message out to customers, from Facebook and Twitter to blogging communities — with the tools at your disposal now, you can practically …
Reasons Why and Why Not to Start Your Own Business: Part 3
I am feeling quite positive about this series of articles, because we are still on the positives – or the reasons why one should venture out on your own. I wrote an article a while back about getting rich in …
How To Blog For Your Business
Consider what is it that you want your blog to do for your company. Keeping in mind that the consumer is your target audience, you'll want to make sure your blog educates, updates, and provides an avenue for your customers …
How To Project Monthly Income/Business
The first critical step is determining what your recurring monthly expenses are going to be. These are expenses like employee wages, utilities, building rent, insurance, advertising, etc. Keep a firm grip on these expenses and try to keep them relatively …
Top Blog Awards – Best Motivational Blogs
Last month, we launched our new annual blog awards series for recognizing our favorite blogs from a variety of categories. The team at YoungEntrepreneur.com is full of avid blog readers, and we really do read learn a lot from them …
Becoming an Entrepreneur — Less Sink or Swim, More Learning Curve
Over the years, I've been privileged to be surrounded by many accomplished entrepreneurs. All of them have different stories about why they chose their path of entrepreneurship, and how their business grew, but all of them have one thing in …
Hiring 2.0
Hiring decisions can make or break a business. Great hires can take a business to new heights: bringing expertise, enthusiasm and increased profitability. A terrible hire, on the other hand, results in wasted time, money and effort. It can result …
5 Questions to Ask While Searching for a Co-founder
Starting your business, especially the first one, is like starting a new life. If you are sure of what you want to achieve, you would soon find yourself thinking and talking about your startup all the time, as if you …
Taking it Offline: Getting Back to Traditional Business Networking
It goes without saying that the Internet has drastically changed the way we go about doing business. Utilizing company websites, blogs, and a host of social media platforms, businesses can market themselves, sell products directly and even perform valuable customer …
Opportunities and Concerns for Green Entrepreneurs
Green business is undoubtedly one of the biggest topics in business, economics and politics right now. Understandably, it has brought along both a lot of hype and skepticism. There are plenty of reasons why both points need to be considered. …
