en•tre•pre•neur -noun Entrepreneur, translated from its French roots, means "one who undertakes." The term Entrepreneur is used to refer to anyone who undertakes the organization and management of an enterprise involving independence and risk as well as the opportunity for profit.
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Few entrepreneurs are lucky enough to stumble upon a market that is largely untapped, that represents a solid and repeatable stream of income without too much effort or is represented by passive competition. Almost all of us will need to face the reality that our marketing initiatives need to be constantly on their toes and [...]
Over the last few weeks we have been asking you “What is your favorite WordPress Theme and why?”
Thanks to everyone who entered this months poll, the overall winning theme for design flexibility and versatility was Thesis 1.6
Your next top 3 favorite themes were:
Interphase at Elegant Themes
The Lifestyle theme from studiopress!
The Wordpress Journalist theme by kalphegor
Here [...]
Social proof is ever so important for e-commerce retailers, as a “feel-good” barrier stands tall between your site and the folks at the other end of the keyboard. Your offer may look tempting and you may have designed your site perfectly well, with a logical progression, your calls to action and your friendly checkout process. [...]
This week I was lucky enough to interview Sanjay Sabnani. Sanjay is the CEO of CrowdGather. He has been an active proponent of message boards since 2002, when he acquired General Mayhem, his first message board community.
Adam: How did you first come up with the idea for CrowdGather and what made you believe this idea [...]
“It’s about creating new market opportunities. Giving users new ways to be creative…We see our technology as a platform for other things” – Chad Hurley.
Like many other concepts that we now take for granted as part of our everyday lives, YouTube developed from a fragmented series of ideas and became the product of its own [...]
Every new business goes through phases, some representing expansion (hopefully, often) and some contraction and as these phases unfold your business can fluctuate in size and require different resources. Sometimes, the business will get to a certain plateau and seem to stick, almost spinning its wheels despite your efforts. At this point in time you [...]
There has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur, especially when it comes to online business. The Internet has become the great equalizer, allowing anyone with a business plan to equally prosper, so long as they are willing to do the hard work and learn those essential lessons that only an online living [...]
Time for a Young Entrepreneur poll update! A couple of weeks ago we asked you, “What is your favorite WordPress Theme and why?”
You only have a week left to be in with a chance of winning our $25 Amazon Gift Voucher offer, please simply enter our poll and this voucher could be on it’s way [...]
In this grand old world of search engine optimization, technicians, advocates and clients alike all tend to get caught up in the terminology, the latest analysis of the Google “slap,” an interpretation of the most complex algorithms and the tactics necessary to jump ahead of your closest competitors within the search engine rankings. Many snake [...]
This week I caught up with Robert Castaneda, founder of CustomWare Asia Pacific, for an interview. Robert started CustomWare in July 2001, just before he left university. Eight years later the company has over 70 staff, offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Wellington and revenue of around $8 million. He lives in Menlo [...]
“The biggest risk you can take is to take no risk” – Mark Zuckerberg
To be classified as one of the world’s most influential people at the age of 24 is quite an achievement. Most people of that age are still trying to formulate their ultimate direction in life, let alone have achieved what the vast [...]
There was a time when human interaction seemed to be a lot simpler, when we were able to pass our opinions back and forth and consummate agreements on a handshake, without fear of any protracted legal ramifications. Those days are long gone and when you are in business of any kind you need to be [...]
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