strategic planning
10 Questions to Ask Before Quitting Your Job to Start a Business
Giving up the security of a full-time job to start your own business is a risky, often stressful move. "The biggest reason people don’t end up quitting is the fear of uncertainty. They don’t know what might happen and they don’t want …
Biggest Mistakes: How Ginger + Liz Learned to Play Nice With Vendors (Video)
When the nail-polish making duo Ginger Johnson and Liz Pickett began their production efforts, finding the right vendors to work with was easier said than done. Here’s why having a plan B can mean all the difference.
How to Turn Your Youth into Your Ultimate Asset
As a young entrepreneur, wisdom and experience may not be your forte but energy and enthusiasm can offer a keen tradeoff. Here's how to use youth most effectively.
The Power of Huge Goals — And How to Achieve Them
As the President prepares to give his State of the Union address -- replete with outsize goals -- consider making your own ambitious wish list too.
Biggest Mistakes: How JackThreads Overcame Its Growing Pains (Video)
When the menswear flash-sale site first started up, planning ahead for growth would have helped. Here, founder Jason Ross dishes on his company’s biggest mistake and overcoming it.
How to Know If Your Startup is Ripe for Success
Student entrepreneur Karim Abouelnaga on the importance of a great business model to the overall health of your company.
Reverse-Engineering Your Business Plan: Success Starts With the End
Focusing on your ultimate goals can help you devise a plan to reach them.
Why Bigger Isn’t Better for Logo Design
Designing logos can be tricky. Designing logos for mobile apps can be downright confounding.
Divide and Conquer: What War Can Teach You About Business
When launching a startup, going up against giant companies may be in your future. Here's how to trounce them in a grudge match.
How to Set and Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions
When starting up a new business, it can be so difficult to pull your head up from working to see the big picture. Thankfully, there's New Year's for that.
Bursting at the Seams? Tips for Expanding Your Startup’s Office Space
Signing an office lease may be the first and largest long-term commitment you make with your business. Here's what to consider before signing on the dotted line.
How to Know When to Start Your Own Business (Infographic)
There is always a reason why it's the right time to start your own business.
Predicting the Unpredictable: How Businesses Can Prevent Fires Instead of Just Fighting Them
You can't predict change – or can you? Change is the one constant in life. You've heard it over and over. But when change is the constant, how can you be prepared for it? The current model for many entrepreneurs …
Business is Booming. Now What?
If business is going better than expected, your clients are happy and clamoring for more, and your prospects for the future are looking great, then it's probably high time to take your business to the next level; time to blow …
