When you start a business, there is so much to do and get right. Recently we’ve written about when you need to start thinking about design. And when you need to think about branding. Today, let’s take a quick look…
As you plan the start of your new business, at some point you’ll need to think about which business licenses you’ll need. Depending on what kind of business you are going to launch, you may need to acquire a federal,…
Over the past couple of months, we’ve shared our thoughts about how to start a business—everything from how to create your first website to how to figure out if you’ll turn a profit. For decades, when entrepreneurs started a business,…
Each Wednesday for the past few months, we’ve shared with you our thoughts about how to start a business: things like how to make sure your idea will make money, where to find new business ideas, and how to set…
Coming up with an idea for a new business isn’t hard. Or at least it shouldn’t be. Unfortunately, a lot of people struggle to come up with the “right” idea. This is partly because entrepreneurs tend to overvalue business ideas and undervalue…
Here’s How not to Start a Business: You’ve got a great idea for a product or service that you know everyone will want as much as you do. So you sketch it out on paper and get to work building it…
Julia Hartz is the cofounder and President of Eventbrite, the online ticketing company that helps anyone (not just big musical acts) open their own box office for events. Before starting Eventbrite, Julia worked in the television industry working at MTV…
We’ve been writing about the first steps to starting a business over the past few weeks. In case you missed them, we’ve covered stuff like figuring out if your idea will earn enough money to support you and the number one…
Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been sharing our thoughts on starting a business, why you might want to do it, what experience you need, and the most important thing you need to do. But none of that means…
230 years ago yesterday, two balloonists—frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jefferies—took off in a hot-air balloon from Dover England in an attempt to be the first to fly across the English Channel. Blanchard wasn’t exactly what most people would…