Lately, I’ve been spending too much time searching for the best makeup for “mature,” dry skin. Apparently, according to The 2019 AARP Survey of Women’s Reflections on Beauty, Age, and Media , I’m not the only boomer in search of beauty solutions. But as the BeautyMatter blog points out, while beauty’s importance to women “doesn’t diminish with […]
The internet offers everyone a virtually limitless platform to start a business and earn profits. There are many tools that allow you to easily create a website, and tracking and analytical tools that make it easier to manage and monitor your business. Whether you’re planning to launch a SaaS (software as a service) website, an
By Tegan Fitzpatrick When you’re an entrepreneur, you generally need to understand every function of your company: operations, sales, marketing, finances, and human resources. Many business owners, however, only concentrate on departments that are directly linked to sales and increased ROI, and put human resources on the back burner. However, by not making HR a
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Each year literally hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs and business owners will develop a business plan. Most will incorporate the ten key sections most business plan templates include. But even then, most miss two ingredients that are crucial, particularly if you are seeking outside funding for your plan. Let’s go through these two items so
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The new year is moving along swiftly. Martin Luther King Jr. Day has passed, the Grammys have come and gone, and many a person has already given up on their well-intended New Year’s resolutions. Fortunately, if requesting S Corporation tax treatment for your business in 2020 is on your list of resolutions, there’s still time to
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By Holly Welles The future of the construction industry is bright. Construction and extraction occupations are expected to grow about 10% from 2018 to 2028, and there’s no shortage of job postings seeking talented building, electric, or maintenance professionals. If you’re looking to build and expand your business, there’s no better time than the present.
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By Richard Harroch, Lynne Hermle, and Ellen Ehrenpreis When launching a new startup, you can face significant business and legal challenges. We have seen plenty of mistakes made by entrepreneurs and startup companies. The following are some of the more common and problematic legal mistakes made by small and growing companies. These mistakes are made
By Charlene Brown There is mounting evidence that entrepreneurs over the age of 40 may be more successful at building high-growth businesses than their younger, more visible counterparts. According to the authors of the study Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship, “the average age of the people who founded the highest-growth startups is 45″ and “successful entrepreneurs
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Even though I’ve taken a full-time role writing content for a fintech company, I’m still running my content agency part-time. I will always be an entrepreneur at heart—nay, a micropreneur, which I’ve written about many times. A micropreneur (or microbusiness) is one that operates on a very small scale, with no more than five employees.
Starting your own business can be a stressful, complicated, and yet rewarding endeavor. However, if you don’t have much experience launching and growing a company, you surely have more questions than answers. Increase the odds of your startup’s success by considering these five key elements of growing a new business: 1. Be sure you understand
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