Build an All-Star Startup Team
You have a great new business idea. As it forms into a plan, decisions will be made around how to support business functions necessary to succeed and if you should plan to assemble a team. Create a clear outline of how the company will develop as an organization. Understand your goals and format them to […]
4 Marketing Strategies for A Successful Launch
Many entrepreneurs pay major attention to their pre-launch stage and dont have solid plans for promoting the launch of their business. Launching a business is a quick process. But the impact of the launch can last. Therefore, entrepreneurs need to have solid marketing plans for a successful launch. The following 5 marketing strategies will create […]
Choosing Investors Carefully
So often in the business of writing business plans we meet first time entrepreneurs that believe that getting their hands on some startup capital from an investor is all they need. In many cases, novice entrepreneurs have solely that short goal in mind launching and finally starting to turn the wheels. However, it is important […]
Benchmarking for Startups
In the business world there are a million different ways to measure success. In essence, what makes your business a success depends on your goals. So how do you measure your success? Its actually much simpler than you may think, using a process called benchmarking. Benchmarking is the process of comparing one’s business processes and […]
Workspace Design as it Relates to Employee Productivity
When starting a small business in todays incredibly complex business world, there are numerous factors that give firms an improved chance of success. One such factor is Employee Productivity. Leaders in the business community have known for years that if your employees are more productive, then generally speaking, your business is more successful. One way […]
Business Partnerships: Good, Bad, or Both?
Partnerships are commonplace in business, however many people do not have a complete understanding of what a partnership truly is, how it should function, and what to expect once they have entered into one. In the most frequent instance, a partnership is formed between one or more businesses or partners (owners) that will work together […]
Your Personal Foundation Is Your Backbone (Part 1)
Starting a business requires one to compose a variety of different elements, and combine them all into a business plan, and then execute the plan according to the strategy laid out in the plan. At the very core of all of this information is YOU, the business owner. An often overlooked part of starting a […]
Building the Support Team
Although it is your idea, your intellectual property, and your business plan, success is not achieved alone. Even the greatest entrepreneurs in history had help, and they needed it to get to the top, trust me. The quality of the people involved in your business also determines the success of your business. Many ventures ultimately […]
Your Startups Pre-Launch Checklist: Mac vs. PC (Part 14 of 14)
Mac vs. PC: The Great Debate Since the dawn of time there have been hundreds of great rivalries: Thomas Becket vs. Henry II, Yankees vs. Red Sox, and Wile E. Coyote vs. Roadrunner (just to name a few). In terms of information technology, Macs and PCs have been carrying out an epic feud of their […]
Your Startup’s Pre-Launch Checklist: Location (Part 13 of 14)
Now that you have written your business plan, set up all of your legal groundwork, and put a marketing plan into place, you should start thinking about setting up your physical infrastructure. In this post, The Startup Garage will go over the dos and donts of picking the best location for your startup or small […]
