Making a common experience more fun and rewarding is a sound avenue for starting a business. MOGL is following that formula to enhance the activity of going to restaurants. The company’s success has attracted a second round of capital in the amount of $10,000,000. This brings total investor funding to $12,400,000 since the corporation started. Continue reading “Capital Injection for Startup Company that Rewards Dining Out” »
Recent Kauffman Survey Shows Mixed Results
After months of encouraging jobs reports, the number of new jobs to come online in March of 2012 plummeted. This is just one example of how difficult the nation’s economy is to navigate since the 2008 and 2009 crisis. Continue reading “Recent Kauffman Survey Shows Mixed Results” »
Three Basic Rules to Forming a Business
If you have dreams of forming an LLC or other type of business startup, you might be wondering if you have what it takes to be a small business owner. Everybody has their own idea of what a successful entrepreneur and business looks like but there seem to be three traits that most people agree are essential to starting and maintaining a successful business. Continue reading “Three Basic Rules to Forming a Business” »
Five Startup Tips from the World’s Best Entrepreneurs
Do you ever read about the successful entrepreneurs and wonder how they found success in a difficult economy? You may be close to launching your business startup or maybe your doors were recently opened but you’re still looking for advice and what better place to find valuable information than from the people who have done it and found success. Entrepreneur magazine recently interviewed some of the world’s top entrepreneurs and asked them what they would tell somebody who was just getting started as a business owner. Here’s some of what they said: Continue reading “Five Startup Tips from the World’s Best Entrepreneurs” »
JOBS Act Makes Crowdfunding a Reality for Small Businesses
Finding funding for your business startup just got a lot easier. Congress recently passed the JOBS Act that allows small businesses to secure up to $1 million in capital using crowdfunding but is it right for your business? Some experts say to be careful when entering this relatively new and unknown territory. Continue reading “JOBS Act Makes Crowdfunding a Reality for Small Businesses” »
Business Startup Formation Declined in 2011 but Just a Little
There are a lot of ways to measure the strength of the economy but most of the measures you hear about in the financial news media are unimportant to you, the everyday consumer and entrepreneur. Strange acronyms like CPI indexes help very little when you’re deciding whether this is the year to open your business. Continue reading “Business Startup Formation Declined in 2011 but Just a Little” »
Recession Proof Your Business Startup
If you look at the stock market, you would wonder why we are still officially in a recession and you might be right. American investment markets have seen steady growth for more than a year and as of the beginning of 2012, they’ve continued their climb. A healthy stock market becomes a front page story in newspapers and websites raising consumer confidence. Continue reading “Recession Proof Your Business Startup” »
Company Reinvents Itself and Raises New Capital
Not every new company immediately starts on the right path for long-term sustainability. Adjustments are made as markets and technology changes. Luminate made extensive changes in its brand about a year ago and even changed the company name from Pixazza. The company’s direction has now attracted new financial backing. Luminate recently raised $10,700,000 from investors. Continue reading “Company Reinvents Itself and Raises New Capital” »
New Company on Frontier of Mobile Payments Against Bigger Competitors
A new mobile payment service has been launched by Boku, which users can deploy in physical stores. Users of Boku’s system pay with their mobile numbers so that transactions are charged to their monthly phone bills. Boku provides billing mechanisms through about 230 wireless carriers, including AT&T and Verizon. Continue reading “New Company on Frontier of Mobile Payments Against Bigger Competitors” »
Online Fashion Ideas Still Spawning Startup of New Companies
The internet continues to embody an ideal platform for the fashion industry. Starting a business that provides an online fashion shopping experience is still common. The amount of capital required is relatively small compared to cost for launching a web-based operation a few years ago. Continue reading “Online Fashion Ideas Still Spawning Startup of New Companies” »
