Although owning a small business is a great way to find financial freedom for many, that doesn’t mean you should look at it through rose colored glasses. To underestimate the experience may be the key to failure so let’s take a look at those three myths and how to turn them in to success as […]
Creating a business around a mobile app is a popular trend. Plenty of commercial opportunities abound for socializing and simplifying aspects of everyday life. A new fashion mobile app for the iPhone and iPad called Cloth was recently released.
A lot of recent holiday parties were successful due to the $630,000 of seed capital that ezCater raised from angel investors last October. The Boston startup was formed in 2009 to help caterers find new customers online.
Recently the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced that it was contributing $50,000 to the Utility Technology Challenge. This competition awards a $100,000 prize to the company that has the best new product that employs green technology in the utility sector with a submission deadline of January 31st.
Maybe you were planning to start a business from scratch this year but there might be an even better way. Have you considered buying somebody else’s business? Not all businesses are sold because they’re failing. Sometimes life events like divorce, retirement, or illness cause business owners to sell at bargain prices. Buying a business that […]
Another company has used a small amount of capital to launch a mobile app that simplifies a common problem. Giftiki helps people collaborate on giving a joint birthday gift to a friend. The app runs on iOS and is available from Apple’s App Store. Users pool small monetary gifts through a social networking feature.
Anybody can own their own business and even Hollywood’s elite have been known to try their hand at entrepreneurship. Jessica Alba is no Hollywood has-been. She may be best known for her role in the TV series Dark Angel but her list of credits is vast and continues to grow.
A single mobile app is enough to create a successful new business. These operations also don’t require tens of millions of dollars to launch their product into the market. This opportunity for a new company to succeed is illustrated by Life360, which announced in December that it has raised $3,500,000 of funding from several investor […]