Business

Everyone knows that operating a startup is demanding, stressful, and all-around difficult. And unfortunately, not every great startup idea gets validation by the masses: it can be a long, difficult slog even just to make your first few dollars. So with that said, there are several important ‘hacks’ you can use leveraging your startup’s online …

One of the biggest problems facing companies today is the underutilization of marketing assets, with fully one third left untapped. Digital Asset Management (DAM) is a tool that can resolve this difficulty and simultaneously increase revenue and cut costs. Marketing requires collating a variety of assets that are increasingly hard to find and share because …

Few pillars of the modern world economy are as overdue for rehabbing as the shipping industry. After the advent of airplanes and automobiles over a century ago, the transportation side of getting cargo around the world ground to a halt. The computer revolution and Internet Age have provided enormous opportunity to shipping industry giants to …

While startups have been around forever, recent billion-dollar success stories from Silicon Valley have put them at the top of everyone’s minds. Startups — innovative businesses that exploit unexplored opportunities — are seen as economic saviors by governments all around the world. There is considerable prestige in creating one. Most startups, though, tend to be …

Buying your first business vehicle can be an exciting – and daunting – experience. Should you lease a vehicle or buy one? With the plethora of vehicle purchasing methods available, you’ll need to carefully consider how each option can benefit your business. Below are the most common ways of buying or financing your first company …

  Is this the right time to sell your business? Should you wait and sell at another time? How can you tell? Frankly. there are no hard and fast rules regarding when or how to unload a business, but there are a number of key indicators you should be aware of.   Sell when business …

Goals to grow revenue change over the life of a company. Early-stage and late-stage startups have different growth potential than established companies or those that go public. It’s crucial to blend the attraction, maintenance, and expansion of your customer base in order to grow your revenue. Maximizing your customer lifetime value is indeed an income-growth …

If you invest in a trade show booth you want to maximize your return and ensure that plenty of potential customers come and see you during your time spent there. Trade show kiosks from Nomadic Display can help you to create a professional image for example, but making a success of these shows is not …

If you are a business owner there is a good chance that you will need to rent some commercial space in order to allow your business to function and grow, and it definitely pays dividends if you know how to get the best possible deal and the right property for your needs. When you start …

Business owners and executives who choose to merge with or acquire a new business-to-consumer business face daunting challenges. Mergers and acquisitions present tremendous amounts of information and numerous inflection points that can adversely affect the outcome of the deal. While it’s tempting for executives used to taking decisive action to forgo outside assistance or counsel, …