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SUCCESS INSIDER: The best industries for starting million-dollar businesses...
Every month, nearly 10,000 businesses are founded in the United States. One in five won't make it past their first birthday. The majority won't make it past five years.Hence the need to be extra...
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The CEO of a John Legend-backed wellness company shares the most important...
A key piece of entrepreneurship advice is to keep thinking of ways to solve consumers' problems.That might mean expanding into new products. Hint, for example, started out selling naturally flavored...
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The 20 biggest growth trends all entrepreneurs need to watch in 2020
Entrepreneurs and business owners look at things a little differently than investors do.Regardless of your particular industry or geography, some trends cut across sectors and can have a significant...
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The best advice on success from 2019: Leaders at Andreessen Horowitz,...
I learned a lot about success this year.For example, an HBS professor told me how to spot opportunities for innovation. And I read a book by the founders of a popular web app company, who caution...
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HOW TO START A BUSINESS: The ultimate guides for founders on launching a...
Entrepreneurship doesn't come with a rule book.If you're planning to start your first business in 2020, these guides will help you launch a startup, raise capital, and dominate the market.They include...
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PRESENTING: The 20 biggest growth trends all entrepreneurs need to watch in 2020
Entrepreneurs and business owners look at things a little differently than investors do.There are certainly areas of overlap, but what works for Wall Street isn't always the same as what works on Main...
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The first-time founder's ultimate guide to pitching a VC and getting funding...
Entrepreneurship can feel like an uphill battle.This guide for first-time company founders pitching venture capitalists will make it a little easier.We asked experts — entrepreneurs and investors — to...
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How to build a pitch deck that will wow investors in 2020, featuring a...
Entrepreneurship is hard enough, and pitching your startup to investors can feel like a performance. In addition to showcasing your public speaking abilities, you'll also have to flaunt your design...
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SUCCESS INSIDER: A Michigan couple who paid off their $200,000 mortgage in 4...
Budget. Every. Single. Dollar.That's how Michigan couple Andy and Nicole Hill paid off a $200,000 mortgage in just four years — by budgeting every single dollar. And they were generous enough to walk...
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How to sell your startup in 2020 for a boatload of cash, from founders who...
There's no set way to sell a business successfully.We asked founders who have done it to share best practices and common pitfalls to avoid, and to provide best practices and war stories in exclusive...
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The first-time founder's ultimate guide to navigating a term sheet and...
Raising venture capital isn't easy, but we've made it simpler with our comprehensive guide to understanding the language on a term sheet.Below are tips from founders, investors, and lawyers, plus other...
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Top VCs reveal what they want to hear in a pitch that will convince them to...
Successful entrepreneurship often starts with a compelling investor pitch.We compiled insights from venture capitalists on what they're hoping to hear from you.For example: Hold your ground on...
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How to scale a startup and avoid common pitfalls, according to founders and...
Scaling a startup is an exciting time, but one that is also fraught with challenges.Many founders wonder how to grow a business that's still relatively new, so we asked entrepreneurs, investors, and...
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Joining a 'mastermind group' could help your business thrive in 2020 — here's...
Julia Wuench is the founder of The Authenticity Guide, a positive-psychology-based career and executive coaching firm that empowers individuals to harness their authenticity to improve life and work....
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I made $50 million before turning 30. Here are the 3 biggest mistakes that...
Erik Bergman is a cofounder of Catena Media, a company that went from zero to over 300 employees in five years. Under this journey, Erik made more money than he will ever need in his life, but at the...
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SUCCESS INSIDER: The 7 best side hustles to start that will earn you 6 figures
Welcome to Success Insider! It's definitely a new year. It might be a new you, a new opportunity, maybe an entirely new business. To kick off the decade, we've got a range of pieces about launching...
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How one tech exec at $1.7bn cybersecurity firm Darktrace overcame a tough...
Mike Beck is the global head of threat analysis at cybersecurity unicorn Darktrace. He grew up in a small market town in Somerset, where he was one of the few mixed-race kids in town and with his...
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The secret to hiring and managing top talent, according to the CEO of a...
Michelle Penczak is the founder and CEO of Squared Away, which matches skilled virtual assistants with consultants, entrepreneurs, and executives at high-profile startups, entertainment studios, and...
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The bootstrapper's ultimate guide to writing a winning business plan, from a...
For all of the popularity of pitch decks, business plans still serve an important function for entrepreneurs who are building a business.A study of more than 1,000 US entrepreneurs found that those...
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11 words that shaped the careers of entrepreneur Tony Hawk and 10 other...
If the secret to success were one word, what would it be? For Tony Hawk, it's "perseverance." And for Kara Goldin it's "undaunted."For former professional hockey player James Sixsmith — now founder and...
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