Do Your Homework and Avoid a Venture Capital Nightmare
Author: Harry Red / Source: Entrepreneur Venture capital can kill. Yes, it can get you the fuel you need to launch your rocket ship. And, yes, you get to join forces with an investor of great power. But if you give minimal thought to the dangers ahead, you...
Why Leaders Should View Themselves as Servants
Author: Todd Wolfenbarger / Source: Entrepreneur Twenty years ago, I received a unique gift. This gift impacted my career by introducing me to a servant leadership model I’ve tried to emulate since. I was living in Seattle and had taken off for Christmas...
7 Life Hacks to Beat Your Sales Goals
Author: Marc Wayshak / Source: Entrepreneur Are you overwhelmed by selling, but underwhelmed by your sales results? Making small tweaks to your professional and personal life can make a huge difference. In fact, you can dramatically increase your sales by...
4 Secrets to Improve Your Startup’s Sales
Author: Brian Ainsley Horn / Source: Entrepreneur Most startup disasters are caused by a failure to connect with the customer. The commonly acknowledged startup killers -- premature scaling, running out of capital and a lack of market interest -- all have a...
Boom Tech Raises $33 Million for Supersonic Jet: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Author: Sean O'Neill / Source: Skift Each week we create a roundup of travel startups that have received or announced funding that week. The total amount raised this week was more than $86 million. Earlier this week we noted that mobile-only hotel booking...
8 startups get govt funds to lift tourism experience
Author: Express News Service / Source: The New Indian Express BENGALURU: Karnataka is funding eight tech-based startups in the tourism sector to develop ideas and products which can enhance the tourism experience in the state. In a first of its kind...
Fusion Pointe connects entrepreneurs with mentors in SWFL
Author: Laura Layden / Source: Naples Daily News (Photo: Wavebreakmedia Ltd, Getty Images/Wavebreak Media) Naples doctor Michael Havig has an idea he hopes will simplify health care around the country. He's developed an online store where patients can shop...
Cochin Shipyard files for Initial Public Offering
Author: PTI / Source: OnManorama Cochin Shipyard New Delhi: State-owned Cochin Shipyard has filed draft papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise an estimated Rs 1,400-1,500 crore through an initial public offering. The company-the largest public...
Alteryx rises 11% in data analytics IPO
Author: Katie Roof / Source: TechCrunch Alteryx, the data analytics company, went public on the New York Stock Exchange today, marking the third IPO of the year. The company priced its IPO yesterday at $14 per share, and closed Friday at $15.50, or 10.7%...
Medical tourism startup Oxa raises seed funding from Idein Ventures
Author: Disha Sharma / Source: VCCircle Healthcare startup Oxa Medical, which provides curated medical tourism packages, has secured an undisclosed amount in seed funding from UAE-based Idein Ventures Pvt Ltd, the company said. The Hyderabad-based company...
The Identity Gap: Who You Are and Who You Want to Become
Author: Ben Angel / Source: Entrepreneur In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Ben Angel discusses the gap between who you are now and who you need to become to achieve your goals. There is no end goal, no finished product of who we will become when we...
Passion Projects and Problem Solving: How Noa Santos Started Homepolish
Author: Jason Saltzman / Source: Entrepreneur On this episode of Resilience, Entrepreneur Network partner Jason Saltzman sits down with Noa Santos, CEO of Homepolish, which connects designers to consumers looking to improve their home or business space....
New Study Shows There Are More Millionaires Than Ever
Author: Rose Leadem / Source: Entrepreneur Achieving millionaire status seems like a dream, but for many U.S. households, it’s a reality. Spectrum Group’s Market Insights Report discovered that 2016 marked the highest number of households in the U.S. to have...
How Small Business Owners Can Avoid Sears’s Fatal Mistake
Author: Ben Judah / Source: Entrepreneur When a company announces to its investors that there is "substantial doubt" about its ability to continue trading, it is clear that there are troubling times ahead. When this happens to a company that previously held...
Stop Trying to Take Things Off Your Plate. The Way to Grow Is to Keep Adding More.
Author: Heather Ann Havenwood / Source: Entrepreneur “Congratulations on choosing to be an entrepreneur -- may your life be filled with success!” is not something you hear when you decide to start your venture. Nope! In fact, what you typically hear is a lot...
5 Steps to Successfully Book and Network With High-Profile Influencers on Your Podcast
Author: Dave Mendonca / Source: Entrepreneur Lyman, Maine. When Jaime Masters, host of the Eventual Millionaire podcast, was growing up there, it had a population of 2,000 people and didn’t have a stoplight or post office. Despite her meager beginnings, that...
A Chatbot Maker’s Expert Tips to Create a Bot for Your Brand
Author: Murray Newlands / Source: Entrepreneur There is a lot of hype surrounding chatbots, and they are quickly becoming a standard part of any digital marketing strategy. Chatbots are very versatile services, and when setup correctly, can help customers...
How to Get Clients to Pay You Upfront
Source: Entrepreneur Is there anything worse for a freelancer than waiting for a client to pay their invoice? It’s one of the most stressful moments that freelancers and business owners must endure. Besides not being able to pay your bills, that feeling of getting...