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3 Critical Founder Contributions for a Startup: Money, Commitment and Effort
Founder contributions are critical to entrepreneurial startups. There are three major contributions that founders provide to startup businesses: Money, Commitment, and Effort
How To Email Investors
If you’re not included in an investor’s network and have never met them in person, face it – you’re a cold contact. How can you prevent your pitch from being condemned to the trash? Review this guideline before you email investors.
What Is Corporate Venture Capital? [Infographic]
Entrepreneurs seeking Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) often don’t understand the full benefits of the investment. Find out what you need to know before partnering up with a corporate company.
A Simple Business Plan Template: Develop a “Sniff Test”
A simple business plan template to follow is to develop a “sniff test.” Hold up the fish (project) – if it doesn’t smell right, throw it away. This is simply a short-hand way to tell if a project is worth a more detailed look.
4 Key Elements to Scale Up Your Startup
The goal of many startup companies is to become a scalable business. Unfortunately, there is some confusion about what it really means to scale up.
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Spotlight: Knoxville, TN
Knoxville is a mid-sized city on the Tennessee River that is blossoming as an entrepreneurial hotspot in the Southeast United States.
How to Protect Your Intellectual Property Using Patents [Infographic]
Patents ensure innovators and entrepreneurs that no one can legally “steal” your idea. So, what kind of patent do you need? Where do you begin?
Growing Your Company: How Deep Should Your Bench Be?
A big company bench can allow you to scale rapidly, but excess payroll costs can also drag you down…fast. On the other hand, you can’t be too timid or slow, the market waits for no person. So how do you handle this dilemma?
Entrepreneur Types Explained
In the U.S. alone, over 8.7 million people are self-employed entrepreneurs. That’s roughly 2.6% of the total population. So what do they have that other people don’t? Here are the different entrepreneur types and why they are successful.