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2013 Startup Trends

Posted December 18, 2012

It’s that time of the year, when all the trends for the following year come out… soothsayers, psychics, and data crunchers alike are helping to predict and guide you through what the new year is about to bring.  But, what I find important is that understanding trends is relevant to building and growing a great [...]

Shortcuts for starting an online retail business

Posted November 17, 2011

I just spoke with a newbie entrepreneur, she’s s a designer who wants to sell her fashion directly to consumers. At first she toyed with a retail store but she realized that the cost of this was prohibitive (too expensive for her). She thought that creating an online store was the way to go because she [...]

Moonlighting

Posted June 2, 2011

Thinking about starting a business? Try moonlighting first. I’m not talking about watching episodes of the 80’s sitcom with Cybil Shephard … I’m referring to working part-time, either after hours or weekends in the field or industry of the business that you want to start. Doing this will help you gain valuable experience and insight that [...]

3 Things That Make A Startup Work- Eric Kuhn of The Founder’s Card

Posted May 19, 2011

Many entrepreneurs, including myself, think big- really big. Everyone has ideas and some of them are actually quite good but usually they’re too big and broad to actually execute. If you’re serious about building a great business, you’ll need to be incredibly focused to make it happen. Otherwise, your idea will never have a chance [...]

Don’t Take the Leap…At Least Not Yet Anyways!

Posted April 14, 2011

I received an email from a frantic newbie entrepreneur using Wicked Start. Let’s call her Christine and she was scared to death about taking the leap- I could hear it in her email.  With so many challenges, should Christine quit her day job to follow her dream of starting an online retail bakery? (BTW, I’ve [...]

3 Big Trends in 2011 to Help Startups

Posted January 13, 2011

At the beginning of each year, I like to think about what the big trends are for startups that make it easier to build your business, raise capital or just make it easier for you to get going. To start with–a trend that has been continuing for several years now is the decreasing cost of technology solutions from [...]

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