StartupNation

MAY 23, 2025

Yet, despite all the buzz and frenzy around it, the business failed. So, does that mean you don’t have the slightest chance to bootstrap a business with little money and keep it afloat (ideally, thriving)? As I’ve already slipped the spoiler in the title, you can start a business under $100. Business Toolkit.

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StartupNation

JUNE 6, 2025

And so, in 2005, I decided to start a business with only $100 in my pocket. So, here’s what the business rollercoaster taught me (sometimes harsh truths) besides holding on tight, of course. So, here’s what the business rollercoaster taught me (sometimes harsh truths) besides holding on tight, of course. CEO Lesson #2.

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StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

Effectively communicating your startup’s impact metrics to investors can make or break your funding opportunities. This article presents key strategies, backed by expert insights, to help you showcase your startup’s value and growth potential. So, the way you communicate your impact metrics matters significantly.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2025

This article describes the entrepreneurial mindset behind successful startups, how you can develop that mindset, and the strategies to build your startup based on that mindset. Reid Hoffman Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people wont, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people cant.

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Revolution

MAY 12, 2025

Though I had spent most of college starting new businesses, when it came time to choose what was next, I followed the crowd and joined corporate America, moving to Ohio to work for P&G. Because at its core, thats what entrepreneurship is: not starting a business, but answering a calling. Start nowfrom where youare.

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StartupNation

JUNE 23, 2025

This article presents real-world examples of business leaders who successfully overcame various crises, from supply chain disruptions to regulatory shifts. From this experience, we learned about being prepared for hiccups and put contingency plans in place. Issues are unavoidable, but your reaction to them is most important.

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StartupNation

JUNE 4, 2025

Learn from the best as expert insights illuminate the path to creating presentations that resonate and drive engagement. Instead of defending our assumptions verbally, I handed him control and said, “Let’s see what happens with your assumptions.” Investors tend to respond to coherence over completeness.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 29, 2025

With deep expertise in AI and machine learning, which she cultivated during her studies as with an Engineering degree in Computer Science and BioInformatics, her innovative solutions are making a lasting impact across various sectors. What is it that excites you about what youre building? What are your future plans for yourstartup?

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 24, 2025

Image: Supplied] Manifesting the idea “The story of how the company started is not something I’ve told many people,” says Mel. “It “I really believe in the power of declaring your vision publicly, even when you don’t know how you’re going to achieve it.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 16, 2025

Vlad isnt just your average founderhes a serial entrepreneur, investor, and someone whos spent over a decade building successful service companies and SaaS startups in SalesTech andMarTech. Vlad shared his founders POV on how to start and grow a business, turn mistakes into learning moments, and keep the motivation alive through itall.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

His innovations have been featured in major tech publications including TechCrunch , Business Insider , and VentureBeat. What motivated you to launch your startup? What has been your biggest challenge when growing your startup? What are your future plans for your startup?

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Paul G. Silva

APRIL 29, 2025

This post concludes our series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 Whether you’re managing a small team or running a large organization, your ability to lead effectively determines how well you can implement everything else. Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). But how do these pieces fit together?

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2025

What if we managed our businesses with creativity and vision? Here are a few creative ways to start sketching the future of leadership today: Draw Outside the Lines : Forget traditional goal setting. Here are a few creative ways to start sketching the future of leadership today: Draw Outside the Lines : Forget traditional goal setting.

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StartupNation

MAY 21, 2025

To help you avoid these pitfalls, we asked 17 business leaders to share the mistakes they made when selecting a CRM — and how they corrected them. Their insights offer practical guidance to help your startup make smarter, more informed decisions that support long-term growth.

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Founder Bounty

JANUARY 21, 2025

If you get an offer from YC , take it How to build a $20M fuel business. Lessons learned from Building Europe’s first On Demand fuel station from its COO Before Shell tap-up and Cafu and others, we built Europe’s first on demand fuel station. I was the COO of pompfuel and we were there from the start.

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StartupNation

JULY 22, 2025

Instead of relying solely on one’s own capabilities, learning to delegate effectively using frameworks like the 5 W’s, whether to a person or to AI, has become crucial. This frees up capacity and allows the business to pursue greater ambitions. The impact of this continuous reinvention has been profound.

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StartupNation

JUNE 20, 2025

An entrepreneurial journey is a path filled with lessons in resilience, sacrifice, and the power of pivoting. When my wife, Vanessa, and I transitioned from the restaurant industry to building a chiropractic franchise, we faced numerous challenges, setbacks, and moments of growth that ultimately shaped us as business leaders.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 17, 2025

Let's talk about what it really means—and why your business desperately needs it. Examples of AI orchestration 7 AI orchestration best practices Getting started with AI orchestration What is AI orchestration? " This guide will teach you everything you need to know about AI orchestration.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

That's when I started experimenting with LinkedIn marketing tools to find a sustainable rhythm that actually works for lead generation and business growth. month (billed annually); Business plan from $12.36/profile/month month (billed annually); Business plan from $12.36/profile/month But Taplio's not perfect.

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StartupNation

JUNE 25, 2025

Sign Up for The Start Newsletter * indicates required Email Address * /* real people should not fill this in and expect good things – do not remove this or risk form bot signups */ The Rise of White-Collar Migration to Blue-Collar Work My story isn’t unique. Laid Off from a Job in Tech? For me, this approach has paid off.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 22, 2025

It's very possible that your marketing emails, and even your transactional emails, will never make it to the recipient. But we did have some tips for how to improve email deliverability, so you can be sure your messages don't go to spam and result in long-term damage to your business email account.

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Red Rocket

JANUARY 2, 2025

Didnt they learn the lessons from New Coke being introduced in 1985, to only be met with the backlash from all the die-hard fans of Original Coke that had been around since 1892. Lucky for me, Gillette had returned to their original fragrance, and I was right back to where I started, a loyal customer of Gillette again.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Starting out in public relations and marketing, I always loved events. We were already incorporating sustainability into our projects, but the B Corp certification process required us to align every aspect of our business with rigorous social and environmental standards. However, these obstacles were invaluable learning experiences.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) propels the world forward by empowering entrepreneurs with the community, tools, and support they need to unlock their full potential as they grow their businesses. Here’s what they shared: What is one lesson learned, tip, or strategy you can share with entrepreneurs who want to grow and scale?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

Starting a business is often romanticized as a journey filled with exciting milestones and instant success stories. Yet, as most seasoned entrepreneurs will attest, the reality is far more complex and challenging, particularly when you decide to bootstrap your business. I also did not have a business partner.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I remember this lesson well. If your startup went belly-up (the Brits have a much more crude slang term for it) there wasn’t likely somebody lined up to fund your next attempt at a startup. Everything I learned about startups I learned by making mistakes at my first one. Failure is critical.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2021

Insights and lessons from peers around the world are the key benefits of EO membership. . The opportunity to meet personally (or virtually in 2020) with a group of trusted entrepreneurs who run a variety of businesses, to be able to share experiences, and to be able to learn from each other in a safe and trusted environment is second-to-none.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Yet, as I mark five years leading the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) as its CEO, it’s a good time to reflect on five key insights gained from such a remarkable community of business founders. These are lessons I have learned, thanks to all of you. I have learned so much from EO in these last five years.

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Startup Grind

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

I want to share with you some of the lessons I learnt (and still learning) while building Knowledge Officer , a career-oriented learning platform for professionals who want to fulfil their dream career goals. I will share the lesson of each stage I have been through so far. Challenges: ?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

When you are able to understand, evaluate, and apply key financial principles to your particular circumstances, it can, for example, be the difference between you choosing to pursue a new career path or feeling stuck in your current role. What is the role that ThrivingDollars plays within your community?

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

The types of businesses I like investing in are ones whose economics *get better* at scale, not worse. How much does your local gym suck when everyone else is there? You should be building something where the more people that use and absolutely love the product, the better your economics get--and the better the offering becomes.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Developing the skills to be resilient is essential in order to be a strong leader, to recover from setbacks and to adapt to whatever challenges come your way. Communities, economies and trade benefit from strong businesses that have learned to weather unexpected challenges. If I can keep moving, I can maintain control.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Are you struggling to find new ways to motivate your work team? Many people don’t realize, however, that nature can teach the most essential life lessons , especially when it comes to business. From my experience , here are four lessons Mother Nature can teach you about business: 1. Learn how to adapt quickly.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 2, 2023

From navigating complex regulations and securing funding to connecting with and growing a network, entrepreneurs in Vietnam face a unique set of challenges as they build their businesses: Access to capital: Securing funding for a new business can be elusive, particularly for startups. But it doesn’t have to be.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 7, 2021

We are living in an unprecedented period of economic transformation and this is a chance for us all to be thoughtful about how these newly infused funds will be used to benefit underserved small businesses in our local communities, long-term.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2024

This led to an invitation to attend an event with like-minded entrepreneurs who were getting together to learn, share, and help each other along the entrepreneurial journey. Finding Strategic Support Running a business is no easy feat. I had learned that story, people, money, and systems changed during each stage of the company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

With a thirst for learning and a willingness to share lessons learned and insider experiences, EO members published 47 informative posts on EO’s Inc.com channel in 2023. Read the post to learn how to implement this time-saving process in your company. Did you catch them all? I guarantee it!”

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