As a business with an online presence, you must be consistent, and rigorously monitoring all of the different facets of your web mechanisms. Are you doing just that? Here are the eight classic mistakes that you need to avoid as a startup. Not monitoring uptime Uptime is, of course, the time that your site or service spends live. And this is something that you do not want … [Read more...] about 8 Startup Web Monitoring Mistakes to Avoid
Mistakes to Avoid
5 Money Management Mistakes that Small Business Owners Make
With the need for flexible working and an attractive work-life balance, the thought of starting your own business and ‘being your own boss’ continues to be the dream for many budding entrepreneurs. However, considering that 30% of businesses fail in the first year it can sometimes make potential business owners apprehensive about getting into their chosen sector. This is why … [Read more...] about 5 Money Management Mistakes that Small Business Owners Make
Worst Startup Fundraising Mistakes
Don’t make these startup fundraising mistakes… Succeeding at fundraising, and maximizing your time and resources spent on fundraising depends just as much on knowing what mistakes to avoid as what you should do. Not Being Prepared For Rejection Yes, there are rare cases in which entrepreneurs have landed funding from cold emails, Twitter messages, and just showing up. … [Read more...] about Worst Startup Fundraising Mistakes
The 10 Biggest Business Mistakes of Entrepreneurs (and How You Can Avoid Them)
Being an entrepreneur is not easy, and you may find yourself committing mistakes along the way (some more severe than others). Worse, you may even face failure. Unfortunately, that's what entrepreneurship is all about -- the ever-present risks and the potential for mistakes. David Finkel and Diane Kennedy in their book The Maui Millionaires for Business: The Five Secrets … [Read more...] about The 10 Biggest Business Mistakes of Entrepreneurs (and How You Can Avoid Them)
8 Exhibition Mistakes You Should Avoid at All Costs
Attending exhibitions and trade shows is one of the best ways to show off your product or your business to the world while connecting with vendors, suppliers and major buyers, and that’s why it’s essential that you make a good impression. We often tend to focus on the human element like training the right sales reps and presenter, but we frequently neglect all the little … [Read more...] about 8 Exhibition Mistakes You Should Avoid at All Costs
First Business Fouls Make Second Business Successes
Starting your own business is always risky. You could copy step-for-step the actions of a successful enterprise and still fail to make it to your second year. If you have suffered an entrepreneurial disappointment, it might help to remember that over 50 percent of small businesses go under before their fifth anniversary. Not every business idea is a home run — or even a base … [Read more...] about First Business Fouls Make Second Business Successes
7 Big Marketing Mistakes You Should Avoid
In a previous issue of Sun Magazine was an interview with Studs Terkel. Terkel has written several books that are essentially an oral history of the United states in the last half of the 20th century. His famous book, Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do chronicled the daily work lives of ordinary people. And his 1984 book, The … [Read more...] about 7 Big Marketing Mistakes You Should Avoid
4 Mistakes to Avoid While Choosing a Web Host
Choosing a web host is the first vital step you'll take toward having your own website. Your web host will provide space on the Internet for your site so that the whole world can view it. But, choosing a web host is not as easy as it may seem. There are a few mistakes to avoid while choosing your host. I'd like to share these with you below, and explain why it's … [Read more...] about 4 Mistakes to Avoid While Choosing a Web Host
Don’t Try to Grow Your Business Too Fast
Whenever an entrepreneur starts a business, one of our main goals is to grow our business to a large company. This is a good goal for you to have. Just make sure that you are not trying to grow too fast. Trying to grow too fast can cause you more problems than you bargain for. When I first started my publishing company, I thought I had my plan all laid out. I wanted to … [Read more...] about Don’t Try to Grow Your Business Too Fast
The Go Point: When It’s Time to Decide
Book excerpt reprinted from The Go Point: When It's Time to Decide--Knowing What to Do and When to Do It Copyright © 2006 by Michael Useem. Published by Crown Business, a division of Random House, Inc. All in all, our decision-making equipment is pretty sound. We don’t follow the lead lemming over a cliff. We can’t be fooled into thinking that a 99-cent lure is a meal. … [Read more...] about The Go Point: When It’s Time to Decide
