Startup Trends: App Stores

by ethan

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!One of the most remarkable things about proprietary products (such as the iPhone, Android, Twitter, and Facebook) are their ability to almost instantaneously spawn off new miniature economies around themselves.
Before the iPhone existed RIM’s Blackberry and the Palm series of [...]

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What Happens when a Startup Fails

by ethan

Failure is not a topic that many entrepreneurs want to think or talk about, but the truth is that roughly 50% of new business fail within 5 years of starting up.  For an entrepreneur, knowing how to wind down a failed business is as essential as knowing how to start up a business.  Close down [...]

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TheStartupist Conversation with Startups.com

by ethan

A week ago on Monday I was able to have a quick phone chat with Startups.com’s community manager Fred Imparatta.  Our talk was good, and I learned quite a bit about the Startups.com network and some of what they have planned for the future.  From there, I was able to get into contact with Pepe [...]

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Launching a Startup from an Already Successful Business

by ethan

The idea of developing and launching a new startup business based off an already successful one is certainly not a new one (see SitePoint’s relatively new Name My Thingy based off of their success with 99designs).  Based on CNN’s recent report about Starbucks, and how they have adopted this practice, it seems necessary and reasonable [...]

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HOW TO: Identify New Business Opportunities

by ethan

Entrepreneurs generally start businesses because they have identified a new business opportunity and are looking to take advantage of it to benefit both consumers and themselves.  While those who argue that entrepreneurship is “in the blood” may say that a certain inborn inkling allows entrepreneurs to successfully identify new business opportunities, reality says that a [...]

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Startup Marketing: Promotion vs. Engagement

by ethan

One of the major obstacles that new business owners face as they launch and enter their startup phase is getting people to actually buy the product or use the service that they have produced.  The process of building awareness and getting people to try a product or service is generally referred to as marketing.  Marketing [...]

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5 Services that are Breaking Down the Barriers of Entry

by ethan

Internet innovation pushes the average person’s barrier of entry into the global marketplace lower each day.  To date it has never been easier to start a business from your computer, and technological advancements are making the process simpler by the minute.  It is now possible for anyone with an internet connection to start making money [...]

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HOW TO: Make People Care About your Startup

by ethan

Matt Brezina founded Xobni, a startup that makes the Microsoft Outlook more manageable and usable with their software add-ons.  All startup founders experience an intense learning curve as they, their team, and their startup progress and grow.  Xobni now claims a user-ship base of around 3,000,000 and continues to be poised for future growth and [...]

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Find Answers to your Startup Questions

by ethan

Question and Answer sites have grown in popularity over the past few years. Yahoo Answers was one of the first major movers in the Q&A arena, with Answers.com, WikiAswers, and JustAnswers following soon after. As the Q&A space became more crowded webmaster opportunists did what they do best and built niche specialized Q&A [...]

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The Art of the Pitch

by ethan

Crafting an effective pitch is an essential task for entrepreneurs.  The pitch will not only allow you to concisely deliver your business plans and features when seeking funding, the pitch will also allow you to effectively communicate your business plan and purpose to those who may be seeking what you have to offer.
I have always [...]

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