Thanks to advancements in technology and more businesses being open to new ideas of a working environment, it is okay for a business to have a virtual presence. If anything is to go by, the 2020 financial year has brought about massive changes in the way businesses operate.
Businesses might...
Starting a business is one thing, but running a business is entirely a different thing. Apart from requiring your absolute dedication and attention, the level of your skills in various business aspects goes a long way in ensuring your startup survives. If you are starting a business in 2021,...
One of the essential insurance covers for a tech business is cyber liability. Cyberattack is among the greatest risks for most, if not all, businesses.
In the current business environment, where many companies are either contemplating letting their employees work from home on full time or a few days a...
Running a successful start-up requires a lot of marketing. While technology and social media might be taking the lead on all businesses' marketing avenues, offline marketing is not entirely dead. Marketing your small business, both online and offline gives you more success chances. Below are some of the offline...
New age might just refer to alternative approaches to the western culture, but it provides several avenues to entrepreneurship. When looking for business ideas, one is no longer stuck in the old school thought of business. With the new age belief that includes belief in physics, astrology, reincarnation, and...
While the number of female entrepreneurs has been low over the years, many countries are experiencing increased growth in female entrepreneurs. In fact, recent studies show that the number of startups that seek funding that have at least one female as a founder has improved. The number has risen...
Once you have crossed from the initial business idea phase and you need to set up shop, the next thing you face is financing. Yes, you can fund your business from your savings, if you have saved the money or business is not capital intensive.
But even then, sourcing funds...
The world is always going digital. Nowadays, there seems to be a digital platform for almost every goods or service that companies offer, even the least expected ones. As more startups crop up globally, tech startups seem to be taking quite a significant share in the pie.
Whichever industry your...
The Covid-19 pandemic might have turned the business world and our lives upside down, but it came with several lessons for businesses. Your business might not be performing that well during the pandemic, or it must be tough and unfortunate enough for the business to go down. You might...
Starting a business is one thing, but the minute you open up the doors for operations to start, you are opening yourself and your startup to many risks. The building could up in flames, burglars might make away with your assets, or your employees could sue you for whatever...
Starting a business during a pandemic might seem like the least successful venture to undertake. First, raising capital could be a problem. Second, finding the right customer base when everyone is trying to save the little they have could pose a problem. There is also the issue of whether...
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a tremendous economic impact not just on big corporations but start-ups as well. While it might be challenging to raise funds during these harsh economic times, it doesn’t mean no investors are willing to put their money where they believe the future is promising.
For...
Starting a company is one thing, but finding the right talent to hire for various tasks is one of the headaches most startups have to deal with. For starters, the compensation package of most startups is no comparison to what established companies offer. This makes it a bit challenging...
Renee Wang is an ex-Googler who took a chance. A big chance, one could argue. She quit her steady job at Google Japan, sold her Beijing house (the only asset she had at the time), and invested the proceeds into her own startup company.
Renee is the founder of Castbox,...
Money Alive has a mission to Engage, Educate and Empower those of us who have are approaching their retirement or are already enjoying it. They plan to do so through a series of educational video journeys. Information is power, and MoneyAlive will educate to make hard decisions, easier to make. Ian...
Invesdor review with Mikko Savolainen
Mikko Savolainen is communications manager at Invesdor, a firm which helps startups source financing from the crowd. In this interview, he explains how invesdor works and why startups are an important part of the economy.
What problem is Invesdor solving?
Simply put, we’re enabling growth companies to tap...
Investing in freelance management solutions.
A look into the crowdfunding campaign of Skwish
Interview with Chris Williams Co-Founder and CC0 of Skiwsh, a website that helps freelancers focus more on their work and less on the administrative side of their business. Skwish will shortly be launching a crowd funding campaign on Invesdor and this will open...
How to invest it in Startups.
Syndicate Room is a p2p equity platform operating since March 2016. The platform provides access to public and private equity markets. The members of Syndicate Room can diversify through exposure to the startup asset class.
Executive Summary of the SyndicateRoom review:
The importance Syndicate Room puts...
Did you ever play a bet with friends, which soon after the result was announced was conveniently "forgotten"? I find it uncomfortable to make good friends cough up the dough for bets. When is a bet, hypothetical or serious? No more arguments about this. Playzoola is here to save the...
Games have always been part of human culture. We use them to learn, relax and escape from the real world. The need to take a break from work, school, the boss, the wife or the husband is something which people across millennia have in common. Games have evolved with tech, and...