by When it comes to increasing the growth and efficiency of any business, automation should be the first word that comes to your mind. If you’re not taking advantage of the myriad tools and platforms for automating certain aspects of your business in today’s competitive environment, you are putting yourself at a severe disadvantage that…
by This is a recent interview I did with Mike Frankel about starting his premium and advanced world-class expert freelancers business called Liquid.Social. 1) Tell me a little bit about your business Thanks for the interview, Alex! Our goal is to make remote consulting more accessible and convenient. Experts are constantly asked for free advice…
by Markforged founder and CEO Greg Mark grew up taking apart machines for fun, from VCRs to blenders to bicycles, says Industry Week. But he didn’t learn computer science until later in his career, so when he started hiring recent college graduates to help him with his 3-D printer manufacturing startup, he discovered they were…
by https://unsplash.com/photos/Ua-agENjmI4 Building a business can be a lot of fun. When you have this great idea about what you want to do and you have a passion for it, you’ll often find that getting set up is simple. Being really excited about the business can be great. It will keep you working when you’re…
by If you need to raise some startup capital for a new business venture, there are lots of different options on the table. Most people will create a watertight business plan and take it along to a meeting with their bank manager. However, if you have a poor credit score or something similar, there is…
by Whether you’re promoting a profit or non-profit organisation the goal is the same- to get the word out there about the company to people who are interested in it. However, from a practical point of view, there are a number of differences between marketing a charity and a regular business. If you’ve been given…
by As a creator of a product, it’s likely that you’ve spent months – possibly years – working hard to create a product that you can feel proud of. You’ve worked to ensure that your product is the best version of what’s on the market right now, and you’ve done everything possible to maintain it…
by When you are just starting out with a new business, it can be hard to know what you actually need to do in order to make sure that it grows as well and as fast as possible. The truth is that everyone has their own ideas about this too, but there are some things…
by Nowadays, we’re encountering an ever-growing dependency of the construction industry on the evolving technological trends. On the one hand, some methods (like scaffolding) haven’t changed for several millennia, then again, every contractor, even a construction worker has a smartphone on them. In fact, some brands are even specializing in smartphones for a construction site,…
by The ultimate goal for any business is to make a profit – to bring in more money than you pay out. It sounds like such a simple equation, but there are a multitude of factors that can influence profitability, and as the business owner you need to be managing all of them with equal…