4 Mistakes You Should Avoid When Approaching Investors

If your business concept is looking for someone to back it up with funding, remember: you are not alone. Out there are a hundred other aspiring venture starters, all racing after the same investor. To improve your chances of scoring that critical business funding rather relying on payday loans, you need to possess a few qualities that will differentiate you from all the other entepreneurs all looking to secure the...
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Business Starter Essentials

Whenever someone starts up a new business, regardless of what type or nature, there are things that can be described as “essential.” These are things that every company needs to have to succeed. Some of them are so obvious that anyone who misses them is going to need to be hit on the head for their stupidity. There are others, however, that aren’t as clear and may even surprise entrepreneurs when...
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3-D Printing: The Next Big Thing?

In the last couple of years, a new technique called 3-D printing have made the creation pf paper bikinis possible. Now, scientists are exploring the possibilities of the technology beyond industrial applications, which has investors excited for potential home and commercial uses. Dubbed as one of the next big things, a specialized 3-D printer painstakingly designed by a group of England researchers, allows the...
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Social Responsibility and Business

In the nineteenth and the early twentieth century, the majority of businesses has a responsibility only to themselves and the shareholders. Their only goal was to make a profit, and the only creed they had was caveat emptor. The company’s responsibility ended when the product was purchased by the client and consumer. It’s been nearly a hundred years since protesters and reformers began to push the...
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The Biggest Losers in History

For most of us, success stories are the stuff of legend. It’s as if the biggest names in the business just sprouted out of the ground, because it’s hard to imagine them as small startups like ourselves. How can you believe a company that owns a 56-story high-rise on Wall Street started its life as a home business operating beside the kitchen sink? And yet, there is a very thin line between success and...
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Losses on the Razors, Profits on the Blades

Here is something interesting that most people are unaware of: razors are expensive. The actual razor used to shave is a pricey item to develop and produce, particularly the newer models that have a lot of research backing their claims. They’re not expensive enough to require personal loans to buy, but they’re not universally-affordable either. Yet, they’re sold at a very low price most of the...
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