Cyber security risks facing your startup
Small businesses and startups are the engines of ingenuity, bringing vital goods and services to our community on a daily basis. The local support it...
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Top marketing tools for small businesses in 2016
The marketing needs for small business owners have drastically changed over the past few years. While fliers, discount vouchers and word-of-mouth...
The startup’s (budget) guide to ‘Always-on iT’: Don’t let downtime kill your startup’s growth
Ransomware. Data Breaches. Hardware/Application Infrastructure Failure. Human error. All of these threats can bring your growing business to a halt...
Five ways to make yourself more efficient and cut down on decision fatigue
There is such a thing as decision fatigue. This means the more decisions you make in a day, the worse your choices become. This is an important...
So you founded a startup, now what?
Raising capital is a crucial process in building a successful company. In the digital...
How to kickstart your startup’s marketing efforts
As a founder, launching a startup is a grueling process. Late nights of meticulous planning in an effort to deliver a polished product almost always...
How to stand out at tech startup conferences
Tech startup conferences attract startups from all walks of life--big and small, new and old, east and west coast, VC funded, or still on the lookout...
The U.S. pet industry: How it’s the perfect foundation for getting into franchising
The pet industry is incredibly lucrative right now in the United States and all signs indicate that it isn't going anywhere. And if you are thinking...
Going to business rather than business school
Quentin Tarantino, when asked what film school he went to, famously said, “I didn’t go to film school, I went to films.” Many of the most...
The most crucial piece of advice entrepreneurs will never read online. Until now.
Entrepreneurs with the goal to launch the next 'Uber' are constantly turning to VCs, colleagues and industry experts for the crucial advice and...
Strategy: The ultimate business insurance
As a business owner, you are constantly making decisions about how to manage your time and resources. It can be difficult to make room on the...
Validating the various kinds of startups
If you have been following the articles here on StartupBeat, you may have, by now, realized the importance of validating a business idea before...
