You shall know the fact, and it will set you free!
If you’re not familiar with vesting, the idea is that when a firm is launched, instead of issuing stock outright to the founders, the stock is distributed over a period of time, typically three to four years, as the founder or founders “e...
Start-ups typically have a variety of design needs including logo design, brochures, stationery, and business cards. Traditionally the most important design work, like a business’s logo, is either done by the business itself or contracted out to a ...
Firms do well in a crowded industry when two conditions exist: (1) they create meaningful value for customers at a fair price and (2) they effectively differentiate themselves from competitors. In fact, diminishing the impact of thre...
Use the SHIELD acronym to remember the lifestyle habits that will help protect your memory and thinking skills.
We are making encouraging progress in finding medications that prevent or even reverse cognitive decline. Until we get there, however, ...
Business Idea: Provide musicians a platform to reach out to their fan base to financially contribute to upcoming recordings or other musical projects.
Pitch: Musicians often have creative ideas for recordings or s...
One thing that becomes clear to many potential business founders, while conducting organizational feasibility analysis, is that they need one or more partners to help launch their business. You might be a Web developer who has a great idea for a Web ...
To ScriptPad founder and CEO Shane Taylor, the problem his company solves is personal. Taylor’s father, who is fighting both heart disease and cancer, takes 26 different medications to fight his illnesses. Any mix-up or error associated with taking...
Want Help Fine-Tuning a Business Idea? Find a Mentor
Fine-tuning a business idea isn’t easy. While fairly course-grained ideas are rather easy to develop, like creating a cell-phone that’s designed specifically for elderly peo...
Large firms and smaller entrepreneurial firms play different roles in business and society and can often produce the best results by partnering with each other rather than acting as adversaries. The pharmaceutical industry is an excellent example of ...
Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years and it continues to grow in popularity. This mindful practice can help aid anxiety and depression, chronic pain, cancer, bowel diseases, high blood pressure, insomnia, addiction and so much more.
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PatientsLikeMe: Allowing People with Serious Diseases to Connect with One Another and Exchange Support and Advice
Web: www.patientslikeme.com
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How Companies and Organizations Build Credibility and Trust
There are several ways companies and organizations can build credibility and trust. We present eight techniques that are essential in nearly all cases in the following list.
Te...
Company: FastPencil
Web: www.fastpencil.com
Business Idea: Provide a user-friendly, affordable, and effective platform for authors to s...
Business Idea: Create a single place for music lovers to track or keep up with their favorite bands, so they’ll always know where and when the bands will be performing in their area.
In addition, create an online platform for c...
Those who launch or found an entrepreneurial venture have an important role to play in shaping the firm’s business concept. Stated even more directly, it is widely known that a well-conceived business plan cannot get off the ground unless a firm ha...
When a business is launched, a form of legal entity must be chosen. Sole proprietorship, partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies are the most common legal entities from which entrepreneurs make a choice. Choosing ...
Airbnb: How Listening to Customers and Iterating the Business Model Helped Shape and Mold a Successful Start-up
Web: www.airbnb.com
Introduction
It all st...
1. Core strategy (how a firm competes)
2. Strategic resources (how a firm acquires and uses its resources)
3. Partnership network (how a firm structures and nurtures its partnerships)
Six distinct ways of making money online (the way an online company makes money largely defines its business model)
1. Affiliate programs
An affiliate program is a way for online merchants, like 1-800-FLOWERS, ...
After a firm has gained an understanding of the industry and the target market in which it plans to compete, the next step is to complete a competitor analysis. A competitor analysis is a detailed analysis of a firm’s competition. It helps a firm u...
1. Personal diaries
An excellent way to increase your self-awareness is to keep a diary. In it make a daily note of the important things that happen. Be honest and open with yourself. Be willing to reflect upon your beliefs, thoug...
• E. G. S. Emotional Guidance System - Your inner guide
It is said that the average human being has approximately 64,000 thoughts per day. Protecting all of your thoughts 24 hours a day can be a full-time job. There is a better way to gauge how ...
In general, entrepreneurs identify more ideas than opportunities because many ideas are typically generated to find the best way to capitalize on an opportunity. Several techniques can be used to stimulate and facilitate the generation of new ideas f...
1. Observing Trends
The first approach to identifying opportunities is to observe trends and study how they create opportunities for entrepreneurs to pursue. The most important trends to follow are economic trends, social trends, ...
The Successful Lives Are the Concentrated Lives.
Concentration means success, because you are better able to govern yourself and centralize your mind; you become more in earnest in what you do and this almost invariably improves your chances f...
The research found that greater levels of perceived gratitude protect couples from common stressors such as ineffective arguing and financial problems and promote relationship stability.
• The power of “thank you” – Feeling appreciated by ...
Depression is a mental health condition characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and lack of interest or pleasure in activities. It can also cause physical symptoms such as fatigue, changes in appetite and sleep patterns, and di...
Writing thank-you notes is not just good manners. It can have a strong psychological effect for both the sender and receiver, suggests research published in the September 2018 issue of Psychological Science.
While most people consider showing an ...
Each holiday season comes with high expectations for a cozy and festive time of year. However, for many this time of year is tinged with sadness, anxiety, or depression. Certainly, major depression or a severe anxiety disorder benefits most from prof...
A new study found that increased consumption of ultra-processed foods was associated with more than 10% of all-cause premature, preventable deaths in Brazil in 2019. This is especially alarming, because Brazilians consume far less of these products t...
Gratitude has been a trendy sentiment in recent years – sparking an industry of journals, knickknacks and T-shirts touting thankfulness as a positive force in individuals’ lives.
New research suggests that gratitude from one’s partner may be...
Dealing with grief and loss is extremely stressful. During this time it may help to take mini-relaxation breaks. If you have three minutes, try this: While seated, take a break to check your body for tension. Relax your facial muscles and allow your ...
Taking some time to just sit and think might be far more enjoyable than you expect.
People don’t realize how enjoyable it is to sit and think.
According to research from the American Psychological Association, people often underestimate how m...
Caregivers who consume digital media for relaxation are more likely to engage in negative parenting practices, according to a new multinational study.
The new study led by the University of Waterloo aimed to investigate the relationship between ...
Taking high-dose Vitamin B6 tablets has been shown to reduce feelings of anxiety and depression by new research.
Scientists at the University of Reading measured the impact of high doses of Vitamin B6 on young adults and found that they reported ...
Beyond the many stressors that young adolescents face, being a target of cyberbullying is an independent risk factor for suicide -- above and beyond traditional offline bullying, according to a study released Monday.
That's the finding of a new st...
