Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
According to a quarterly survey from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, 2011 had the lowest startup rate in the 11 years since the survey began. Over the last two quarters of last year, on average just 3.2% of jobless managers and executives decided to start their own businesses, down by nearly half from the same period in 2010. The first two quarters of the year, 3.3% pursued entrepreneurship.
Crossing borders to expand business is not the right decision for every business owner, so here's what you need to consider before making the leap.
Turning down an account can mean losing revenue and the opportunity to expand a business and establish a brand. However, saying no can also help an entrepreneur establish a set of values to always operate under.
Being an entrepreneur isn't about what you're selling. It's about possessing a complementary set of skills that most people don't have.
While the country as a whole is struggling with a stubbornly-high unemployment rate, veterans face an unemployment rate of nearly 13% upon returning from war, according to the Labor Department. Now one franchise owner is giving veterans a unique opportunity to be their own boss.
Despite New Year's resolutions, our hankering for something sweet is creating plenty of opportunity for budding franchisees.
It doesn't always take massive amounts of capital to start up a business. Check out these simple steps to start one for less than $500.
Too often, eager entrepreneurs leave salaried positions with only a vague notion of their business goals. This is why so many startup businesses fold early – they start from a point of weakness rather than strength.
It turns out, the tattoos business is recession-proof—both their execution and their removal.
Before you launch a new product or service, enlist some early users to take your vision out for a test drive.
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