The number of emerging startups has been steadily growing over the last few years and this isn’t likely to change much anytime soon. Unfortunately, there’re also some quite depressing statistics on the number of startups that fail (9 out of 10). To ensure your business doesn’t go down that route you have to be both creative and careful in its …
Given the ongoing news reports of online security breaches that have plagued companies of every size, it’s hard not to wonder about the level of data security in yours. About 14 million U.S. businesses are estimated to be at risk of a hacker threat, and startups constitute a major percentage of that total. If you’ve researched the options for protecting …
In a world still going through a rapid technological transformation, it’s hard not to reject any notions of stagnation. The banking system and the lending functions, in particular, have seen an overhaul in recent times. They’re still being updated every now and then to match the market needs and ease up on human input while finding more ways to expedite …
A new era in networking technology could mean big things for your startup – but what is it? And how can it help you innovate? Out with the old… If you’re starting up in business today you’re entering a world unlike that seen by generations of business owners that have gone before. Where businesses used to take decades to build …
Building and maintaining a startup business is by no means an easy feat, especially when business operations can run up significant costs. Luckily there are now many methods which entrepreneurs can use to generate the necessary funding to drive their business forward and promote growth. Here are some of the most popular funding tools which are commonly used by business …
The most prolific multinational corporations of today had to start somewhere. Years of hard work, investment and a little bit of good luck meant some of the budding startups of 100 years ago have gone on to become some of the biggest brands in the world today. But how did they do it? The government-backed Start Up Loans Company has …