Tag: Start-Up Advice

Establishing solid corporate and accounting strategies from the start is critical when launching a business. Consider this advice to get off on the right financial foot.

Stratsec was launched in its founders spare bedroom, based on a vision to change information and communication technology security in Australia. Since then, the business has overcome a number of challenges to grow into the most-recognised cyber-security firms in the country – an achievement recognised when Stratsec won 2010 Telstra Business of the Year. Here, head of delivery and operations Peter Lilley shares his tips for surviving business setbacks.

Jim Marggraff, founder of digital smartpen business Livescribe, has faced no shortage of financial challenges as an entrepreneur. He launched just as the GFC hit, and battled to find investors to get Livescribe off the ground. But after 5 years- and one million smartpen sales- his company is at the forefront of the market. Here’s how he did it.

With low start-up costs and an increasing number of outsourcing services, starting a business has never been easier. Naturally, those of us with existing businesses are working hard to exploit the cloud and other tools to improve the way we operate. But what if you had a blank slate? What would today’s ideal business look like?

Microsoft’s acquisition proves tech start-ups are still hot. Want to be next? Learn from what David Sacks did right.

When asking anyone to help fund your start-up, you’ll at least need a business plan first. Here’s what it should include.

The first step in building a successful business is to stand out from the crowd. Here’s a real-world, step-by-step guide to distinguishing yourself and your product.

There are two types people in life; those who want to stay in the corporate world with all the security and pay it has to offer, while the entrepreneurial others will branch out and set up their own business. Here’s a look at some of the benefits of going it alone.

Whether your investors are friends and family or VCs, here’s a guideline on how to pay yourself as your start-up grows.

Cheeky Drop is one of the newest online wine distributors in the business, and it’s making its mark in the saturated category with some savvy branding and social media marketing.