Tag: Starting A Business

Finding the money to start a business is a problem for many budding entrepreneurs, but Rob Nixon decided to risk it all by putting $90,000 on his credit cards to get his start.

For any small business owner, there comes a time when you reach a stage in the business life cycle where you feel like business has stopped moving forward and the business is just going through the motions.

For decades, cocoa was a crop many said could not be grown commercially on local soil. How wrong they were.

A Sydney builder is hoping to revolutionise the way Australians buy, sell, and get rid of building products through a new app and online market place.

It seems Australians are moonlighting – as online shopkeepers. Internet start-ups have increased 200 per cent from 2010 and 2012, four times the pace in the United States and Britain.

Australia is lagging behind in business creation, according to new research from RSM.

Most start-up founders accurately predict how they’ll make money, and how much it will cost. But there’s one thing they almost always get wrong.

Transforming your idea for a business into a commercial reality can be both an exhilarating and stressful experience.

Everything starts with an idea, the fire-in-the-belly that kicks you into action and guides you towards your goal. Here is a summary of the start-up lifecycle.

A killer company name isn’t just about finding something that sounds right. Here are six things to keep in mind.