Bringing My Product to Market: 5 Lessons I Learned at Age 14

15 April 2014 | OOO

A young founder discusses five lessons she learned as she tackled a problem, then decided to create a product to solve that problem for others. By Brooke Martin (Founder, iCPooch) When I began my eighth grade student project on entrepreneurship in the fall of 2012, I...

5 Tips for Effectively Collaborating With Your Competitors

15 April 2014 | Uncategorized

But the competition are the enemy, right? Wrong! By Olga V. Mack (Startup Lawyer) Classical economics tells us that competition is socially desirable because it may lead to innovation, promote growth and creativity, decrease prices, and improve the quality of goods...

Be A One-Minute Mentor

14 April 2014 | OOO

Mentoring does not have to be hand-holding or micro-managing. It only takes a minute to pass along small bits of information or encouragement. By Kathryn Sollmann (Career Strategist, 9 Lives for Women) The best work+life suggestion I’ve read so far this year was...

Don’t Let These Common Legal Mistakes Sink Your Startup

14 April 2014 | Uncategorized

Make sure you get it right from the start – do your legal homework before your launch. By Tricia Meyer (Managing Attorney, Meyer Law) The news is filled with stories of lawsuits filed by ousted founders against now-successful companies — and those are just the...

5 Principles to Help You Achieve Greatness

14 April 2014 | Uncategorized

Achieve your full potential by harnessing these five key principles in your business. By Tiffine Wang (Co-founder, Entrepreneur Career / Chief Mentor, European Innovation Academy) Entrepreneurship is about leadership, identifying opportunities, innovating and creating...

How to Make the Best Decisions for Your Startup

13 April 2014 | Uncategorized

First-time entrepreneur? Feeling lost? Read on… By Naveed Lalani (Founder and CEO of Portable Boutique Inc.) I have unwittingly made some bad decisions in my 28 years on this earth, but every day I make better ones. Reflecting on this, it is clear that making...

Founders to Watch: Focused on Women's Health

12 April 2014 | Uncategorized

Check out these female founders focused on women’s health. By Ayesha Rizvi (Editorial Intern, Women 2.0) We’re hearing more and more about health tech – here are some of the women contributing to the movement. Surbhi Sarna (Founder & CEO, nVision...