Categories Starting Up

Nothing is more exciting -- or terrifying -- than starting a new business.

You have an idea you love and believe in. Maybe you have a name, or a couple of names, you’re thinking about. You might even have a simple one-page (or even one-paragraph!) business plan to guide you. And you’re ready to dive in and get started. But you need help: from getting your potential customers to test your business model to finding your ideal mentor, starting up successfully is no easy task. Our mentors describe what it's really like -- and what they wish they'd known before they did it.

Meet Tom Alexander, Founder and CEO of PK4 Media

If you’re cautious about capital when hiring, you won’t have to make tough cuts later on.

Meet Matt Murphy, Co-Founder at Kids in the Game

Matt Murphy shares why it’s the small decisions that matter most in business and in life.

9 Life Lessons You Learn From Business School

It will dawn on you just how much you learned from business school once you apply your lessons outside the classroom.

Meet Reuben Yonatan, Founder of GetVoIP

Are you currently spending your time in a way that will make you proud 10 years from now?

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