Finding the right employees: The key to a successful startup
By ALEX COTRAVIWAT, MARENDO GROUP PRESIDENT AND CEO For many of my clients, we start the hiring process for them, helping to get their businesses...
Guest Columns
Startups on the rise: Have they ever been more influential or transformative?
By Andy Roe, SurePayroll general manager The fascination with startups and desire to be part of a startup seems to be reaching a boiling point....
Startups lead charge for biggest 2015 trend: Analytics
By Ramon Nuñez, LiveHive founder and CEO Whether you describe it as big data, business intelligence, or data mining, analytics is the hottest...
Startups and the new world of predictive lead generation
By Doug Bewsher, Leadspace CEO Over the past few years, billions of dollars have poured into marketing automation tools. While these solutions,...
An unsexy but important topic for growing startups: Getting payroll taxes right
By Andy Roe, SurePayroll general manager As you start a new business, the calculations surrounding payroll taxes may not be the first thing on...
Don’t get stumped by financier questions: Techniques that will even satisfy the ‘Shark Tank’ investors
By Richard Weinberger, Ph.D., CPA How many times have we seen small business entrepreneurs go before the investors on ABC’s hit show ‘Shark...
Keys to startup success: Passion, drive…and the right IT plan
By Dan Tully, Conduit Systems What Makes A Successful Startup? To be successful, startups need the passion, drive, commitment, and resolve to work...
Focus on growth: The experience of one entrepreneur in a ‘growth-obsessed’ city
By Bill Reilly, Hands-on Garage co-founder Over five years ago, my partners and I sat down to hatch a business, Hands-on Garage, after my car needed...
Which is better for startups: In-house teams, outsourcing, or both?
By George Deeb, managing partner, Ensemble and Red Rocket Ventures Last summer, I introduced StartUp Beat readers to Ensemble’s ‘startup...
It’s the people, not the space: Startups, culture, and ‘cool’ office spaces
By Max Chopovsky, Chicago Creative Space founder We have highlighted some cool offices on Chicago Creative Space. Slides, bars, zip lines,...
Lessons from the trenches: Startup success is all about the journey…and the decisions you make along the way
By Tal Chalozin, Innovid co-founder and CTO My friends and I love video games. We also love drinking beer. One day, I was playing Guitar Hero with...
Sifting through the noise of ‘unique visitors’: Focusing on what counts for startup success
By Kyle Gerrity, Slader co-founder Every day, millions of websites are born on the web, vying for consumer attention. Sites like Buzzfeed or...
