Daily Archives: 2 August 2022

The 4 Ps of Successfully Scaling a Business

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I’ll never forget the moment when I saw my company’s bank account dwindle to a mere $5,000. No matter how fervently you believe in the mission of your startup, there’s something cold and harsh about a ledger that can make you question all the decisions that led…

Warren Buffett Hates This Tax Break — And Some of It Is on the Chopping Block

Carried interest, a current tax break that can potentially impact startups, private equity, and the venture capital community, is back on the national legislative stage in a new bill titled, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The bill has a mix of high-profile backers and critics. In 2010, Warren Buffett spoke out against the tax…

The Secret to Truly Successful Hiring Models

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Once, a student came up to me and told me that his resume kept getting forwarded. Downcast, he said, “It seems as if my resume is vanishing into the black hole.” Reason? He attended a not-so-famous college and worked for a lesser-known company. I was taken aback…

More Than Half of Americans Are Now Living Paycheck to Paycheck — Even the Country’s Wealthiest

Inflation has affected nearly every American, forcing many to put off purchasing big-ticket items and focus only on the essentials. For some people, it has affected how they live their daily lives. d3sign | Getty Images According to new data from PYMNTS and LendingClub, nearly two-thirds of Americans (around 157 million people) are living paycheck…

How to Survive the Retail Apocalypse

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Post-pandemic retailers are competing with a shift to online sales. The transition toward a prevalence in online sales was already well underway, but the Coronavirus kicked the trend into overdrive. As the global lockdown forced people to order everything — even their groceries — online, what they…

How Web Scraping Brings Freedom to Research

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There are several stages to any academic research project, most of which differ depending on the hypothesis and methodology. Few disciplines, however, can completely avoid the data collection step. Even in qualitative research, some data has to be collected. Unfortunately, the one unavoidable step is also the…

How Fintech Companies Can Benefit From Global Expansion

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Fintech was one of the industries that, as a whole, not only survived but gained from the Covid-19 pandemic. Buoyed by the world increasingly moving online, Fintech firms have managed to address new technological and economic challenges. What’s more, the growth wasn’t limited to national borders. It…

5 Steps to Pitching Like a Pro

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. No matter how much you’ve prepared to pitch your big idea, you’re unlikely to close on the deal if you haven’t considered each person at the table. You might believe your idea can make your client or customer successful. But it’s not enough for you to believe…

Innovative Businesses Point to the Future of Business and Finance

As society and the economy hit the mid-year mark for 2022, it provides the perfect opportunity to consider current progress. We can also assess how the future of business and finance might shake out. Due – Due Just as Henry Ford predicted flying cars for the automotive industry in 1940, finance gurus are looking to…

Josh Altman and Matt Proman Are Teaming Up to Disrupt the Real Estate Industry

A few years ago, serial entrepreneur Matt Proman was looking to sell his house in New York and needed to find an agent. “There were a lot of houses turning over in the area,” he told Entrepreneur. “I had a lot of agents knocking on my door, leaving their business cards that they wanted to…