
"I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me honey rich is better. -- Sophia Tucker
There various ways to build wealth, and it often requires a combination of factors. Here are some avenues you can consider:
1. Education and Skill Development: Acquiring knowledge and developing valuable skills can open doors to high-paying opportunities.
2. Entreprene interpreter urship: Starting your own successful business can generate wealth, but it also involves risks and hard work.
3. Investments: Investing in stocks, real estate, or other assets can provide long-term growth and generate passive income.
4. Career Advancement: Climbing the corporate ladder or seeking higher-paying job opportunities can increase your income.
5. Budgeting: Practicing disciplined saving and budgeting can help accumulate wealth over time.
6. Diversification: Spreading your investments across different sectors or asset classes can minimize risk and maximize returns.
7. Networking and Relationships: Building strong connections and maintaining relationships can lead to valuable opportunities for wealth creation.
8. Continuous Learning: Staying updated with industry trends and enhancing your knowledge can position you for success.
9. Financial Discipline: Managing debt wisely, avoiding unnecessary expenses, and developing good financial habits can contribute to wealth accumulation.
10. Long-Term Thinking: Adopting a patient and strategic approach to wealth-building, understanding that it often takes time to achieve significant results.
While my emphasis on this website is Entrepreneurship, we will over time investigate all these avenues to creating wealth.Remember, individual circumstances and preferences may vary. It's essential to assess your personal strengths, risk tolerance, and goals when pursuing wealth-building strategies.
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Associations
Organizations
There are an immense amount of small business associations and organizations for both general and specific businesses and industries. The ones listed here, offer broad information that affect all businesses, no matter what their size. These organizations provide support, education and resources for running your business.
I can think of no reason not to join any or all small business associations that are relevant to your business. Most charge a membership fee, but if you get one, two or even a dozen ideas that impact your bottom line for the positive, then it will be well worth the cost. Having an invaluable business partner—or maybe even a loyal customer down the line—is priceless for your business.
Think about what your goals are, where your customers are and what they need, and investigate how the association can connect you to the partners, networks, and customers you need to grow your business.
The associations and organizations listed here, offer broad information that affect all businesses, no matter what their size. These organizations provide support, education and resources for running your business.
Ashoka builds and cultivates a community of Fellows, Young Changemakers, Changemaker Institutions, and beyond who see that the world now requires everyone to be a changemaker – a person that sees themselves as capable of creating large-scale, positive change.
Together, amidst the exponential growth of a new inequality in changemaking at a worldwide scale, we mobilize (and accelerate) a movement to build an "Everyone a Changemaker" world where all people have the right and ability to co-lead solutions that transform their societies for the better.
Business Network International, or BNI
We are the world’s leading business referral organization supporting 300,000 Member businesses in over 75 countries worldwide. In 2022, BNI Members generated $20.4 billion USD in revenue via more than 13 million referrals. Many BNI Chapters are currently meeting using BNI Online®, a powerful and convenient platform that enables Members to continue sharing new client referrals. BNI Members are actively supported by regional, national, and global BNI staff that provide the training, structure, and technology needed to help them grow their businesses and exceed their goals.
Women Network
With over 500,000 entrepreneurs connected through 118 chapters. Each year, we host over 2000 networking and training events – both ONLINE and In-Person – including the #1 annual women’s entrepreneur conference in North America, our International Conference.
EO - Entrepreneurs' Organization
The Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) is a Global business network of 14,000+ leading entrepreneurs in 196 chapters and 62 countries. Founded in 1987 by a group of young entrepreneurs, EO enables business owners to learn from each other, leading to greater business success and an enriched personal life.
Minority Business Development Agency
The U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is the only federal agency solely dedicated to the growth and global competitiveness of minority business enterprises.
MBDA programs, services, and initiatives focus on helping MBEs grow today, while preparing them to meet the industry needs of tomorrow. Economic prosperity for all American business enterprises.
National Association for the Self-Employed
The NASE provides its self-employed members with support, education and training. The organization conducts surveys relevant to the needs of the self-employed and posts articles business owners can use.
National Veteran Owned Business Association NaVOBA
The Office of Veterans Business Development's mission is to maximize the availability, applicability and usability of all administration small business programs for Veterans, Service-Disabled Veterans, Reserve Component Members, and their Dependents or Survivors.
National Association of Women Business Owners
Founded in 1975, the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is the unified voice of over 10 million women-owned businesses in the United States representing the fastest growing segment of the economy.
National Restaurant Association
A thriving restaurant and foodservice community, providing America with nourishment, opportunity and joy, working to enhance quality of life for all. To serve our industry and impact its success, we: Strengthen operations, mitigate risk and develop talent; Advance and protect business vitality through national, state and local advocacy; and Drive knowledge and collaboration.
National Small Business Association
Celebrating more than 80 years representing America’s small-business owners, NSBA is a staunchly nonpartisan organization with 65,000 members in every state and every industry in the U.S. We are proud to be the nation’s first small-business advocacy organization.
SBA Office of Veterans Business Development
The Office of Veterans Business Development’s (OVBD) mission is to maximize the availability, applicability and usability of small business programs for Veterans, Service-Disabled Veterans, Reserve Component Members, and their dependents or survivors. OVBD is SBA’s liaison with the veteran's business community; provides policy analysis and reporting; and is as an Ombudsman for veteran entrepreneurs. OVBD has a number of programs and services to assist aspiring and existing veteran entrepreneurs such as training, counseling and mentorship, and oversight of Federal procurement programs for Veteran-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses.
SCORE
SCORE is part of the SBA. Its mission is to foster vibrant small business communities through mentoring and education. It's a free nation-wide service available to small businesses to help them grow and sustain their business.
Small Business Administration
Here you can learn how to start your own business and finance it. The site also provides information on business opportunities, local SBA offices, laws and regulations, and much more.
NFIB
Exclusive Focus on Small Business:
NFIB stands for America’s small and independent businesses. This sole focus distinguishes us from other business organizations in the country.
StartUp Nation
StartupNation provides access to experts in a variety of business disciplines through its various media channels and fosters peer-to-peer interaction in its vibrant online community forums. The breadth and range of businesses StartupNation serves include sole proprietorships, home-based businesses and part-time businesses, all the way to the most esoteric and sophisticated ventures.
Women’s Business Development Center
he WBDC’s mission is to support and accelerate business development and growth, targeting women and serving all diverse business owners, in order to strengthen their participation in, and impact on, the economy.
US Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States is the world’s largest business organization. Our members range from the small businesses and chambers of commerce across the country that support their communities, to the leading industry associations and global corporations that innovate and solve for the world’s challenges, to the emerging and fast-growing industries that are shaping the future. For all of the people across the businesses we represent, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is a trusted advocate, partner, and network, helping them improve society and people’s lives.
Social Media
Business Manager Overview - Facebook
Business Manager is a Facebook tool that helps organize and manage your business. When you join Business Manager, coworkers can't view your personal ...
Home to billions of photos and millions of groups of passionate photographers. Browse with ease, select and organize hundreds of photos with one gesture, and share in seconds. Unleash your creativity. Edit your photos, add filters, crop images, and more!
An American photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, The app allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters and organized by hashtags and geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with pre-approved followers. Users can browse other users' content by tags and locations and view trending content.
Kik Messenger, commonly called Kik, is a freeware instant messaging mobile app from the Canadian company Kik Interactive, available free of charge on iOS and Android operating systems. It uses a smartphone's data plan or Wi-Fi to transmit and receive messages, photos, videos, sketches, mobile web pages, and other content after users register a username. Kik is known for its features preserving users' anonymity, such as allowing users to register without the need to provide a telephone number or valid email address. However, the application does not employ end-to-end encryption, and the company also logs user IP addresses, which could be used to determine the user's ISP and approximate location. This information, as well as "reported" conversations are regularly surrendered upon request by law enforcement organizations, sometimes without the need for a court order.
LinkedIn is an American business and employment-oriented online service that operates via websites and mobile apps. It's been around since 2003 and is mainly used for professional networking, and allows job seekers to post their CVs and employers to post jobs. Currently, LinkedIn has 740 million registered members from 150 countries.
Medium is an American online publishing platform and is an example of social journalism, having a hybrid collection of amateur and professional people and publications, or exclusive blogs or publishers on Medium, and is regularly regarded as a blog host.
Pinterest is an American image sharing and social media service designed to enable saving and discovery of information on the internet using images and, on a smaller scale, animated GIFs and videos, in the form of pinboards. The site was created by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp and had over 400 million monthly active users as of August 2020. It is operated by Pinterest, Inc., based in San Francisco.
Reddit is a social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website, recently including livestream content through Reddit Public Access Network. Registered members submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down by other members. Posts are organized by subject into user-created boards called "communities" or "subreddits", which cover a variety of topics such as news, politics, science, movies, video games, music, books, sports, fitness, cooking, pets, and image-sharing. Submissions with more up-votes appear towards the top of their subreddit and, if they receive enough up-votes, ultimately on the site's front page. Despite strict rules prohibiting harassment, Reddit's administrators spend considerable resources on moderating the site.
Snapchat is an American multimedia messaging app developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc. One of the principal features of Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually only available for a short time before they become inaccessible to their recipients. The app has evolved from originally focusing on person-to-person photo sharing to presently featuring users' "Stories" of 24 hours of chronological content, along with "Discover," letting brands show ad-supported short-form content. It also allows users to keep photos in the "my eyes only" which lets them keep their photos in a password-protected space. It has also reportedly incorporated limited use of end-to-end encryption, with plans to broaden its use in the future.
SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform and music sharing website based in Berlin, Germany, that enables its users to upload, promote, and share audio, as well as a DSP enabling listeners to stream audio. Started in 2007 by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss, SoundCloud has grown to be one of the largest music streaming services reaching over 175 million monthly users worldwide. SoundCloud offers both free and paid membership on the platform, available for desktop and mobile devices.
Foursquare Swarm is a mobile app that allows users to share their locations with their friends and create a record of their experiences in their personal lifelog. Swarm for iOS and Android devices launched on May 15, 2014. A spin-off from and companion app to Foursquare City Guide, Swarm allows users to check-in to a given location, and see who is nearby. These check-ins are chronologically listed to create a personal lifelog for each user, which serves as a digital library for all the places they’ve been, in a searchable database that can be revisited and shared.
A feature rich and free blog posting platform that offers customizable templates, photos, apps and more. Make a blog and put whatever you want on it. Stories, photos, GIFs, mp3s, videos, fashion, art, deep stuff. Tumblr is 500 million different blogs.
YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service, created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—was bought by Google in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion and now operates as one of the company's subsidiaries. YouTube is the second most-visited website after Google Search, according to Alexa Internet rankings.
WhatsApp Messenger, or simply WhatsApp, is an American freeware, cross-platform centralized messaging and voice-over-IP service owned by Facebook, Inc. It allows users to send text messages and voice messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content. WhatsApp's client application runs on mobile devices but is also accessible from desktop computers, as long as the user's mobile device remains connected to the Internet while they use the desktop app. The service requires each user to provide a standard cellular mobile telephone number for registering with the service. In January 2018, WhatsApp released a standalone business app targeted at small business owners, called WhatsApp Business, to allow companies to communicate with customers who use the standard WhatsApp client.
Twitter is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like and retweet tweets, but unregistered users can only read them. Users access Twitter through its website interface or its mobile-device application software, though the service could also be accessed via SMS before April 2020. Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California, and has more than 25 offices around the world. Tweets were originally restricted to 140 characters, but was doubled to 280 for non-CJK languages in November 2017. Audio and video tweets remain limited to 140 seconds for most accounts.
Books/Magazines/Periodicals
General Business Publications
The information contained here are broad and generalized information that affect all businesses.
Every day, Bloomberg’s 2,700 journalists and analysts break news all the way around the world. But we also try to explain that world in all its complexities, so that you get the bigger picture. We cover more companies, industries and markets in more depth than anybody else, and we are always looking for the links between them.
As they say, context changes everything.
Entrepreneur is an American magazine and website that carries news stories about entrepreneurship, small business management, and business. The magazine was first published in 1977.[2][3] It is published by Entrepreneur Media Inc., headquartered in Irvine, California.[4] The magazine publishes 10 issues annually, available through subscription and on newsstands. It is or has been published under license internationally in Mexico, Russia, India, Hungary, the Philippines, South Africa, and others.[5] Its editor-in-chief is Jason Feifer and its owner is Peter Shea.[6]
Fast Company is the world’s leading business media brand, with an editorial focus on innovation in technology, leadership, world changing ideas, creativity, and design. Written for and about the most progressive business leaders, Fast Company inspires readers to think expansively, lead with purpose, embrace change, and shape the future of business.
Launched in November 1995 by Alan Webber and Bill Taylor, two former Harvard Business Review editors, Fast Company magazine was founded on a single premise: A global revolution was changing business, and business was changing the world. Discarding the old rules of business, Fast Company set out to chronicle how changing companies create and compete, to highlight new business practices, and to showcase the teams and individuals who are inventing the future and reinventing business.
The Financial Times (FT)[nb 1] is a British daily business newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Nikkei, with core editorial offices across Britain, the United States and continental Europe. In July 2015, Pearson sold the publication to Nikkei for £844 million (US$1.32 billion) after owning it since 1957. In 2019, it reported one million paying subscriptions, three-quarters of which were digital subscriptions.[6][7] The newspaper has a prominent focus on financial journalism and economic analysis rather than generalist reporting, drawing both criticism and acclaim. It sponsors an annual book award and publishes a "Person of the Year" feature.
The paper was founded in January 1888 as the London Financial Guide before rebranding a month later as the Financial Times. It was first circulated around metropolitan London by James Sheridan, who, along with his brother and Horatio Bottomley, sought to report on city business opposite the Financial News. The succeeding half-century of competition between the two papers eventually culminated in a 1945 merger, led by Brendan Bracken, which established it as one of the largest business newspapers in the world. Globalisation from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries facilitated editorial expansion for the FT, with the paper adding opinion columns, special reports, political cartoons, readers' letters, book reviews, technology articles and global politics features. The paper is often characterised by its light-pink (salmon) newsprint. It is supplemented by its lifestyle magazine (FT Magazine), weekend edition (FT Weekend) and some industry publications.
The editorial stance of the Financial Times centres on economic liberalism, particularly advocacy of free trade and free markets. Since its founding it has supported liberal democracy, favouring classically liberal politics and policies from international governments; its newsroom is independent from its editorial board, and it is considered a newspaper of record. Due to its history of economic commentary, the FT publishes a variety of financial indices, primarily the FTSE All-Share Index. Since the late 20th century, its typical depth of coverage has linked the paper with a white-collar, educated, and financially literate readership.[8][9] Because of this tendency, the FT has traditionally been regarded as a centre[10] to centre-right[11] liberal,[12] neoliberal,[13] and conservative-liberal[2] newspaper. The Financial Times is headquartered in Bracken House at 1 Friday Street, near the city's financial centre, where it maintains its publishing house, corporate centre, and main editorial office.
Forbes (/fɔːrbz/) is an American business magazine founded in 1917 and owned by the Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.[3][4] Its chairperson and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes, and its CEO is Mike Federle.[5]
Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. Forbes also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law. It is based in Jersey City, New Jersey. Competitors in the national business magazine category include Fortune and Bloomberg Businessweek. Forbes has an international edition in Asia as well as editions produced under license in 27 countries and regions worldwide.
The magazine is well known for its lists and rankings, including of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400), the 30 most notable young people under the age of 30 (Forbes 30 under 30), America's Wealthiest Celebrities, the world's top companies (the Forbes Global 2000), Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People, and The World's Billionaires.[6] The motto of Forbes magazine is "Change the World".[7] In July 2023, Fortune reported that Austin Russell is attempting to acquire 82 percent of the company.[8] Neither Forbes nor Integrated Whale Media Investments have confirmed the report.[9] [10]
Inc. is an American business magazine founded in 1979 and based in New York City.[3] The magazine publishes six issues per year, along with surrounding online and social media content. The magazine also produces several live and virtual events yearly.
Published by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. is best known for its annual rankings of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States, called the "Inc. 500" and "Inc. 5000."[4]
he New York Times (NYT) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2022 to comprise 740,000 paid print subscribers,[4] and 8.6 million paid digital subscribers.[5][6][7] Founded in 1851 as the New-York Daily Times, it is published by The New York Times Company. The Times has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper,[8] and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record".[9] For print, it is ranked 17th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the United States.[10] The newspaper is headquartered at The New York Times Building near Times Square, Manhattan.
The New York Times Company, which is publicly traded, has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure.[11] A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the paper.[12][13]
Since the mid-1970s, The New York Times has expanded its layout and organization, adding special weekly sections on various topics supplementing the regular news, editorials, sports, and features. The institution's emphasis remains on global and U.S. hard news coverage. Since 2008,[14] the Times has been organized into the following sections: News, Editorials/Opinions-Columns/Op-Ed, New York (metropolitan), Business, Arts, Science, Styles, Home, Travel, and other features.[15] On Sundays, the Times is supplemented by the Sunday Review (formerly the Week in Review),[16] The New York Times Book Review,[17] The New York Times Magazine,[18] and T: The New York Times Style Magazine.[19]
The Wall Street Journal is an American business and economic-focused international daily newspaper based in New York City.[2] The Journal is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp. The newspaper is published in broadsheet format and online. The Journal has been printed continuously since its inception on July 8, 1889,[3] and is regarded as a newspaper of record, particularly in terms of business and financial news.[4][5][6] The newspaper has won 39 Pulitzer Prizes, the most recent in 2023.[7][8][9]
The Wall Street Journal is the second-largest newspaper in the United States by circulation, with a print circulation of around 654,000 and 3 million digital subscribers as of 2022.[1] The Journal publishes the luxury news and lifestyle magazine WSJ, which was originally launched as a quarterly but expanded to 12 issues in 2014. An online version was launched in 1995, which has been accessible only to subscribers since it began.[10] The editorial pages of the Journal are typically conservative in their positions.[11][12][13]
Wired (stylized in all caps) is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has been in publication since March/April 1993.[3] Several spin-offs have been launched, including Wired UK, Wired Italia, Wired Japan, and Wired Germany.
From its beginning, the strongest influence on the magazine's editorial outlook came from founding editor and publisher Louis Rossetto. With founding creative director John Plunkett, Rossetto in 1991 assembled a 12-page prototype,[4] nearly all of whose ideas were realized in the magazine's first several issues. In its earliest colophons, Wired credited Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan as its "patron saint". Wired went on to chronicle the evolution of digital technology and its impact on society.
Wired quickly became recognized as the voice of the emerging digital culture[5] and a pace setter in print design.[6] It articulated the values of a far-reaching "digital revolution" driven by the instant, cost-free reproduction and global transmission of digital information. It won several National Magazine Awards for both editorial and design.[7][8] Adweek acknowledged Wired as its Magazine of the Decade in 2021.[9]
From 1998 to 2006, Wired magazine and Wired News, which publishes at Wired.com, had separate owners. However, Wired News remained responsible for republishing Wired magazine's content online due to an agreement when Condé Nast purchased the magazine. In 2006, Condé Nast bought Wired News for $25 million, reuniting the magazine with its website.
Wired contributor Chris Anderson is known for popularizing the term "the long tail",[10] as a phrase relating to a "power law"-type graph that helps to visualize the 2000s emergent new media business model. Anderson's article for Wired on this paradigm related to research on power law distribution models carried out by Clay Shirky, specifically in relation to bloggers. Anderson widened the definition of the term in capitals to describe a specific point of view relating to what he sees as an overlooked aspect of the traditional market space that has been opened up by new media.[11] The magazine coined the term crowdsourcing,[12] as well as its annual tradition of handing out Vaporware Awards, which recognize "products, videogames, and other nerdy tidbits pitched, promised and hyped, but never delivered".[13] In these same years, the magazine also published the story, written by Joshuah Bearman, that became the movie Argo. In more recent times, the publication became known for its deep investigative reporting, including a long story about Facebook—"Inside the Two Years that Shook Facebook and the World"—that became the publication's most read article of the modern era. It was written by Fred Vogelstein and Nicholas Thompson, the latter of whom was the publication's editor in chief and had also been the editor on the piece that became Argo.
General Business Books
Mind Your Business
With the right knowledge and resources, you can take action to start the online business you’ve been dreaming of. This comprehensive guide provides tips and tricks for turning your dream into a reality.
Starting A Business
From the very first steps conceptualizing your venture to winning your first customers, delivering value, and turning a profit, this book acts as an invaluable blueprint for your path to entrepreneurial success. Colwell’s clear voice, extensive experience, and easy-to-understand presentation come together to make this book a must-have resource in the library of every budding entrepreneur!
The Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting A Business
Through stories of young entrepreneurs who have started businesses, this book illustrates how to turn hobbies, skills, and interests into profit-making ventures. Mariotti describes the characteristics of the successful entrepreneur and covers the nuts and bolts of getting a business up, running and successful.
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Websites/Blogs/forums
BLOGS/FORUMS
A16Z is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California. They invest in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology12. They have a blog section on their website called “News & Content” which provides news and updates on startups, venture capital, and technology. The blog covers a wide range of topics such as AI, bio and health, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, games, seed program, growth, and more1. They also have a special summer series called “Zone of Genius” which features exclusive conversations with cultural leaders across sports, music, and food to share their insights and how they think about the evolution of their industries.
BloggersPassion is a popular digital marketing blog in India that provides insights on blogging, SEO, making money online, affiliate marketing, Wordpress, and traffic building tips for your website. The blog was launched in 2010 by Anil Agarwal, a full-time blogger and SEO expert with over 13 years of experience in the field. Anil has worked as an SEO professional for major companies like the Economic Times, Times of India, Dainik Jagran, etc. and has seen all the ups and downs of blogging. He shares his knowledge and strategies to help people build successful websites starting from scratch.
Brian Solis is an American futurist, digital anthropologist, speaker and author. As of September 2023, he is the Head of Global Innovation at ServiceNow. Prior to that, Solis was VP of Global Innovation at Salesforce. Before joining Salesforce, Solis was the principal analyst and partner studying disruptive technologies and its impact on business at Altimeter Group, a research firm acquired by global brand management consultancy Prophet in 2015. He has also authored several books discussing digital marketing, evolving business models, customer experience and brand innovation.
Cloudways Blog
The Cloudways Blog is a platform that focuses on emerging trends in Cloud Computing, including Public Cloud, Open Source Apps and featured Leaderboard articles1. The blog provides a wealth of information on topics such as WordPress Hosting, WooCommerce Hosting, Magento Hosting, PHP Hosting, Laravel Hosting, Drupal Hosting, Joomla Hosting, PrestaShop Hosting, and Ecommerce Hosting1.
In addition to hosting, the blog also provides useful information on web development, such as how to fix the “Ensure Text Remains Visible During Webfont Load” warning in WordPress1. The blog also features articles on website security, such as 7 Essential WooCommerce Security Tips1.
If you’re interested in starting your own blog on Cloudways, the blog provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to get started with a free trial2. Alternatively, if you’re considering moving your blog to Cloudways, their expert team can help you migrate your blog for free2.
Copy Blogger
Copywriting 101. Email Marketing. Internet Marketing. Search Engine Optimization. Landing Pages. Sales Pages. Conversion Rate Optimization. Certified Content Marketers. Academy. Type in your keyword and press enter to search Copyblogger.com: … This site contains affiliate links to products.
Fast Company
Fast Company is a progressive business media brand that focuses on innovation in technology, leadership, and design 1. It is the world’s leading business media brand with a unique editorial focus on these topics 1. Fast Company was founded in Boston in 1995 by Alan Webber, Bill Taylor, and Mortimer Zuckerman 2. The magazine is published both in print and online, with six print issues released annually 2. You can find the latest news, articles, photos, and videos on the Fast Company blog at 1. I hope this helps!
Gary Vaynerchuk’s Blog
Gennady Alexandrovich Vaynerchuk, more commonly known by his alias Gary Vaynerchuk or Gary Vee, is an American businessman, author, speaker, and internet personality. He is a co-founder of the restaurant reservation software company Resy and Empathy Wines. First known as a wine critic who expanded his family's wine business, Vaynerchuk is now more known for his work in digital marketing and social media as the chairman of New York–based communications company VaynerX, and as CEO of VaynerX subsidiary VaynerMedia.
Mashable
With a mix of breaking news, thought-provoking opinion pieces and a small dose of memes and internet humor, Mashable (particularly Mashable Business) is a one-stop shop for any online entrepreneur. We check it every morning to get our daily dose of what's trending in the digital world. Just try not to let yourself get distracted by all the fun "watercooler" type pieces in the sidebar - stick to the business portion of the blog.
Mixergy
Mixergy is where the ambitious learn from a mix of experienced mentors through interviews and courses.
The Mixergy Mission is to introduce you to doers and thinkers whose ideas and stories are so powerful that just hearing them will change you.
The Mixergy Mission is to give you an alternative to the “know-it-all, professional gurus.” I want to convince you that no single person knows it all. I want to show you that the best way to grow is to learn from a mix of smart people who are willing to share their expertise and experiences.
The Mixergy Mission is to infect you with a passion for business and then help you build your business.
The Mixergy Mission is to encourage YOU to have a mission, not just a startup, not just a company, but a calling.
The Mixergy Mission is to act as a counter-weight to all the “startup guys” who try to convince you that the only reason to build a business today is so you can flip it tomorrow. The world is NOT changed by people who have an eye on the exit.
The Mixergy Mission is to convince you to follow a vision so big and important that you can’t do it alone. Then I want to give you a mix of wicked-smart people who will help you achieve it.
The Mixergy Mission is too big for me to achieve alone. If what I’m describing here calls to you, jump in and join me.
Seth’s Blog
For more than thirty years, I’ve been trying to turn on lights, inspire people and teach them how to level up. This blog has been appearing daily for more than a decade. One day, if we meet, I hope you’ll share with me your favorite posts. Even better, I’d like to hear about how a book or course helped you interact with the world differently and make a difference.
I’ve spent most of my professional life as a writer. I’ve published 20 bestselling books. Translated into nearly 40 languages. These books are a great way to go deep into a concept, and I think many of them stand the test of time.
Along the way, I’ve found countless detours, interesting projects, designed to inspire and entertain you as you continue to do your work.
Small Business Trends is an award-winning online publication for small business owners, entrepreneurs and the people who interact with them. We cover small business news, follow trends, provide tips and advice, and interview movers and shakers. We also spotlight other small businesses and startups. Our core focus is on providing practical, specific answers to your toughest small business questions and challenges.
Our team of professional editors, journalists and vetted experts publishes new content daily. Our writers always strive to explain complex topics in plain language while providing the context behind each story. By balancing journalism and authenticity, our goal is to assist small businesses everywhere on their road to success.
Small Business Trends was founded in 2003 by entrepreneur Anita Campbell as a way to publish newsletter articles online. Since then, the site has grown into an engaged community of small business owners. She then acquired our sister site BizSugar in 2009 as an additional resource for small businesses.
WEBSITES
All Business
AllBusiness.com's business value has been recognized in coverage by The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, and many other publications. Our content, products, and services have been featured on sites across the Web, including the Washington Post, SFgate.com, Yahoo! and Business Week. AllBusiness.com is one of the world's largest online resources for small businesses, providing essential tools and resources to start, grow, and manage your business. AllBusiness.com brings you real-world expertise and practical advice from some of the best minds in small business:
- Our unique corps of world-class experts bring you in-depth subject-matter knowledge in key topics from sales and marketing to human resources and technology.
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Both Sides of the Table
Perspectives of a 2x entrepreneur turned VC at @UpfrontVC, the largest and most active early-stage fund in Southern California. The material presented on Both Sides of the Table are my (Mark Suster’s) opinions only and are provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as investment advice. It is not a recommendation of, or an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy, any particular security, strategy, or investment product. Any analysis or discussion of investments, sectors or the market generally are based on current information, including from public sources, that I consider reliable, but I do not represent that any research or the information provided is accurate or complete, and it should not be relied on as such. My views and opinions expressed in any website content are current at the time of publication and are subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Business Insider is a news website that covers a wide range of topics such as tech, finance, markets, media, healthcare, and strategy. It provides personalized selection of top business stories every day
Business Owner's Tool Kit
With an emphasis on problem solving, this site features more than 5,000 pages of free cost-cutting tips, step-by-step checklists, real-life case studies, startup advice, and business templates to small-business owners and entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneur.com / WomenEntrepreneur.com
Published by the same people who bring you Entrepreneur magazine, this is an excellent site for entrepreneurs, featuring a solid collection of articles and tips from experts, plus hundreds of links to other entrepreneurial resources on the web. WomenEntrepreneur.com offers additional articles, blogs and resources specific to women for starting and growing their businesses.
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review (HBR)) is a general management magazine published by Harvard Business Publishing, a not-for-profit, independent corporation that is an affiliate of Harvard Business School. HBR is published six times a year and is headquartered in Brighton, Massachusetts.
HBR covers a wide range of topics that are relevant to various industries, management functions, and geographic locations. These include leadership, negotiation, strategy, operations, marketing, and finance.[7]
Harvard Business Review has published articles by Clayton Christensen, Peter F. Drucker, Justin Fox, Michael E. Porter, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, John Hagel III, Thomas H. Davenport, Gary Hamel, C. K. Prahalad, Vijay Govindarajan, Robert S. Kaplan, Rita Gunther McGrath and others.[8][9] Several management concepts and business terms were first given prominence in HBR.
Harvard Business Review's worldwide English-language circulation is 250,000. HBR licenses its content for publication in nine international editions.[10]
CNBC
CNBC is an American basic cable business news channel and website. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk shows, investigative reports, documentaries, infomercials, reality shows, and other programs at all other times. Along with Fox Business and Bloomberg Television, it is one of the three major business news channels. It also operates a website and mobile apps, whereby users can watch the channel via streaming media, and which provide some content that is only accessible to paid subscribers. CNBC content is available on demand on smart speakers including Amazon Echo devices with Amazon Alexa, Google Home and app devices with Google Assistant, and on Apple Siri voice interfaces including iPhones. Many CNBC TV shows are available as podcasts for on-demand listening. Graphics are designed by Sweden-based Magoo 3D studios.
Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B.C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairperson and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes, and its CEO is Mike Federle. It is based in Jersey City, New Jersey. Competitors in the national business magazine category include Fortune and Bloomberg Businessweek.
Inc.
nc. is an American business magazine founded in 1979 and based in New York City.[3] The magazine publishes six issues per year, along with surrounding online and social media content. The magazine also produces several live and virtual events yearly.
Published by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. is best known for its annual rankings of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States, called the "Inc. 500" and "Inc. 5000."
Inman
Real estate industry professionals from around the world turn to Inman first for accurate, innovative and timely information about the business. Known for its award-winning journalism, cutting-edge technology coverage, in-depth educational opportunities, and forward-thinking events, Inman is the industry’s leading source of real estate information.
Market Watch
MarketWatch is a financial information website that provides business news, analysis, and stock market data. It is a subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, which is part of News Corp1.
MSN Money
“MSN Money provides the latest stock market quotes, business, economic, and financial news, along with premium research tools to support and enhance your investing journey.”
National Association for the Self-Employed
The NASE provides its self-employed members with support, education and training. The organization conducts surveys relevant to the needs of the self-employed and posts articles business owners can use.
Women on Business
Established in 2007, Women on Business, is an award-winning online destination for the news and information women need to be successful in the business world from an international team of contributors. Business women can be a powerful network online. The goal of Women on Business is to see that power grow and to broaden the online discussion between today’s male and female business thought leaders.
Women on Business is owned by author, speaker, and President & CEO of KeySplash Creative, Inc., Susan Gunelius. With a team of diverse contributors, Women on Business delivers valuable information as well as career and educational resources to an audience of business women working in all areas of business, from solopreneurs to corporate executives, across the globe.
Visitors to Women on Business can apply to be a contributor or submit individual articles.
Women on Business has been recognized through numerous awards and accolades, including being listed in the Forbes.com list of the Top 100 Websites for Women and the Top 20 Social Media Marketing Sites as well as The Little Pink Book’s Top 10 Business Blogs for Women. Additionally, Women on Business has also won a Stevie Award for Women in Business in the category of Best Blog.
New York Times
The New York Times (NYT)[b] is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the Times serves as one of the country's newspapers of record. As of 2023, The New York Times is the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, with 296,330 print subscribers. The Times has 8.83 million online subscribers, the most of any newspaper in the United States. The New York Times is published by The New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publisher is A. G. Sulzberger. The Times is headquartered at The New York Times Building in Midtown Manhattan.
Quora
Quora is a social question-and-answer website and online knowledge market headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was founded on June 25, 2009,[5] and made available to the public on June 21, 2010.[6] Users can collaborate by editing questions and commenting on answers that have been submitted by other users.[7] As of 2020, the website was visited by 300 million users a month.[8]
TechCrunch
TechCrunch is an American global online newspaper focusing on topics regarding high-tech and startup companies. It was founded in June 2005 by Archimedes Ventures, led by partners Michael Arrington and Keith Teare.[4]
In 2010, AOL acquired the company for approximately $25 million. Following the 2015 acquisition of AOL and Yahoo! by Verizon, the site was owned by Verizon Media from 2015 through 2021.[5]
In 2021, Verizon sold its media assets, including AOL, Yahoo!, and TechCrunch, to the private equity firm Apollo Global Management. Apollo integrated them into a new entity called Yahoo! Inc.[5]
In addition to its news reporting, TechCrunch is also known for its annual Disrupt conference, a technology event hosted in several cities across the United States, Europe, and China.
Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance is a media property that is part of the Yahoo network. It provides financial news, data and commentary including stock quotes, press releases, financial reports, and original content. It also offers some online tools for personal finance management. In addition to posting paid partner content from other web sites, it posts original stories by its team of staff journalists. It is ranked 20th by SimilarWeb on the list of largest news and media websites.[2]
In 2017, Yahoo Finance added the feature to look at news surrounding cryptocurrency.[3] It lists over 9,000 unique coins including Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Yahoo Finance video content has been made available via connected TVs and devices, including Apple TV, Samsung TV Plus, Roku, and YouTube.[4]
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Small Business Administration Learning Center
SBA's online learning programs are designed to empower and educate small business owners every step of the way. Whether you're looking to start a small business or expand your current one, SBA's digital learning platform has everything you need to educate yourself on entrepreneurial best practices and available financing options.
Coursera Inc. (/kərˈsɛrə/) is a U.S.-based massive open online course provider founded in 2012[5][6] by Stanford University computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller.[7] Coursera works with universities and other organizations to offer online courses, certifications, and degrees in a variety of subjects. In 2023 more than 275+ universities and companies offer more than 4,000 courses through Coursera.[8]
HubSpot Academy
HubSpot Academy is an online training program with free courses for content, email, inbound and social media marketing, as well as graphic design, web development, and search engine optimization.[49][50] Some of the courses offer certifications.[51] In 2022, Avi Stern of The Jerusalem Post and Christian Rigg of TechRadar described the Academy as "one of the nation's leading digital marketing sources for businesses" and "an industry-leading learning center for all things CRM", respectively.[52]
TED is on a mission to discover and spread ideas that spark imagination, embrace possibility and catalyze impact. Our organization is devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda. We welcome people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others, and we invite everyone to engage with ideas and activate them in your community.
We help organizations of all types and sizes prepare for the path ahead — wherever it leads. Our curated collection of business and technical courses help companies, governments, and nonprofits go further by placing learning at the center of their strategies.
The first step to obtaining wealth is to find a way to get wealthy. For the vast majority of us this will not be the 9 to 5 job that we have been led to believe is the be all and end all of existence.
You know this one "get an education, get a good paying job, save money, etc., etc., etc... Then after 50 plus years working your good paying job you can retire and live off your savings and possibly social security.
The only way to become wealthy (other then winning the lottery or inheriting) is to do it yourself through your own business.
In this section you will find advice and information, links and tools from business ideas to information on attitudes and beliefs and how they effect what you do and who you are. You will find a storehouse of useful information and knowledge to help you achieve your goal of getting wealthy.
While I may love money even I realize that it is not the be all and end all of existence. Yes there is more to life then just making money.
Since we apparently can't take it with us when we leave this life; then the thing to do is to find some way to make all that wealth useful to ourselves and those things and people that matter to us as individuals.
So in this section you will find information to help you live a wealthy, fulfilling and joyful life.
So now you have earned all your wealth what are you going to do with it?
How about saving and investing some of it so that when you do retire, if ever, you still have a supply to live out your days in splendor.
This section covers all of this from simple savings plans to investing in stocks and bonds. This links and tools will help guide you to the information you are seeking.