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Strategy Roundtable: Spotlight On Jacksonville, Florida

ReadWriteStart

Today's roundtable was co-hosted with the Jacksonville Startup Weekend. For the uninitiated, Startup Weekends are 54-hour events where entrepreneurs come together to pitch ideas, form teams, and learn best practices. This past weekend, the Jacksonville entrepreneurship community hosted their own version of this exciting program.

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Investment Tips for Small Business Owners

The Startup Magazine

Just recently, WalletHub aimed to help aspiring entrepreneurs by comparing relative startup opportunities across over 180 cities in the U.S., and Jacksonville, Florida, which also happens to boast a comparatively low cost of living, ranked relatively high among the best places to start a business. Mix Things Up.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Are You Fundable?

ReadWriteStart

Today's roundtable had a couple of interesting businesses, but before I get to them, I want to underscore that entrepreneurs MUST gauge fundability before assuming that they can build their businesses by raising money. Please note that I work exclusively with 1M/1M entrepreneurs. TravelTriangle.com. are attractive value propositions.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Are Media Sites Fundable?

ReadWriteStart

So, I would like to take some time to offer a broad overview on the topic and some pointers to entrepreneurs who are making the assumption that you can raise $500,000 for such a venture. Also, here is a short video on the issue of fundability , addressing some questions that we hear often from entrepreneurs. Be careful! Empower Lounge.

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Testing Your Entrepreneurial IQ

YoungUpstarts

But tales of entrepreneurs becoming multimillionaires focus attention on the financial rewards without revealing the business and personal challenges and costs associated with being in charge. The keys to success and enjoyment as an entrepreneur vary as much as the businesses do. Even other entrepreneurs can ridicule your good ideas.