Healthy vending products are hot, they constitute a growing market segment that needs to be capitalized on,but the business opportunities,…you need to do serious research on any business opportunity before investing in that opportunity Read More
The story of the day I decided to abandon my startup, all because of one e-mail.

In October of last year, I was running engineering for a promising mobile commerce startup that I co-founded in 2011. By many Silicon Valley measures, we were doing well – seed funded, making revenue, ~20 person tea Read More
Spam; also known as blog spam, comment spam and social spam what-ever word used to describe it, which is a bad word in the blogging community. Read More
People with a victim mentality should never be entrepreneurs. We all know the role of starting and running a business is unpredictable, and has a high risk of failure. For people with a victim mentality, this fear of failure alone will almost certainly make it a self-fulfilling prophecy. Read More
Ever heard of a casino at a graveyard? Probably not. A good location for your new business is more important than you think - it's vital to your success. Here are 7 things you should cross off your checklist before signing the papers! Humor included! Read More
It will come to no surprise to those of us who follow closely the goings-on at our #HamOnt Innovation Factory, the the final decision on who will replace our leaving Exec Director, Ron Neumann has just been made – and it’s Dave Carter their in-house CTO in Residence who is stepping up to lead the o Read More
If you haven’t had a failure, you aren’t pushing the limits. If you are really an entrepreneur, you are a risk taker and less cautious by nature, so failures should be expected. Wear you startup failure as a badge of courage. Don’t go after failure, but embrace it when it does happen and grow from Read More
If you want to know what it is really like to work at a startup, CareerFuel’s new series, "Startup Revealed," starring Lori Cheek, Founder and CEO of Cheek'd, will thrill you! Lori has a brilliant idea for today’s dating world, and she is the recipient of to-die-for press and multiple award winner Read More
Carefree Entrepreneur Scot Bruesewitz is enthusiastic about determining his (and his family’s) financial destiny by starting his own business. His passions are literature, current events, and fly fishing.

“I have a burning desire to make this work and be able to provide a better lifestyle for my Read More
I just lost my longest-running client, and 1/6 of my monthly income. Here’s what to do when you lose a big freelance gig. Read More
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