Here’s what you need to know to find top-quality manufacturers without losing time and money. There’s a lot more to manufacturing than just settling on a price for your product and placing an order. Sourcing can be a jungle, and if you go into the jungle blindly, you won’t fare well. It is true that......

The mindset shift every creative needs to make, plus Instagram tips from a photography entrepreneur.  The last half-decade has brought us a shift in the definition of women’s empowerment in business. I personally love this, because, for the first time ever, it is women who are driving the change. The old term with the new......

How to get resourceful innovating without seeking funding and still win big. It isn’t easy being a startup. It’s even more difficult being a startup capable of innovating. It’s damn near impossible to be a startup capable of innovating without the backing of funders dropping in cash. Or is it? Innovation Costs Money One of......

Retail consumer product brand matchmakers give expert tips to help you sell on the right shelves. We recently discussed the changes happening in retail, and what that means for entrepreneurs, in terms of being online vs on the shelf. To build on that, I wanted to also explore how to get your product on the shelf with......

The rising cost of school supplies begs for a solution. Here’s a math professor who’s found one. When I first talked with Mallory Dyer, co-founder of GraphLock, Inc. she was bootstrapping and social crowdfunding while she learned the ropes of getting funded. Now, with GraphLock well on its way and making amazing progress, I circled back to highlight the......

How ‘keep it simple stupid’ helps avoid the feature creep that interferes with your core design and business value. Dinesh C, an award winning global marketer, is currently overseeing design and business development initiatives at CarVi, a company working to create an affordable technology to make the roads safer for all of us. If CarVi can......