January, 2021
Alestra Seeks to Continue Innovating With International Scaleups
Six international scaleups entered Alestra’s Open Innovation and Soft Landing Program. They are linked to AI, IoT Cybersecurity and Blockchain. January 28, 2021 4 min read This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors [...]
Has Dry January Really Lifted Non-Alcoholic Beverage Makers' Spirits?
January 28, 2021 9 min read Dry January is just about wrapped, but for the non-alcoholic-beverage industry, returns have been anything but sobering. In recent years, a bumper crop of near-beer manufacturers, booze-agnostic distilleries and boutique-seltzer brands — among other similar upstarts — has reaped the rewards of folks generally [...]
How to See Beyond Your Past When Creating a Business
January 27, 2021 7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I see Ava Johanna, a spiritual business coach and meditation coach, on the other side of my Zoom screen. She looks like Malibu Barbie and has a charming, purposeful glow. As we begin our interview, her husband pops in and asks if she’d like a [...]
Unemployed? Home-Based Selling Offers an Income Stream.
January 27, 2021 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Online sales are booming. Those looking for more income may want to consider getting in the selling game. To serve today’s online shoppers, sellers should offer in-demand and niche products at bargain prices. Examples of currently popular goods [...]
Why (and How) Amazon Created the Kindle and Changed the Book Industry Forever
January 27, 2021 15+ min read This story appears in the January 2021 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » It was the fall of 2003, which were consequential days for both Apple and Amazon. Only two years earlier, Apple released its first iPod and Amazon turned a quarterly profit for the first time. Now Steve was inviting Jeff, me (Colin), [...]
How To Grow Your Startup, According To Steve Jobs, Arianna Huffington And 18 Other Hyper-Successful Founders (Infographic)
The biggest names in business think about more than just money. January 26, 2021 1 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. What four-step process does Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky use to tackle any problem? And why does Tesla CEO Elon Musk ask an interview question without really caring about the answer itself? [...]
This Startup Uses Artificial Intelligence to Help Companies Find Employees Who Fit Their Culture
Through artificial intelligence and machine learning, Hitch helps companies find the talent most compatible with their organizational culture. January 26, 2021 4 min read This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process. Hitch is the talent discovery platform that offers the [...]
Growth Hacking: What it is and How SaaS Businesses Can Use it to Optimize Growth
January 26, 2021 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Growth hacking is not merely the new buzzword for SaaS start-ups. Coined in 2010 by well-known entrepreneur and start-up advisor Sean Ellis, growth hacking is not to be confused with traditional marketing. It is a targeted, iterative process [...]
3 Tips on Starting a Successful Wine Brand
How savvy entrepreneurs can bring veritas to the vino industry. January 25, 2021 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Always harbored a desire to enter the wine industry, but concerned you need special training and a grape-squishing background to be a success? Brice Baillie, recently named a 2020 [...]
Should Business Leaders Be Worried About the New Covid Strains?
January 25, 2021 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Should leaders be worried about the implications for their business of the new Covid strains originating in the UK, South Africa and elsewhere (and recently identified in the U.S.)? The media, experts and officials have focused on concerns about [...]