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The Five Things to Know in Your Sixth Year

The Five Things to Know in Your Sixth Year

If you’ve ever been brave enough to share your amazing new business idea with a friend or family member, you’ve undoubtedly been met with a hesitant head tilt and the start-up skeptic’s favorite refrain: You know, 50% of new businesses fail by their fifth year.

Feeling the Burn?

Feeling the Burn?

By Kira Morgan, Big Yam Agency No, not the political kind, (that's the Bern, not the burn) but the sort of burn you feel from burning the candle at both ends. (Explaining the joke only makes it funnier- right?) Most of us won’t admit it but there comes a time when the...

You have a great idea, now what?

You have a great idea, now what?

So, you have a great idea but you’re not sure where to start. Maybe your great idea is for a business, an app, or anything else. PHX Devs shared 6 ways to get started on that great ideas.

The Key to a Successful Business in 2020

The Key to a Successful Business in 2020

Have you ever left something behind? Maybe you left your phone at home (though probably not for very long). Maybe you left a tablet, or even your laptop, in the back seat pocket on an airplane. Doubly guilty. But have you ever left behind a critical part of your...

How Much Money do I put where, when and why?

How Much Money do I put where, when and why?

The biggest and toughest question every entrepreneur faces is “How much money do I put where, when and why?”  At the onset of a business venture that dilemma is generally due to limited cash flow paired with overhead expenses.  Later, as a business is...