In the business world, a unicorn is a private company with a valuation of $1 billion or more. It’s a rare and extremely difficult moniker to achieve, and as of August 2019, there’ve only been 379 unicorn companies ever (here’s the list). In fact, experts estimate a new business has just a .00006% chance to achieve unicorn
The National Society of Accountants Foundation announced on Wednesday that it is accepting applications for its 2020-21 student scholarships. Scholarships will provide financial assistance to American and Canadian accounting students. Applicants must be currently enrolled in an accounting degree program at an accredited two- or four-year college or university. Applicants will be judged on factors
The laws of gravity work the same way in finance as they do in physics – what goes up must come down. It’s only a question of timing. Look at Sears. It took about 130 years for the company to go from startup-broke to its peak to bankrupt-broke. But it happened. Trends change. All it
Twitter announced the launch of a new takeover ad unit called the Promoted Trend Spotlight on Monday. The format, which Twitter first started testing in 2018, enables advertisers to take up “premium real estate” in the top section of Twitter’s Explore tab. Here’s what it looks like: How it works. Much like Twitter’s Promoted Trend
Jetta Productions Inc Entrepreneurs hoping to pocket some tax deductions for 2019 shouldn’t forget a new 20% break. The qualified business income or QBI deduction made its debut in 2018, a feature of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The new write-off allows owners of “pass-through” entities, including S-corporations and partnerships, to deduct up to
Freshness Usefulness Summary An academic look at artificial intelligence for business. It contains research and case studies on how to incorporate AI into your business. Allow me to introduce you to the phrase of the decade. That’s AI (Artificial Intelligence) for business. Artificial intelligence (AI) has infiltrated our lives like some form of body snatcher.
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Startup Costs: $2,000 – $10,000Home Based: Can be operated from home.Part Time: Can be operated part-time.Franchises Available? No Online Operation? No THE BRIEF If you have an affinity for numbers and want to help other businesses big and small keep their financial records in order as they
For the 2019 fiscal year, the US Department of Commerce was allocated nearly $200 million to provide disaster assistance in the Eastern United States. The funds were to be used primarily to help Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands revive their economies after the devastation caused by Hurricanes’ Irma and Maria in the Fall of
[embedded content] SMX speaker, Frédéric Dubut of Bing, explains why 2020 is the year SEOs need to evaluate their intent research practices to keep up with the latest developments in deep learning and natural language processing. Below is the video transcript: Hi everyone. This is Frédéric Dubut from Bing, here to talk about some of
Small-business owners have much more to lose when it comes to California’s confusing law change. January 6, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. On one side of the street were truckers, blaring horns and demanding the right to stay independent. On the other, Uber and Lyft drivers, demanding the
Under pressure from the White House, the Food and Drug Administration gave premium cigar-makers and importers a win last week, indicating it may spare the industry from costly regulation set to go into effect this spring. The premium cigar industry is facing a May deadline that requires all new tobacco products to obtain regulatory clearance
Lots of entrepreneurs work from home at least on occasion. In fact, there’s a good chance that more than one person in your household may need a home office. Whether you and your partner both work from home every day or you occasionally bring in a coworker to help with tasks, you may benefit from
Chobani took the $7 billion yogurt aisle and disrupted it with a new product, greek yogurt. AP Images for Chobani Would be entrepreneurs can take years trying to think of ideas or even problems that they could solve to potentially launch a startup. Most new startups though are based on iterations of an existing product
[embedded content] Contributor and SMX speaker, Fili Wiese, explains why it’s important to audit your website in 2020 to help search engine algorithms better understand your content. Below is the video transcript: Hello, my name is Fili. I used to work for Google and now I am at searchbrothers.com. One of the things I want
The start of a new year provides the perfect opportunity for business owners to set new goals and find unique ways to improve their operations. There are plenty of different options for your 2020 resolutions, from shoring up your finances to organizing your online presence. Here are some suggestions and tips from members of the
Top 100 Firm Rea & Associates continued its 16-year “Help Can Hunger” food drive this year, a friendly competition that benefits local nonprofit organizations and food banks. The food drive, organized and managed by Rea staff members, collected 34,496 pounds of food, marking more than 370,000 pounds of food donated since the program’s inception. The
Opening a nail salon proves to be fun and profitable. Do you want to get a headstart? You might want to consider one of these 10 nail salon franchise options. Nail salons continue to grow in popularity over the last couple of decades. As a result, we’ve seen a boom in recent years. Nail salons
The most valuable asset in an early-stage startup is the team behind it. For entrepreneurs who are … [+] looking to build a team or make the first hire, here are your options and my recommendations for which and when those options are best for you. Getty The most valuable asset in an early-stage startup
[embedded content] Contributor and SMX speaker, Duane Brown, explains in this video why 2020 is the year to get a handle on your mobile experience as well as find the platforms your customers are on and experiment if they’re new to you. Below is the video transcript: Hey, my name’s Duane Brown. I run an
[embedded content] Contributor and SMX speaker, Lily Ray, wants to make sure you think about your backlink profile and telling search engines through the right structure data you’re a trusted entity. Below is the video transcript: Hi, my name is Lily Ray. I’m the director of SEO at Path Interactive, a digital marketing agency here
A lot happened in social media in 2019 – from the continued influence of President Trump’s Twitter feed to Miller Lite’s “Unfollow” campaign to the increased power of social media to drive action and public perception in political, economic and world theaters. However, now that the holidays are firmly behind us, I wanted to highlight
With the changing seasons, holiday decorations, and cheery music flowing from seemingly every storefront, one thing is clear — the end of the year is upon us, and 2020 is not far away. The end of the year can be a great time to recollect, reflect on the last 12 months, and find areas where
Paint and sip businesses have really taken off over the past decade. A few of the big names in this space, like Painting with a Twist and Pinot’s Palette, actually launched in the 2000’s. But the concept has moved into many more communities thanks in large part to franchise programs over the last several years.
Hundreds of Well-Known Restaurants Hit by Card-Stealing Malware Landry’s kicked off the New Year by disclosing that its payment systems had been infected by credit-card-stealing malware for most of 2019. However, the malware could have stolen the card data only if waitstaff mistakenly ran customer credit cards through restaurant food-and-drink order-placement systems instead of credit-card
I’ve discussed how more than 50% of all email isopened on mobile devices. This is what you might call a “known known.” This fact is a great ice breaker at a marketing conference, however when you consider that more than 33% of all holiday shopping on Black Friday and Cyber Monday came from a smartphone,
Whew! Q4 is over! Everybody, take a breath and fill up your free time (hee-hee) with all the 2020 predictions and prognostications that are rolling in. I don’t put much stock in these trend lists because I don’t know what will happen in the next month, let alone the coming year. Their greatest value is
[embedded content] In the coming year, contributor and SMX West speaker, Mordy Oberstein believes SEOs should be analyzing the latent messages of what Google is actually trying to do holistically with core updates. Below is the video transcript: Hi. My name is Mordy Oberstein. I’m the CMO of Rank Ranger and I’m here to talk
[embedded content] Contributor and SMX speaker, AJ Wilcox, explains why this is the year to be working hand-in-hand with your sales team to track leads with your LinkedIn Ads. Below is the video transcript: All right, marketers. So in 2020 here’s what you’re going to want to make sure that you are doing with your
The way we consume media has been changing for decades. Over the last 30 years, we’ve gone from renting VHS tapes at Blockbuster, to watching user-generated videos to our heart’s content on YouTube, to bingeing an entire series in one day on Netflix. With 2020 set to be another crazy year in the streaming market,
Photo by Charles on Unsplash Photo by Charles on Unsplash Many of us enter a new year with a sense of desire for change. We want things to feel different, and we set resolutions, intentions, or goals in order to make it happen. That’s all well and good, but no change will truly take hold
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