Starting a business? Don't spend money. Essential Tools for Starting Up Your Side Business. Best Tips For Starting A Side Business For Cheap. Starting a small business is not always easy.
Especially if you are starting only a side business. The complexities of a side business have to intertwine with you current life and still work … not always an easy task to do. Thankfully the Lifehacker Blog [1] has come to the rescue an amazing post [2] about just this. This post of absolutely jam packed with superb information and links to great tools.
All the information there will be a huge help to you as you start up something on the side. Though the information about tools is great, the post needs a bit more spice: How to Start Up a Side Business. Phone Numbers When starting a side business one of the most essential services that you will want/need is a phone service. Just like you’ll publish your business address on your cards and web site, you’ll also want a separate phone number for your side or small business. I was also lucky and have a free Google Voice number, but that does not apply to everyone. Paperwork organization Finances. Twitter Makes Starting Any Business Easier, Creator Jack Dorsey Says. BERKELEY, CALIF. — It’s simple to start a company these days — not just because of the lower cost of computing power, but because Twitter provides instant feedback on whether your business sucks or not.
At least, that’s according to Jack Dorsey, the creator and co-founder of Twitter. “It’s never been easier to start a company since Twitter exists,” Dorsey said Wednesday at The Economist’s Ideas Economy conference in Berkeley, California. “We get this instant pulse of what’s happening around any topic.” But when asked by moderator Vijay Vaitheeswaran, an Economist correspondent, whether Twitter was creating a generation of people unable to concentrate, Dorsey blamed the player, not the game, but not after having a bit of fun.
“Wait, what was the question,” Dorsey quipped. “Technology is distracting only if you let it be distracting,” Dorsey said. But the solution isn’t just a smarter algorithm, according to Dorsey. “Algorithms can’t solve everything,” Dorsey said. 6 Tips on Starting a Digital Business from the Founder of Pandora. The Digital Entrepreneur Series is supported by Egnyte.
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