Monica Wheat Gives 4 Reasons Why Pitch Competitions Are Gold
Monica Wheat has a thumb drive full of excellent advice for startup companies. But if she had to pick one nugget of sage, it might be this one: “It’s going to be 10 times harder than you thought it was...
View Article3 Trends in Dining (and Takeout) that Restaurants Need to Know
Whether you are in the restaurant game or maybe considering it—or even if you are just someone like us at StartupNation who likes to eat—a new study delivers intriguing data about how Americans are...
View ArticleChatGPT Lends a Hand for New Year’s Resolutions
Like a lot of you, we at StartupNation spent the last few weeks racing to close out 2022, laying plans for 2023 and setting some resolutions for the New Year. As we published and shared some excellent...
View ArticlePROMPT: How ChatGPT Might Help You with Clients … and Even Life in General
When we got word about a new book called PROMPT that explores — and employs — ChatGPT, our eyes widened for a couple of reasons. We’re fascinated by artificial intelligence in general and ChatGPT in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A ChatGPT Challenge: PROMPT Authors Ask for an Analogy
When we interviewed the authors of the new book PROMPT, we asked how creative ChatGPT could be. We used as an example the phrase they came up with to describe their book: “a cookbook for the marketing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What’s the Average Income of a Subway Restaurant Franchise Owner?
The question was earnest and specific, landing in the StartupNation community forum one day in July 2006: “I am curious to know what is the average profit a Subway restaurant owner would make monthly?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Succession’ Dramatizes How Not to Run a Family Business
Even the most die-hard fans of Logan Roy, the fictional family patriarch at the heart of HBO’s hit show “Succession,” have sat back at times and thought, “Well, that’s no way to run a family.” But...
View Article12 Essential Steps in Choosing and Building a Side Hustle
When it comes to making extra income, one of the coolest and most profitable side hustles over the past few years has been reselling sneakers. Tales abound of sneakerheads boxing up profits by flipping...
View ArticleAmid Bidding for Subway Restaurants, a Twist in Tuna Lawsuit
As Subway Restaurants franchise owners await word on a possible auction of the sandwich giant, a California woman who sued Subway has asked a court to end her lawsuit that alleges the company employed...
View ArticleA Welcome Post-COVID Milestone and What It Means for Your Business
Following a New York Times report on the decline of COVID, we compiled a list of business lessons that can help your startup or small business operate in a post-pandemic world. We started the list...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Choose and Open a Business Bank Account
If you’ve just started a business, or you’re just about to start a business, you’re eagerly anticipating the day when revenue starts piling up. But are you ready? Whether you’re starting a side...
View ArticleSubway Agrees to Sell Itself Following Sales Rebound, Marketing Wins
The Subway Sale Saga has ended, assuming no antitrust objections or other hurdles emerge, with more consolidation in the fast-food industry. Roark Capital, the private equity firm that owns a bunch of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
15 Questions to Ask When Opening a Business Bank Account
The offers fly at you from all directions: internet pop-ups, TV ads, radio spots, and even old-fashioned USPS mailers. Banks want your business and are offering to pay you for the privilege. doola...
View Article2024 New Year’s Resolutions, from StartupNation and AI
Last year about this time, when ChatGPT still felt like a novelty and not “THE FUTURE!,” we put it to the test to write a snap New Year’s resolutions list. The result was impressive. We immediately...
View Article
