by Suhas | Jun 8, 2015 | Blog
By Daphne Mallory Overcoming adversity is part of life for immigrant entrepreneurs. We sometimes face adversity when fleeing our home countries. We may experience social isolation due to language barriers. Adversity can be a gift. For some immigrants, it’s been...
by Suhas | Jun 8, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
By Max Marin In a post-recession economy, immigrants and Latinos have been driving new business creation at an astonishing rate, according to a new study. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation released its annual startup index last week, which found that Latinos...
by Suhas | Jun 4, 2015 | Blog
By William Dunkelberg The Small Business half of the economy has clawed its way back to a somewhat normal level of economic activity according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) monthly surveys. The NFIB’s Index of Small Business Optimism has...
by Suhas | Jun 2, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
by Catherine Clifford For the first time since the Great Recession decimated the U.S. economy, entrepreneurship is making a comeback. The rise of U.S. startup activity reverses a five-year general decline, according to the latest report by the Kauffman Foundation, a...
by Suhas | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog, Immigrant Entrepreneurship
By Miriam Jordan When Angel Taveras was growing up in Providence, R.I., in the 1980s, his youth baseball team was sponsored by Alan Jewelry, a local business, which played against the likes of Washington Park Woodworking. These days, sponsors include La Gran Parada...
by Suhas | May 29, 2015 | Blog, Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Starting Your Business, Uncategorized
By Steve Matthews and Catarina Saraiva Even though American politicians like to praise small business as the job-creating machine, research shows that it’s the startups that expand employment. These new entrepreneurs are now back on the rise, according to a...
by Suhas | May 28, 2015 | Blog
By Cheryl Conner What’s the best education for running a business? An MBA? Here’s another idea—I am increasingly impressed with the lessons every business owner can learn from America’s immigrant entrepreneurs. From Google’s Sergey Brin to eBay’s Pierre Omidyar to...
by Suhas | May 27, 2015 | Blog
By Sujan Patel Being an entrepreneur isn’t easy. It requires the kinds of habits that most people simply don’t have, along with a discipline, passion and dedication that are unmatched among non-business owners. And while every entrepreneur is different, we all have a...
by Suhas | Mar 9, 2015 | Article, Blog, Immigrant Entrepreneurship
By Maria Contreras-Sweet If the U.S. jobs data released on the first Friday of every month is starting to sound like a broken record, it’s because records continue to be broken. The American economy added 267,000 private-sector jobs in January. That’s 59 straight...
by Suhas | Feb 8, 2015 | Article, Blog, Developing Your Business, Oetken, Starting Your Business, Thinking about Business
“The customer is always right.” “We have to take care of the customer no matter what.” “The customer focused business is a successful business.” We’ve all heard or probably said those things. Have you ever had a customer that you were always happy to see and were...
