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Alice Loy Shares Three Tips to Unleash Your Community Creatives By Alice Loy The Fourth Industrial Revolution is upon us. If you are wondering how to take on the challenges of a shifting global economy, investing in creative industries entrepreneurs tackles economic, civic, and social challenges and is found in every community in every corner of the globe. From Boston to Bangladesh, creative entrepreneurs are building companies at the cutting edge of digital fabrication, augmented reality, design and entertainment. The creative economy is huge. And growing. It generates close to $3 trillion in economic output annually. That’s more than the global telecommunications industry. What’s more, creative economy revenues are expanding 8-12% annually, varying by country. In the USA, the creative economy grew straight through the Great Recession, as opposed to all other sectors. Growth will continue as a global middle class rises, expanding demand for entertainment, digital m...

Rajarshi Choudhuri talks about what Startup Bootstrapping!  Photo courtesy of Startup.co By Rajarshi Choudhuri   on May 30, 2017. Originally published on   Startups.co - the world's largest startup platform, helping over 1 million startup companies. More from Startups. What exactly does bootstrapping your startup mean? For the uninitiated, a bootstrap startup basically means that you self-fund your business, i.e. using the existing resources and internal revenue to drive your business, instead of raising any external funds. Given the wide scale availability of angel investors and venture capitalists, it’s hard to resist the chance to build a steady business without accepting external funds. In fact most startups today forget the importance and the advantages of starting out on a shoestring budget. At this point, I can almost feel the startup founders scoffing at the idea of starting out with a minimal budget, but hear me out. Granted, bootstrappin...

Irene Ryabaya discusses how to find a co-founder that is perfect for your startup and you!  Image courtesy of  Startups.co By Irene Ryabaya on April 11, 2017. Originally published on   Startups.co - the world's largest startup platform, helping over 1 million startup companies. More from Startups. A great startup idea is nothing without a great co-founder. Finding the right partner is instrumental to your success: “teams with more than one founder outperformed solo founders by a whopping 163%” says the  First Round Capital Ten Year Project report . However, you can’t just take the first person who likes your idea and call her your partner. Being co-founders is like being married. HOW TO FIND THE RIGHT CO-FOUNDER My co-founder Diana and I realized we’d make perfect co-founders after going on an adventure of a lifetime in South East Asia. A few years ago I became obsessed with doing the Pinnacles hike on Borneo, Malaysia. Diana, who a...

Entrepreneur Shares the Journey of Her Freshman Year Photo courtesy of  Pablo by Buffer Editor: Here is C. Robinson's next article in her entrepreneurial journal. We are truly grateful in having her share her story with us. Follow her with us as we get her reflections of her first year as an entrepreneur. Like me, are you one of those people who are easily excited and motivated when others share their projects with you? Does everything seem like an awesome opportunity? The majority of my entrepreneurial friends share in my entrepreneurial ADHD. I hear what one of them is working on and immediately my reaction is, “How can I help? What do you need assistance with?” As an entrepreneur it’s important to see everything as an opportunity; it’s a survival technique. We see everything as an opportunity because “this might be the big break we’ve been working for.” And, the fear of missing out (FOMO) exasperates our short attention span. FOMO often results in con...