Bill Gates began programming at age 13. As a college student, he began developing the seminal programming language BASIC. At the tender age of 25, he founded Microsoft. Keep in mind, this meant founding a company to produce something that at the time was not part of everyday life. In 1975, recall, computers were the … Read more…
5 Forward-flying companies. A sleek aircraft with a not-so-sleek name, drones are the future. Planes that fly themselves via software can be used in agriculture, delivery, data collection, and a number of fields that seems to be on the daily rise. Frugal Entrepreneur takes a look at 5 hot new drone startups making a difference … Read more…
You press a button on your cell phone. A car comes to pick you up and drive you downtown, to the airport, wherever. You don’t talk to anyone. You can’t pay the driver with cash, not even as a tip. You can rate the driver online, and the driver will rate you for punctuality, back-seat … Read more…
We frequently examine the strategies, philosophies, and mind sets of highly successful entrepreneurs as a way of providing a roadmap, important traits to emulate. Today we’ll put the microscope on uber entrepreneur, the late Steve Jobs. The man who wrought the i-pod, the Apple computer, the graphical interface, is widely known not only as an … Read more…
Knowing what to do is very important, but knowing what not to do might keep you from having to borrow money from your sister when your start-up crashes. Here are some common mistakes of first-time entrepreneurs. 1. Optimistic Guesses We all have to make guesswork when trying to figure out when our prototypes will be … Read more…