Category: Start Up Stories
Daymond John is a very famous American entrepreneur, the founder of the popular clothing brand FUBU. He is also an investor and a TV star. Since 2009, he has been participating in the popular reality show ‘Shark Tank’. He is one of the sharks there – 5 famous business managers who decide whether or not to invest money in ideas presented by normal people. History Daymond John was born on the 23rd of February, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York (currently 55). As a child, he lived in the Queens neighborhood of New York with his mom and 7 brothers and...
Sometimes consumer behavior doesn’t really make sense… This is what the people with some really crazy business ideas take advantage of, and this is how their ideas work. This is a story of one really weird idea, that didn’t make millions, but it’s worth knowing about it big time. Why? Because it’s really simple, anyone can do it, and works very well. It’s proof of the fact that thinking out of the box is always a good way to do business. I Am Rich… In 2008, a guy called Armin Heinrich decided to make a different mobile application. But this...
What Is WordPress? A simple, powerful, and elegant solution for writing online – this was the main idea that gave birth to the most popular free blogging platform today – WordPress. It is an open-source content management system (CMS), making the creation of professional websites a kid’s game. Based on the PHP programming language and the MySQL database engine, WordPress is a very powerful tool in the hands of the webmaster. With tens of thousands of different plugins (add-ons) and themes, you can easily create whatever site you may like with this free platform. And this can be done literally...
Craigslist.org is the biggest classifieds site in the world today, receiving millions of visits per day and more than 20 billion page views per month. It’s in the group of the top 10 most popular sites in the US and number 35 in the world. Every single month, more than 70 million new classifieds are published there. The site is used for almost anything, from buying and selling stuff to personal ads and offers. This online empire was started with no money, and no experience, by a single guy as his hobby. Here is how it all happened… The History...
Cameron Johnson is a well-known American entrepreneur who gained fame for his remarkable business acumen at a very young age. He started his first business venture at the age of nine and has since built a reputation as a successful businessman, author, and motivational speaker. Here’s a detailed overview of his entrepreneurial journey and achievements. A Brief History Of The Young Entrepreneur Cameron Johnson was born on November 13, 1984, in Roanoke, Virginia. He was just 9, his mates were playing hide and seek, they were soldiers, cowboys, but Cameron Johnson had a little different interests. At this age, the...
There are hundreds of millions of sites on the Internet today. Some of these web assets are something like online real estate – they generate passive revenue (rent) for their owners, and others are big online businesses making millions of dollars. It’s completely natural for these properties to be traded and this need has been growing fast for the last few years. This is what a group of entrepreneurs took advantage of and this was the idea behind the number one site marketplace – Flippa.com. What Is Flippa? Flippa is simply a website marketplace, where buyers and sellers of online...
Women entrepreneurs have had to face cultural bias, sexism, and other challenges across the world to seek success. Many have succeeded and become leaders who inspire us. Read how some of the world’s most powerful entrepreneurs – and women – overcame all odds to get where they are today. Oprah Winfrey Born to a single teenage mom and frequently molested between the ages of nine and thirteen by male relatives before running away to strike out on her own, and losing her own baby as a teen, Oprah Winfrey had an emotionally devastating childhood. But she overcame that, with a...
What Is Fiverr Fiverr is the ultimate micro-jobs platform on the Internet. It’s a place where millions of buyers and sellers meet and exchange services, products, goods, and whatever else that you can imagine, and that costs $5. These are the so-called gigs, each gig will cost you five bucks, and it is the universal name for every offer there. Having more than 500 000 different gigs published, Fiverr has become a great place for individuals and businesses from around the world for outsourcing small tasks for relatively small amounts of cash. Imagine that you are a marketing company from...
What Is Blogger? Blogger.com (also known as blogspot.com) is the ultimate microblogging platform on the Internet. Not only has it been the most popular place for a free blog for the last several years, but also it is the most powerful tool one could use for this purpose. There you can start and develop a professional blog for free and even earn money from it. You have everything you may need to do this, and you can make it literally in minutes. This makes Blogger the perfect place for zounds of people, companies, organizations, and others to create their own...
History Reddit.com is amongst the biggest social networking sites nowadays. It has more than a billion page views monthly, which makes it one of the most popular websites in the world. “The front page of the Internet” was started back in 2005, by two guys in their twenties – Alexis Ohanian and his friend Steve Huffman. They created a social site, where people were able to share links with a short description and vote for them. According to the number of votes, the publications were ranked and shown on the site. The young entrepreneurs initially created some fake accounts themselves...
