Entrepreneur Skills
The importance of entrepreneur skills is often overlooked, but we've studied this area for over 20+ years. In this collection of expert guides and coaching programs we dive into the traits of an entrepreneur, advice from famous entrepreneurs, critical business management skills and more, so you can become a successful entrepreneur.
Silicon Sydney: Largest startup hub in the southern hemisphere to open late 2017
The NSW Government in Australia has injected $35 million AUD into an all-new project to support the growing startup landscape in Sydney. Anticipated to create up to 6,500 new jobs across many burgeoning ventures, startup culture and the entrepreneurial spirit is set to thrive.
Catie McHugh
4 reasons kindness is a crucial ingredient in the startup recipe
How much have you thought about kindness lately? To a busy entrepreneur, perhaps it doesn’t mean a whole lot outside of it being something warm and fuzzy that you experience every now and then. The truth is, however, that kindness may be one of the most untapped commodities in business.
Catie McHugh
3 big business ideas that sound terrible on paper (but actually work)
As anyone who has ever tried will tell you, starting a business is not easy. However, launching an entirely new product or service, in which the immediate market need is not obvious, is close to impossible.
Catie McHugh
Why patience will kill your startup
Patiently waiting for the right time to launch your game-changing business?
Lakshmi Singh
What to do when you and your co-founder don't see eye-to-eye
Even the chummiest co-founders are susceptible to a professional falling out. In fact, we’d argue that best friends in business are most prone to fighting.
Rachel O'Regan
5 things you need before approaching a venture capitalist
If you’re running a startup (or thinking about creating one!) you’ll likely have spent countless hours and sleepless nights researching one of the most critical elements of bringing your idea to life: funding. And that means you’ll have run into the big guns of company funding, the venture capitalists.
Catie McHugh
Can someone please explain this startup fundraising stuff to me?
They say money can’t buy you happiness. But it’s pretty crucial when launching a successful startup.
Jo Foster
How less consumption and more gratitude can make you a better entrepreneur
Thanksgiving brings a whole lot of festive familiarity: lots of turkey and all the trimmings, family engagements to rush around dutifully to, and eye-popping sales that seem to bring out the best in deals and worst in humanity.
Catie McHugh
Lionel Richie: Leading LA’s startup investing surge
Grammy-getting, Oscar-obtaining, Golden Globe-grabbing legendary singer-songwriter Lionel Richie, is adding another feather to his cap as one of LA’s most prominent celebrity startup investors.Upon backing doctor-on-demand service, Heal, Richie got bitten hard by the modern tech bug. And he’s not stopping there.
Catie McHugh
How digital destruction will actually save your business
If you look at the Fortune 500 list from the year 2000 right now, you’d probably only recognize about half the listed companies.
Jo Foster
Is time tracking the ultimate productivity hack for busy entrepreneurs?
You’re an entrepreneur on the rise, dedicating every skerrick of resources to realizing your business dreams. However, there’s one thing no venture capitalist or Kickstarter backer can raise for you: time.
Catie McHugh
How Emma and Kelly of Shop You are talking their way to success
It might come as a surprise, but 65% of startups fail due to co-founder conflict. That’s higher than the divorce rate in the United States.
Lakshmi Singh
Should you move back to employee life?
We live in the age of the entrepreneur, where people like Mark Zuckerberg and Richard Branson are idolized, studied and endlessly copied. Many dream of becoming an entrepreneur, and it’s easy to see why: it allows you to chase your dreams, to build something from the ground up, and maybe – just maybe – change the world and make a lot of money doing it.
Vivienne Egan
International Women's Day: Celebrating the female change-makers
Let’s just clear up one small thing before we proceed: we definitely don’t need to wait for a special day on the global calendar to celebrate awesome women. As a business, F4S is all about celebrating the uniqueness of every individual, which means we are privileged to have met tonnes of incredible women in our own journey - we’d need a whole year of International Women’s Days if we had to wait to talk about them all!
Catie McHugh