This is like talking about future trends once they have come true. However, we have the willingness to look at big business, thinking that will never be able to build something. To repair always start in the business these companies or once it has become a celebrity or is enormous. As to compare with these companies is logical that we feel will never be able to reach them or have that size. We forget that many of these companies started from small.

We must be clear that’s not where you start but where it ends. The tips that follow are the consultant, entrepreneur and blogger Neil Patel, who, he says, will help us have a profitable and maybe even famous.

1. Sell ​​something people want and can afford. It is crucial to create a product that people want and can afford to have long-term success.

A case study is for Apple, whose product at the beginning were quite expensive and were about to play a trick on the company, but Steve Jobs learned that in addition to creating desirable and well finished products, prices above average, people could afford.

Not so with many products that are good, but that people would think several times before buying. These products are doomed to failure. (more…)

The story of Mark Zuckerberg, filmed in the social network, has put images to the idea that everyone in the generation of young entrepreneurs born after 1982. They are most likely to create business from a dorm room or residence where they spend their college years. And further characterized by its ease of use experience and technology, fully involved in social media.

But perhaps we did not know was that the Millenial have also become the founders of companies likely to sell (even at high speed) the companies they create. This was supported by a study of The Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute, which ensures that Millennial are a hundred percent more likely to sell their business to those who undertake more age.

According to BizBuySell, one of the most active on the Internet in the sales, market management company, which makes these young entrepreneurs tend to sell quickly the companies that have created, is the fact that the Millennial start their business with low costs operations are not very complicated to manage and the benefits come soon. This puts them in a good position to sell.

The Kauffman Foundation shows that in markets like the U.S., the desire to practice these skills moves 92% of young people to start a business. The 89% do so to build something solid for the future, while 87% is driven by the desire to be your own boss. Dennis Cheek, vice president of Kauffman Foundation’s Education, says this research “which shows the attitude of this group is that not only initiative aims to have a job but who wants to create a job.” (more…)

Social networks not only are revalued in stock (up to 377% percent in the last year), but also help predict the vagaries of stock market, according to some studies. In this context, it is easy to see why over 80% of financial adviser believes that over the next five years, social networks help to attracting customers and also enhance the relationship with them. Currently, between 15% and 20% of the investment is captured through social network.

Behind this trend, in the words of Marc Garrigasait, president of Koala Capital SICAV, the transparency that social networks provide the financial world. “If you are transparent, investors will appreciate what this means more empathy and more benefits,” he says.

Over 70% of financial advisors are registered in any of the social networks, especially Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter Unience, according to a survey on the use of social networks by EFPA Spain (European Association of Advisers and Financial Planners -Heritage). The vast majority believe that social media are very useful for several reasons: because they represent an efficient channel of communication, constitute a direct and easy communication, are a good tool to keep abreast of new trends, and consider marketing tool  and online advertising.