• Why does your business idea matter? Every successful business starts with an idea. I have heard many people talk about business ideas. They tell me “I had this idea for a business.” They share their idea for a business with me full of excitement. I admit. I love to think about possible business...
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  • Do you want to get rich quickly? You can do it in two steps. Step 1 is to resist the urge to believe such foolishness. Step 2 is to start learning from entrepreneurs who build successful businesses. We at Success Harbor are dedicated to help you succeed in business. We write about entrepreneurs and interview...
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  • What does it take to build the YouTube of lists? Nick Kellet is doing just that with List.ly. He is the co-founder of List.ly which is a social platform for creating and curating lists. List.ly enables users to create lists about anything. Nick understands that people love lists. In the following interview you...
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  • What does it take to raise $10 million and get 100,000 users? After starting multiple businesses with little success, Lucas Carlson started AppFog in 2010. Lucas raised almost $10 million dollars in venture capital, and was acquired in 2013 after signing up over 100,000 developers. Lucas is also an author. He wrote Ruby Cookbook which...
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  • Do you ever wonder what really makes a business successful? Some people think all you need is money, but the reality is that you can start a business with no money. A great start will set you on the right course. The most crucial time in the life of a business is the first...
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  • You want a website that beats your competition, right? Most websites are poor performers. Businesses have websites because they know they have to. So, they hire a professional web designer to have their website built. But they do it without thinking through the purpose of their website. The best websites are masters at getting...
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  • Did you know that businesses that are started by more than one person are more likely to succeed? You need a team to succeed in business. Every great team starts with the right business partners. Perhaps more than anything, who you select as your co-founder will determine whether your startup fails or succeeds....
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  • Of the many entrepreneurs I have talked to I have asked most of them the following question: "What's the biggest time waster for entrepreneurs?" Read below how some real entrepreneurs answer: Chad Parks - CEO of The Online 401(K) "So, I'm glad you asked that because for the last five years or so...
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  • What does it take to build a multi-million dollar business on customer feedback? David Jackson is the CEO and Cofounder of Clicktools, the world’s leader in the field of customer feedback integrated with CRM. David is a popular speaker around the world. He has had many articles published and is the author of...
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  • What does it take to raise over $300,000 through crowdfunding? While living between a boat, a grandmother’s basement and the open road Noah Dentzel and his cofounder Brian Hahn raised $161,000 on Kickstarter in the summer of 2012 and about 172,000 in 2013 on Indiegogo. The Nomad mission was to reinvent the USB...
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  • You don’t need to pay off personal debt before starting a business any more than you need to get married before having a kid. Despite what societal norms and your mom say, reality says otherwise. I mean, is it better to welcome a kid into a home with parents who’ve vowed in front...
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  • How to build a marketplace for publishers and advertisers? Todd Garland is the founder of BuySellAds, the marketplace for online advertisers. Todd was an early employee at Hubspot. As a one man show, Todd grew BuySellAds to $1.5 million in 11-months. He did it without spending zero dollars on sales and marketing. Listen to the...
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