Welcome to our founder lessons series. This week we have an exclusive interview with Xenios Thrasyvoulou, founder & CEO of PeoplePerHour. PeoplePerHour (PPH) is a global online marketplace that connects...
In today’s cutthroat climate of business competition, burying your head in the sand to focus on your startup is a sure-fire way to fail. That’s why competitive intelligence is such...
When Yahoo last year decided Marissa Mayer as its new chief executive, many thought she would prove an advocate of working parents (who was a mom-to-be at the time). However,...
There are great businesses and extraordinary people doing great things in a great way. Every person you know today past and present started with just an idea and persisted through...
Group deals are no more attractive, the industry is currently facing a downturn in the face and Groupon and LivingSocial are being hit the hardest. Groupon’s fourth-quarter results announced this...
Max Levchin, co-founder of PayPal has launched a new mobile payments startup today, Affirm. Affirm wants to bring speed and convenience to any mobile checkout experience by significantly reducing the...
A lot of young entrepreneurs are changing the world in a big way. They are solving business and consumer problems, they are making meaning and making money and best of...
Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell.-Seth Godin In the abundance of products, the customer expects to be impressed. You cannot...
At the end of each week, we put together some of the best startup resources around the web for our readers. Articles we select are some of the most shared...
The benefits of starting a business are rewarding and the associated risks can be deterring. Starting a new business comes with endless challenges and sometimes huge opportunities for growth when...
Pebble, Kickstarter project that is supported by close to 70,000 people is a simple but an elegant watch that syncs with your smart phone. Current functions includes telling the time,...
Slice Biz, the winner of the 2012 Startup Weekend Accra, a Global Entrepreneurship Week Ghana event has been chosen as one of the winners of this year’s Apps4Africa competition. Slice Biz...
Biz Stone said the other day “Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.” These startups may not have started ten years ago,...
It has been another busy business and technology week. We at Alltopstartups have been busy sharing business and technology related content with you. Our weekly business content roundup will get...
The months leading up to launching your own business can be a very exciting time. You and your team have developed an idea for a product or service, you’ve done...
Quora is a question-and-answer website created, edited and organized by its community of users. Quora is best known as a source of knowledge. You can ask any question and get real...
When you’re starting a new business, the last thing you want to focus on is failure. To stay in business and succeed, business owners and leaders invest in resources to...
A great company company doesn’t come cheap. It’s a long road to a billion dollar company.But there are great companies out there that have done it and reaping the benefits...
The use of mobile devices is growing at an increasing rate and the trend is set to grow even bigger. By 2015, 80% (estimated) of handsets will be smart phones, according...
Launching a new business requires lots of work to get your product message to your audience. Most startups dream of going viral with a product launch right from day one....