Entrepreneurship has always been the engine running the growth of our economy. Small businesses are launched every day to varying levels of success. Internet based businesses comprise a large part of this trend. Due to low entry barriers, aspiring entrepreneurs have been looking to the internet to experience their dream of working for themselves; but many are falling short.

Statistically, 4 out of every 5 businesses fail within 18 months. There is some debate regarding these numbers and what 'failing' really means. The hard truth is that most that don't fail or go bankrupt are merely paying their bills; aka staying afloat. This article is not intended to strike fear or dissuade you from starting your own business and being financially independent. On the contrary, it's to encourage you to consider a few factors that can help you succeed.

It's a new day and urban mobility continues to evolve, and determined by more and more useful and informative options. You can choose any preferred mode based on your own priorities. Over just the last five years, sustainable urban mobility choices seem to have reached a tipping point in the world's major cities. Mobile technology-dependent private options, like Uber and ZipCar, have increased private travel options, while new systems like the bus rapid transit (BRT) and bike-sharing have gotten so popular that they've caused a boom in public transport options.

As a result, in most of today's big cities, part of the travel challenge has become deciding on what service to use. Every travel option, from bus to bike-sharing and from metro to car sharing, also offers real-time travel information. Just negotiating such a constellation of mobile apps can be a complicated and time-consuming task.

It seems that with each passing day, the stuff of science fiction leaps from the pages of Asimov and into reality. Animal cloning? Check. Drones? Check. Flying cars? Check. The Rift, a forthcoming virtual reality headset from Oculus VR, aims to join the list of groundbreaking innovations with an incredibly realistic rendering of both everyday life and fantastic worlds. As it turns out, The Rift has been brought to our attention thanks to various other modern technology innovations.

Oculus started raising funds for the new project on kickstarter, a website that reflects the growing trend in crowdsourcing. The internet is one of the world's great democratizing forces, giving inventors a chance to connect with people all over the world, even if they haven't moved out of the garage yet.

Web designers are one of the most sought after professionals on the market at the moment due to the importance of having a great website. Whether you're a freelancer, small business or huge corporation, you need that calling card for clients and customers, and a superb looking website is the best way to bring in business in the modern world.

But how do you design a great website? There are enough tools out there to be able to put together a good website for your business, but what if you are designing the site yourself? Here are 10 steps that will help you design the perfect website for whatever need you may have:

Apple fans are touted as some of the most loyal in the tech world, vying for information about new product line releases, software updates, and insider tips and tricks to make those hip and trendy devices even more conducive to living the life through a nifty handheld device. Apple is known for its top of the line, and subsequently pricey smart phones, tablets and personal computers, appealing to a world of self-proclaimed hip consumers that are passionate about having the best of the best and willing to pay the price to get just that. Its products have a reputation of taking years to make it to market because it refuses to produce anything that could be deemed subpar. At Fueled we noted the fact that the company's dedicated fan base eagerly bought in to its new iPhone offerings, yet Apple may have lost a notch in its technology belt by delivering a product that was less than "ready" for the masses. The jarring issue?

No matter how good your products or services are or how competitively you have priced them, you can succeed with your venture only if you have the right lead generation strategy being enforced.

Most businesses in the start-up stage lack funds and hence, they focus solely on building products and services that they believe will bring them much-needed returns. In doing so, they do not give much attention to the lead generating aspect, believing that their products and services will automatically generate sales.

Obviously, they are mistaken and statistics prove this. According to a recent study, more than 80 percent of all businesses fail during the first 12 months of operation, a figure clearly indicating that starting a new business is just one part of the puzzle, while the other, and perhaps an even difficult one, is generating leads and converting them into sales.

Twitter is the uncontested fastest moving social media service in the world. Because of this, the strength for brands isn't so much in their target market, but finding moments that are relevant to their target market.

This concept was introduced to me by Stephen McIntyre, the Managing Director of Twitter Europe, during the Dublin Web Summit of 2013. His quote from that conference cut right to the chase:

"Brands don't have target markets, they have target moments."

What exactly is 'Marketing to the Moment' on Twitter?

A good book should have effective content. Effective content should be: to the point but highly informative. How to make your content best? Below are the tips that help to create your content outstanding:

1. Do a good research

Once you choose to write on a particular subject, do a good research to gather as much information as possible. Try and get new information to the maximum extent possible. Copy all those information gathered into a Word file. Add up any other related information from self-experience, which is highly valid.

Before I get to today's post, I just want to thank all the readers who've enjoyed my posts here on e-Junkie, and who've written in to let me know. My first post was published here in October 2012. I blogged monthly, sometimes twice monthly. This will be my last post here -- at least on a regular basis for now. This brings me to one of the first lessons I've learned that I want to share with you.

If you are realizing that your online activity is not as private as you once thought, you're on the right track. You might be surprised at how much of your sensitive information can be seen by others online. If you are worried about your privacy now as you browse the web, write an email, or chat with others, take a look at these tips so you can get some peace of mind the next time you go online.

Since the advent of the World Wide Web, corporates, civil society, organizations, institutions and individuals have reaped the benefits of connectivity and fast transmission of information. It has served as a cash cow for individuals and organizations, whether in Billions of dollars or minute quantities .The need to improve one’s presence in the internet is pegged on hits generated and traffic that has high monetary rewards. Advertisers equally capitalize on the web to generate new customers and loyalty of old customers.

Your task list is ever expanding.

You spend your days and a good part of your nights working on, thinking about, and reading about ways to make your online business better. You would fall asleep except that you know when you close your eyes at night you think of all of tasks you didn't complete today, and the tasks that you will have to complete tomorrow. Instead, with tired eyes and a clenched jaw you take another sip of your lukewarm coffee and begin working on one of your ten to-do lists. Do you send out an email or do you work on the social media? This is your business so you decide to do both. It will be another night where you stay up until 2 AM. It seems like no matter what action you take it doesn't matter, you bottom line has moved very little. Your site looks good, you are offering a great product, and you must have re-written the copy 1,000 times. Yet, no one goes to your site and the visitors that do make it to the site don't convert. You are frustrated, tired, and unsure of why this is happening.

When it comes to accepting payments through your eCommerce website, there are many different methods to choose from. Each has attractive features that make deciding which to use difficult. After all, you want to feel good about your payment method. For many website owners, PayPal has been the payment gateway of choice since the early 2000s. There are several key points that make this company ideal as an affordable solution for your online store.

Over the last couple of years, Google has looked to revolutionize the online landscape. With the power they have in ranking websites resulting in greater exposure and traffic, we all have to follow their guidelines and march to their beat. This has led to some important changes, one of which is their focus on content and the importance of a business blog.

For logical reasons, a static site isn't seen as particularly helpful by those at Google. Instead, they value websites and businesses that are constantly striving to improve what they offer for their visitors.  Those that are constantly uploading new and unique information for their visitors and looking to actively engage with them.

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Modern first-world society occupies a unique point in history-it's the first to experience the internet. This incredible resource brings together ideas from around the globe, creating a new environment for synthesis, creation, learning, entertainment, and the deadliest force for procrastination ever seen by man.

In addition, the web provides fertile ground for regrowth, bringing well-loved icons into a new home. It's not rare for us at Fueled to get a sense of nostalgia while browsing, as it's now common to come across fond memories in new form.

The smartphone grows in complexity and application each year, with mini-revolutions every few months that redefine possibilities and expand our understanding of this pocket technology.

Anyone could write and publish an eBook. But not all could become a successful writer/author. It requires high level of efficiency. You need to be handling the creation of your book in a highly appealing manner to succeed. Appealing includes 'nice presentation' of 'good content' focused on the subject, using 'apt' as well as 'attractive words' and 'sentence framing.' Below are some of the key points to be paid attention to, which are considered as the basics of writing.

1. Use apt words

Usage of words in a book is very important while framing the sentences. You should try to use simple but apt words instead of trying to use unfamiliar words, though the same will convey the intended meaning. These could however be used, when there is a requirement to convey the meaning repeatedly in different places.

People in important leadership positions generally have the best intentions, but sometimes even if they mean well their ideas are not necessarily the best. We all have opinions, but not all of them are floating out on the internet for the world to see.

At Fueled, we wanted to explore the notion of 'thought leader' and what happens when they're completely 'full of it.'

The three 'thought leaders' below have been in the press in the past few years because a statement or comment they made got them a lot of press, but not in a good way.

Finding customers is a challenge for any small business. For retail businesses, location and having products people want and need to buy are key. But for those selling services, finding customers can be more of a challenge.

Insurance is a competitive field, with lots of agents selling similar services in the same markets. How you attract customers, and the service you provide them, is what will set you apart. Make it easy for people to find you with targeted online advertising. And, perhaps even more important, get out and meet people. Networking and referrals are an important source of customers.

Online insurance lead-generating websites provide a great tool for local insurance brokers, too. They track potential leads and manage their overall pool of leads. It's easy for agents to get frustrated generating leads from scratch. You're paying a premium per-lead, but there is no easier way to cultivate contact information on people seeking insurance quotes. So many people are searching for quotes online, it takes sites like this to help agents organize that feedback.

Whether you are a beginning business person or a well established company manager, using social media is bound to be one of your favorite promotion tactics. But the abundance of their types and functions, all the possibilities of expression they give, sometimes lead you to confusion. Should you follow? Should you like it? And should you share? The following listing is here to advise you on how to move around social media safely and successfully.

1. Do not start more than you can manage

Who said you must be on every social media channel? Although the more, the better, it is the quality of your social activity online that counts, not just existing in virtual spaces that are too many to manage. Here is your tip number one: choose the social media you want to exist in, depending on what they can offer and what suits you best. Of course the most popular Facebook and Twitter are perhaps your unquestionable top choices but stay calm: you do not need to jump in any new or available social channel if you know how to be successful in managing several major accounts.

So you have a drawer full of vinyl records, super 8 film, and cassette tapes and you want to preserve and protect them forever. Converting these into digital files makes sense but what are the best products or tools available?

At Fueled, there are a number of us that collect vinyl records and have a few old cassette tapes kicking around. When one of us lost a used cassette tape, we thought it would be a good idea to capture the remaining ones and convert them into digital files.

Below are our top three products to help you do this effectively.