‘5 Ways to Launch a Successful Online Business’ – ‘Mashable’

Tim Ferris says, “The momentum a company builds in its first few weeks can signify its potential to soar — or, alternatively, the inevitability of its failure. That’s why contests like the Shopify Build-a-Business Competition are so great: They can predict the success of a startup early and help companies identify the weaknesses in their business models before they officially launch.

Of the 100,000 competing startups in the Shopify competition, five received winning titles:

• GameKlip, a real controller for smartphone games
• GoldieBlox, a children’s book series and construction toy“.