Advice For The Young At Heart
Tips For Women Wanting To Start A Business From Scratch
In a world full of complicated and contradicting start up information, proven entrepreneur Danielle Tate, CEO of MissNowMrs.com, offers eight simple tips for launching a successful business as a woman.
Who Holds Your Purse Strings?
As you’re starting or expanding your business, follow the money because the person who holds the purse strings makes the decisions and it’s not always readily apparent, says Emily Chase Smith, author of "The Financially Savvy Entrepreneur".
6 Things Female Business Entrepreneurs Must Know Before They Start That Startup
Frances Kweller, CEO and founder of Kweller Prep shares six important things all female business entrepreneurs must know before they start that startup.
Eight Ways To Get Past The Fear Of “No” And Start Risking Rejection
According to author Tom Panaggio, one of the most common risk avoidance behaviors amongst entrepreneurs is giving up on an opportunity after only one rejection. Here, he
explains why it’s so important to ask for the order again and again… and provides strategies to help you get more comfortable with hearing “no” until “yes” finally comes along.
These Five Characteristics Will Help You Be A Successful Entrepreneur
Ronn Cordova, VP of Franchise Development at The Maids, looks at five characteristics of successful people that help them through the business journey.
10 Steps To Creating Your First Product
Creating a successful product or service is about constantly prototyping, tweaking, refining, making mistakes, learning, and repeating. That might sound like a chaotic mess, but there’s a process behind it. Eran Weinberg, founder and CEO of the personalized health and wellness platform Liv360 shares his experience.
Choosing An Accelerator That Fits Like A Glove – 5 Questions To Ask
Applying for and being accepted into an accelerator can be an incredible springboard for a startup. Before jumping in head first, startup teams and entrepreneurs need to evaluate what accelerator will be the best fit for their business in the long term.
Do What You’re Good At, Not What You Love: Real Talk for Today’s Job...
While “follow your passions” is popular career advice, it isn’t necessarily the best career advice. Ben Carpenter shares five compelling reasons why matching your job to your skill set, not your biggest passions, is a much better bet.
Do Quit Your Day Job: How To Leave A Traditional Job For Entrepreneurship
The decision to leave the security of a traditional job for the uncertain life of an entrepreneur is difficult. Tim Maliyil, CEO and Data Security Architect for AlertBoot shares six tips to help you manage the stress and ease the transition.
Ten On-The-Job Mistakes That May Be Sabotaging Your Career
If you’re getting your work done and not breaking any company rules, you’re golden, right? Not necessarily, says Wall Street veteran Ben Carpenter. Here, he shares a handful of bad habits that — unbeknownst to you — might be tarnishing your reputation and holding you back.
Why Old-School Communication Skills Are The Competitive Edge New Grads Need
Communication expert Geoffrey Tumlin shares eight ways for recent grads to hone their communication skills — and differentiate themselves from the rest of the working world newbies.
Dancing In The Moonlight: Keeping Options Open While Holding A Steady Job
'Moonlighting' used to mean you’re working a secondary job (usually at night, hence the name), but now it’s shifted toward the idea of seeking the type of work that defines your lifestyle.
17 Things New Grads Need To Know About Getting — And Doing — A...
Employers aren’t exactly clamoring to hire today’s new grads. If you are one — even one with an impressive degree — the deck is stacked against you. Ben Carpenter offers 17 ways to prove you know what matters in the real world — both in the job search and in the early days after “you’re hired.”
3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Conducting Your Startup Experiment
When you approach entrepreneurship as an experiment (instead of, say, your life’s calling), you’re giving yourself permission to fail - and that's a good thing, believes Kuty Shalev.
Starting an E-commerce Site? Five Tips Every College Grad Should Know.
Here are five things every college grad should know before launching an e-commerce store, as recommended by Nikole Haiar, Director Marketing, Retail & Partner Services at Hostway Corporation.
Six Tips For Taking On The Family Business And Helping It Succeed
Running a successful business is one thing. Running a successful family business is another feat that is much harder to accomplish. Victoria Treyger of Kabbage offers six tips for taking on your family business and helping it succeed.
7 Tips To Secure Funding They Don’t Teach In Business School
Entrepreneur Asif Khan offers a few proven tips to woo investors, having secured multi-million dollars in funding for his company Caremerge.
23 Best Ways To Get And Keep Motivated
No matter what you do for a living, the key to success is motivating yourself, each and every day. Geoffrey James, author of "Business Without the Bullsh*t", shares some tips on how to remain a go-getter, even when the going gets rough
Advice To Young Entrepreneurs – Think Like An Immigrant!
Study the way that immigrants think and approach business, and it may just help make you more successful, argues Patrick Bet-David, CEO of the PHP Agency, and author of "Doing The Impossible: The 25 Laws for Doing The Impossible".
Why I Dropped Out Of Georgetown… And Started 2 Successful Online Businesses
John Accardi, founder of Partyhousepong.com and Collegebox.com, shares how he dropped out of the neuroscience PhD program at Georgetown University and proceeded to create 2 profitable online businesses with barely any startup capital.
Is Your Grad Ready For The Real World? 22 Pieces of Advice You’ll...
If your child is about to graduate college and officially enter the real world, you may be worried about his or her readiness. Here, parent and author Ben Carpenter shares 22 pieces of success-oriented advice to pass on to your child.
Grow Your Business The Lululemon Way
There is a lot that start up entrepreneurs can learn from Lululemon’s history and the actions of its founders, Chip and Shannon Wilson. Here are five of them.
13 Of The Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (That May Not Seem Like Mistakes At All)
Tom Panaggio says the costliest mistakes entrepreneurs can make are often disguised as smart business decisions. Here, he shares some of the not-so-obvious missteps to avoid as you grow your business.
5 Tactics To Help Invest Before Graduating College
College students and recent grads might feel more worried about paying rent or the interest rates on their student loans, but investing early can start you off on the path of having money coming in outside of what you make at your job.
Building A Brand? Top 3 Trademark Mistakes To Avoid.
Josh Gerben, principal of Gerben Law Firm, PLLC explores a few of the mistakes that young entrepreneurs most often make when it comes to the trademark process, and discusses how you can avoid them.
6 Ways For Startups And Small Businesses To Help Reduce Cost
Cutting cost can be one of the best ways for a startup to grow and expand under its own power, but it isn’t always the easiest thing to do. Here are some tips for startups to cut costs in order to expand their bottom line.
4 Ways To Scale Your Business Without Losing Quality
When growing your business, it is imperative to keep this pick two strategy in mind as you implement methods to scale your work without losing quality. Here are five ways you can either speed up your process or maintain a low-cost without sacrificing quality.
Five Critical Steps For Building A Successful Startup
If you have an idea that you are truly passionate about, there are a few key tips Mike Matousek, CEO and founder of Flashnotes.com recommends you consider before starting your own business.
Tips For New Graduates From A Successful Entrepreneur
Today, the job market is different than it was in 1990, but the same principles to reach success apply. Monica C. Smith, founder and CEO of Marketsmith Inc. and I.Predictus offers some tips that can help you build a winning future.
Seven Ways To Make A Flying Start With Your Small Business
Starting a business and making a success of it is not easy. But there are ways you can aim to maximize your chances of success. Keith Tully, a partner at business rescue specialists Real Business Rescue, offers some of them.