Thought Leadership Archives

How to Handle Career Uncertainty: Take Control of What You Can Change Now

Excerpted from The #Pace Process for Early Career Success. Copyright © 2022 by Mark Zides. Reprinted with permission from Armin Lear Press. All rights reserved. What can I do now? Not tomorrow, not next year, but now? We...

byMark Zides

April 19, 2022

5 Vital Traits You Must Have to Thrive as an Entrepreneur

You are finally ready to go out and launch the business of your dreams. Congratulations! That is so exciting that you are on the course to be your own boss. Now, just like how certain...

byEthan Drower

April 15, 2022

Entrepreneurs: How to Focus Ruthlessly and Win in 2022

New and aspiring entrepreneurs often fall victim to impatience and imperfection. When something’s not working perfectly to their standards (or worse, fails), they take it personally and don’t know how to move on to better...

byDmitry Dragilev

January 27, 2022

9 Reasons Why Your Customer Isn’t Buying (And How To Fix Them)

You've built the product, perfected the service, tweaked the website, and refined the funnel. But no one is buying; these successful entrepreneurs and members of The Oracles explain why and how to fix it. From L to...

byThe Oracles

January 5, 2022

Summon Your Inner Alpha: 7 Ways Business Leaders Can Outwit the Competition

Alpha traits are key to leadership success. Business leaders can learn from these top predators how to outsmart the competition and never cede ground. In recent years, coyotes have made themselves at home across the...

byMarjorie Radlo-Zandi

November 2, 2021

Ask the Experts: Armando Ojeda, Angela Barbash, and Marcia Dawood on StartupNation Radio

On this week's episode of StartupNation Radio, Jeff speaks with StartupNation's subject matter experts from SCORE Mentors: Armando Ojeda, Angela Barbash, and Marcia Dawood. Tune in to the full StartupNation Radio show with Ojeda, Barbash...

byStartupNation

August 30, 2021

12 Midwest Startups Offering Mental Health Benefits

Are you looking for a healthy work environment with a job that offers mental health benefits? As the mental health crisis continues to worsen and companies continue to work remotely, startups are rethinking their benefits. Free...

byRyan Landau

July 14, 2021

From Our Founder: Creating Opportunity During Times of Crisis

As entrepreneurs and business owners, we do our best to plan for the future. But no matter how much we try to prepare ourselves for the unexpected, none of us could have predicted, nor prepared...

byJeff Sloan

November 20, 2020

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Real Estate Expert Renee Acho on Paying Rent During COVID-19 (Episode 24)

What do you do if you're a small business and you can't pay rent this month due to COVID-19? What do you do if you're a landlord and you need those rents coming in? On...

byStartupNation

April 2, 2020

7 Business Influencers to Follow on Social Media in 2020

Launching a successful startup takes a lot of work, and learning how to navigate the waters of entrepreneurship can be difficult — especially if it's your first business. As such, it can be wise for aspiring...

byDerek Miller

January 7, 2020

Hustle Overdrive: Start Sustaining Your Business Instead

In today’s entrepreneurial culture, hustling is a source of pride for many. But the question must be asked: Should we be proud of hustle? Is there any other way to maintain success? And if hustle...

byJustin E. Crawford

July 24, 2019

Detroit Startup Week feat. John Henry and Chris Lambert

This episode of StartupNation Radio is sponsored by DBusiness, Siren PR and Dell Small Business This week, we took StartupNation Radio on the road! In honor of Detroit Startup Week, we livestreamed 16 interviews within...

byStartupNation

June 22, 2019

StartupNation Radio Broadcasts from Detroit Startup Week with Co-Host R.J. King (Day 1)

Watch StartupNation Radio's broadcast from day one of Startup Week Detroit! Joining your host, Jeff Sloan, is DBusiness Magazine editor, R.J. King. Together, the two co-hosted a day-long show packed with content from renowned entrepreneurs,...

byStartupNation

June 18, 2019

Using ADHD Productivity Hacks to Work Faster Than Normal [Book Excerpt]

The following excerpt is adapted from "Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain" by Peter Shankman, published by TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of...

byPeter Shankman

October 3, 2017

The Leadership Gap: The Simplest Way for to Gain Loyalty That Lasts [Book Excerpt]

The following contains an excerpt from “The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness" by Lolly Daskal with the permission of Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group. Copyright © 2017 by Lolly Daskal....

byLolly Daskal

June 13, 2017

4 Traps To Avoid When Selling Your Company

Business owners have been known to refer to due diligence as "the entrepreneur's proctology exam." It's a crude analogy, but a good representation of what it feels like when a stranger pokes, prods and looks...

byJohn Warrillow

August 8, 2016

6 Ways Stoicism Can Help Business Entrepreneurs

By Petrina Coventry, University of Adelaide With the increasing swirl of interest around mindfulness, resilience and innovation, we can’t forget that there are many who have trodden this path before us with important lessons we...

byThe Conversation

July 16, 2016

Rethinking Engagement in a Digital World

I was recently interviewed by Joel Pilger of RevThink on what I would tell agencies looking to get into TV. In listening back, I might sound overly pessimistic about traditional linear media. Let me be clear, I am...

byPatrick Jager

May 19, 2016

How to Live a Life of Purpose

The purpose of life is living a life of purpose. The power of this particular mantra came to me last week on a call. I was talking to a potential client about their brand and their...

byPatrick Jager

May 12, 2016

How to Avoid the “Shiny Penny” Marketing Mentality

One of the benefits of having a child is getting to go to animated movies without any guilt or questioning from contemporaries. “Oh … I would have much rather gone to that new (insert former SNL...

byPatrick Jager

April 28, 2016