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The Startup Coaching Playbook: Do You Need Business Coaching?
The biggest challenge for a startup founder is knowing where to focus. You’ve got to pitch investors, target the right customer, hone your business model and raise critical funding just in time. Your team is lean, the margin of error narrow. Yes, you can screw up some things, but there’s one task you can’t get...
5 Essential People to Have in Your Network as You Begin Your Entrepreneurial Journey
Succeeding as a new entrepreneur might seem more challenging now than ever before. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 20 percent of new businesses don’t survive for more than a year, and nearly half survive only five years. Looking through the lens of COVID-19, recent reports show that millions of businesses could close in...
How to Leverage Your Full-Time Job to Fund Your Entrepreneurial Dreams
When I accepted a position at a software development company after college, I was clear with them from the start. During the interview, they asked about my passion and my goals. I shared that I was passionate about real estate and planned to work full-time for myself in real estate by 30. My job choice...
Why You Need a Business Mentor (and Where You Can Find One)
Mattie Mae Larson has a growing business in Hawaii turning trash into treasure. Her company, Upcycle Hawaii, creates wallets, zipper pouches, bookmarks, beach totes and a plethora of other products. All of Upcycle Hawaii’s items are made from post-consumer waste diverted from local landfills. While her business has been built with blood, sweat and tears,...
The Importance of Business Coaching: StartupNation Radio featuring Jon Dwoskin
On today's business coaching-themed episode of StartupNation, Jeff brings on Jon Dwoskin. Dwoskin is a business coach, author, speaker and podcaster who has coached everyone from solopreneurs to Fortune 500 companies. Tune in to the full StartupNation Radio show with Dwoskin to learn more about business coaching: StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings on Dell products...
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Valuable Mentoring Offered by SCORE (Episode 223)
On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff discusses an excellent resource for entrepreneurs who need free, high-quality coaching and mentoring: SCORE, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to learn more about the mentoring services offered by SCORE: "So, look, if...
11 Top Entrepreneurs Share the Best Advice They’ve Ever Received from a Mentor
Mentors reduce your learning curve by years through mastering the best of wiser, more experienced role models. StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings on Dell products and accessories: Learn more here These 11 entrepreneurs share the No. 1 piece of advice their closest mentor ever gave them: Time is the most valuable thing you have My...
Why Entrepreneurs Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Ask for Help
The following is adapted from "Mr. Monkey and Me: A Real Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs" by Mike Smerklo. Copyright 2020 Lioncrest Publishing. In addition to getting the help you need and gaining perspective from your peers, there’s an added, less obvious benefit to asking for help. Odd as it may sound, asking someone for help endears you...
How to Choose a Coach to Help Launch or Grow Your Business
Research shows that for both aspiring and established entrepreneurs, working with a business coach typically yields powerful results. These include improved business outcomes, strengthened leadership skills and heightened personal confidence. If you’re launching a startup, a skilled coach will help you to define your vision, identify and leverage strengths and resources, create and implement an...
StartupNation Originals: How to Find the Right Business Coach
In “You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth,” #1 New York Times best-selling author, success coach and motivational speaker, Jen Sincero, offers expert tips for unlocking your earning potential. In this exclusive StartupNation Originals video series, we sat down with Sincero to learn additional insights from her book, all in exclusive...
StartupNation Originals: Jen Sincero Says Do This One Thing to Grow Your Business
In “You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth,” #1 New York Times best-selling author, success coach and motivational speaker, Jen Sincero, offers expert tips for unlocking your earning potential. In this exclusive StartupNation Originals video series, we sat down with Sincero to learn additional insights from her book, all in exclusive...
6 Reasons to Consider Hiring a Business Coach This Year
This is the year. This, you have decided, is the year you skyrocket your business to great success. Congratulations! It’s a worthy resolution for the new year. But I’m here to make sure that instead of simply setting a goal, you also work toward making it a reality. Too many business owners throw out goals and...
How to Seek Out Funding as a Young Entrepreneur
I was 27 years old when I had the idea for my business, and 28 when I incorporated the LLC to officially launch. In hindsight, there’s a good chance that my young age actually helped contribute to my early success, but youth can be a double edged sword. Young entrepreneurs are seen by the market...
Overcoming a Fear of Sales as a New Entrepreneur
Let’s face it: sales isn't for everyone. Some people just seemed to be wired in such a way that they can walk up to a door or into a board room and jump right into a winning pitch. They seem to be born with some sort of "X factor" that makes them the perfect salesman....
Does Your Startup Need to Invest in a Business Coach?
Deciding whether or not you should invest in a business coach can be a hard choice to make. They operate under the idea that they will advise you on your business growth, akin to how a life coach might counsel on emotional growth, or a sports coach might push an athlete to achieve the perfect...