Startup pitfalls to avoid So you want to be an entrepreneur, eh? Get ready for the ride of your life. Following our passions gives us a feeling of vivacity that is infectious. We get tunnel...
"Must Have" Planning Strategies According to the United States Small Business Association and the Internal Revenue Service’s 2011 survey, only about 10 percent of business owners are making more than $100,000 in their business. What...
Proposal Writing: The Order Of Importance For Your Selling Arguments Why are some proposals a success when others aren’t? Why do some people rise to the top of their sales organization and some don’t? Are...
Prepping Your Food Business To Raise Capital Online Gil Michel-Garcia has mastered the technique of crowdfunding, raising more than $1 million for his food-based company. Through popular websites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, the Internet...
How to Transition from Hobbyist to Business Owner Making money from your hobby is not synonymous with having a business. Unfortunately, far too many people don’t understand that. What’s the difference between a hobbyist and...
Success Won’t Come If You’re Deathly Afraid Of It: 6 Deep-Seated Fears You Need To Address Recently, I sent out a survey to my community of 50,000+ subscribers – many of whom are deeply longing...
How To Navigate A Networking Event – The Ins, Outs & What To Dos I’ve been to several networking events recently, and it occurs to me that there are a lot of people out there...
Getting your exercise is good for both you and your business We all have busy, ever-changing schedules. We all know how important exercise is. So why is it so hard to stick to any sort...
Make sure your financial budget is on track for your business' success! You’ve analyzed your past expenses, put them into spreadsheets, loaded Quicken with all of your data and come up with a budget. Now...
Using customer development to better your product Anita B. Newton has 20 years of experience helping large marketing organizations such as P&G and Sprint and small companies like Zave Networks, which has since been acquired...
Your personal brand should reflect YOU! Raggedy-looking guys are considered hip. Similarly-dressed women are considered ill-groomed. What to do?! I think most female tech CEOs can appreciate my frustration: How can male tech CEOs get...
A startup mentality: NOT a bad thing to have! The way people are consuming content has vastly changed in the last decade. While long-standing companies scurry to find new and innovative ways to deliver their...
Finding your marketing message “Niche” as an “artificial” construct is derailing the REAL work we need to do to get clear for our business, to define our message that will DRIVE us to do...
Changing people's lives by developing skincare products Looking at Sherrie Berry today you’d never know she was the victim of an accidental backyard explosion that burned her face, chest and arm less than a decade...