20 Years As a CEO: What I Wish I Knew Then
Leaning back in my chair and pensively staring into the digital whiteness of the Google Doc (about to…
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How to Write a Business Plan: A Step-by-Step Guide & Tips
Starting your journey as a successful entrepreneur is never easy. It requires a lot of time and effort…
15 Questions to Ask When Opening a Business Bank Account
It’s easy to be confused by all the marketing messages flying around from banks. They offer you tons…
How Entrepreneurs Find Harmony and Life Balance Working from Home
When your work life is intrinsically intertwined with your home life, the lines can become blurry. This is…
‘Lessons My Brothers Taught Me’: Building a Great Team
This excerpt from “Lessons My Brothers Taught Me” by Charles McCarrick highlights the importance of building a great…
Top 10 Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs
Decades of research have shown that the super-rich have a lot in common. They share the same mentality,…
It’s Time To Start A Movement
We all should live a life that stirs movement. Martin Luther King, Jr. Gandhi. Germaine Greer. Erin Brockovich. Oprah.…
Finding success as an older entrepreneur
After having a successful career in Corporate America, running a small business is going to be easy for an older entrepreneur, right? Not really...
Why can’t I get anything done?
I have so much to do today, but the gods of entrepreneurism are not on my side. My…
Love Is the Killer App
Step aside, email. Internet? You ain’t got game. iPhone sounds sweet, but doesn’t even come close to the…
The Power of “You”
Did any of you catch the "Time Magazine" "Person of the Year" feature? The Person of the Year…
It Still Smells at StartupNation HQ
Entrepreneurs need those unique and unexpected diversions in order to shake them out of their daily intensity and…
Former Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble has got it goin’ on
Uber blogger Robert Scoble announced last month that he was leaving the "comfy?" corporate world of Microsoft to…
Does your business plan include an exit strategy?
I was reading an article on WashingtonPost.com about how social search startups have sprung up to fill in…
Entrepreneurs need to turn it off to turn it on
Entrepreneurs often don’t but they especially should. And when they do, they don’t really, at least not completely.…
A “normal” day for an entrepreneur
• Caffeine-up • Follow up with customers • Analyze website traffic • Move forward on strategy for growing…
Lunchtime: I’m in the sales pipeline for small business
A glimpse into the lunch hour of a typical customer: Here’s what happened in my world over the…
Life Plan in action: a “do what you love” podcast business
I am a subscriber to 5 podcasts: • StartupNation Radio • Entrepreneurial Tips with the Sloan Brothers •…
A Reminder: Don’t Ignore Your Life Plan
I generally dislike forwarded messages, especially the ones that tell me to forward them immediately to ten people…
How to ask for help and get results
As you might expect, we get a great many emails from entrepreneurs who march to the beat of…