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8 Tips for the Work From Home Solopreneur
You’ve plunged into starting a solo business venture from home. Being a solopreneur is a fantastic experience for motivated individuals, but it can easily become stagnant if you aren’t careful. When everything starts piling up, you can lose sight of what drew you to your passion project in the first place, and your tools of...
These Are the Critical Soft Skills Every Entrepreneur Must Have to Succeed
I talk with entrepreneurs and business owners every day, and when conversations involve how they started their business, the stories have a familiar theme: What began with a dream lends to the development of an idea, and the need to see it through. But from there, every business is different, because every business owner is...
3 Ways to Boost Your Word-of-Mouth Reputation to Hit Your Growth Goals
Self-employment doesn’t have to mean going it all alone. Customers and friends who support your business might be the most valuable marketing resource you have. And word-of-mouth marketing only gets more powerful when you look at the networks of people online who are happy to tell others about their experience doing business with you. In...
4 Ways to Take Your Passion Project to the Next Level
What does success mean to you? Sitting down and honestly thinking about the answer to this question will help you know when it’s time to take your side hustle or freelance project to the next level. It will involve a lot of hard work, but by keeping the following tips in mind, you can gauge...
Accountability Tools for Entrepreneurs
I know what you’re thinking: “Oh please, not another article about New Year’s resolutions.” This season can feel so overwhelming with the number of personal development and goal-setting content that appears all over our favorite publications. I’ll make you one promise: this won’t be another generalized guide to SMART goals. Instead, I want to dive...
How to Convert Your Side Hustle Into a Full-Time Business
Turning your side hustle into a full-time business often seems like a dream rather than reality. Ultimately, it takes a combination of luck, strategy and motivation to succeed. The average American works for dozens of years before retiring. What if you could take your future into your own hands? Self-employment is not for everyone, but...
4 Personal Branding Strategies for Startup Founders
Being a startup founder is a very tough but rewarding experience. I was fortunate early on in college at UNCG to have a mentor who successfully closed multiple investment rounds from two tech startup ventures and had one acquired. After selling the first startup, he was able to quickly gain funding with no business plan...
SMART Goal Setting for Your Business
New business owners hear it again and again: set goals. Goals provide us with targets to aim for; they codify our aspirations. You can’t achieve something that you haven’t defined. Unfortunately, it’s much easier said than done. It’s simple enough to slap together some goals that you think might be worthwhile, but how effective is...
New Year, New Goals
Many entrepreneurs revaluate their business plans and set new goals as they head into a New Year. Here are some inspirational quotes on the topic of goals. Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. ~ Mario Andretti A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch....
Need Help with your Entrepreneurial Dreams? Hear What Stephen Dodd Has to Say.
As an entrepreneur, do you have big dreams, but aren’t quite sure how to accomplish them? Well, here’s a fellow entrepreneur who is helping people just like you make their dreams a reality. Meet Stephen Dodd, Quantum Voyage, Inc. Lead Programmer and Project Manager for the new, personal goal-setting software at www.goalsettingforyou.com. Tell us about...