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The Importance of a Having a Business Mentor When Starting Up

As an entrepreneur, you have a fierce independent streak. It’s how you got your business off the ground in the first place. However, there will come a time where you hit a wall when it...

byParker Davis

April 26, 2022

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...

byJessica Thiefels

November 13, 2021

Work Smarter: 3 Productivity Apps for Startup Success

What apps do you use regularly to help boost your productivity? With so many to choose from, it can be difficult to decide. In this video, I share three of my favorites, in the hopes...

byKate Volman

July 25, 2020

5 Tasks Entrepreneurs Should Outsource to Focus on Growth

Outsourcing will always be an entrepreneur’s best friend. However, many fail to understand the underlying benefits of outsourcing, like what to outsource, and how to maximize their efforts. Outsourcing is a tactical solution to reduce your...

byDrew Cheneler

June 28, 2020

How 7 High-Performing CEOs Maintain Massive Momentum in Their Businesses

Ever wondered how high performers maintain momentum throughout the year? Here’s how these business leaders and advisors in The Oracles keep themselves and their teams motivated. Learn this important superpower Maintain momentum through osmosis. Our brains get...

byThe Oracles

September 4, 2019

4 Collaboration Tools That Help Entrepreneurs to Work Smarter

The modern-day entrepreneur is an expert in utilizing technology to manage and market themselves and their business. But there are simple, agile ways to streamline your focus and grow your company, as well. Collaboration tools...

byElaine Murray

March 21, 2019

Study Explores the Current State of American Small Business Owners

The early bird gets the worm. Nice guys finish last. You snooze, you lose. Sound familiar? As entrepreneurs, we’ve all been hardwired, to some extent, to believe that the more hours we put in and...

byKim Harris

May 18, 2018

This Sneaky Hack Saved Me $7000 (and Helped Me Build a Million Dollar Business)

I started my first company when I was six years old, selling fallen apples to keep the streets clean. I have always seen problems and created a solution, despite all the odds. So when it...

byCrystal Etienne

April 20, 2018

5 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make in the First Year (and How to Avoid Them)

The first year in any business will consist of some mistakes and a steep learning curve. The objective should be to react quickly to pitfalls that pop up along the way, but also to avoid...

byStuart McClure

April 16, 2018

4 IoT Devices That Can Help Your New Business Succeed

Predictions call for the introduction of billions of new Internet of Things, or IoT, devices in the next few years, but this might seem like nothing more than an interesting concept—and not one worth implementing...

byZach Wendt and Jeremy S. Cook

April 8, 2018

How to Prep Your Side Hustle to Become a Full-Time Business

For many entrepreneurs, there comes that inevitable moment where balancing a full-time job with a growing side hustle just can’t be done anymore. It is time to take the next step and transition out of...

byDeborah Sweeney

September 25, 2017

Work Smarter and Streamline Your Freelance Business with Apps

As the owner of a freelance videography company called Foster Creative, I’m a videographer, graphic designer, motion graphic animator and entrepreneur all in one. Having recently moved from the plains of Nebraska to the mountains...

bySteven Foster

August 26, 2017

Motivate Your Employees: 4 Creative Ways

Obviously, you hope to make your company's workforce as productive as possible. According to a recent study from the University of Warwick, you won't make your employees more productive by standing over them with the...

byJami Schwartz

February 9, 2017

Work Smarter: Top 8 Productivity Apps for Entrepreneurs

The importance of time for success Time is limited for everyone. Even if a person gives up sleep, eating and his or her personal life, he or she still only has 24 hours in a...

bySheza Gary

May 11, 2016