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5 tips to get your outstanding invoices paid before Christmas
Christmas is approaching, and the best present you can give your business is healthy cashflow!Late payments are a widespread problem for small businesses: according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), on average, 30% of payments are late.Christmas can be a useful deadline for chasing outstanding invoices and if you do it right, you’ll avoid starting the New Year with…
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5 Books Every Small Business Owner Should Read
While there are many "small business 101" courses online, few capture the nuances and complexity of running a small business from scratch. You might learn the essentials (like how to file for an LLC or…
Mikayla Nogueira shares her Point of View
Armed with colorful makeup palettes and a Boston accent, Mikayla Nogueira has built her personal brand on being memorable.The beauty influencer has amassed more than 16 million followers on TikTok and 3 million on Instagram…
Business grants for the unemployed
As an unemployed aspiring entrepreneur, it can feel as though there’s little financial support available to help you start up a business.Banks scrutinise your credit history before loaning you a small business grant, while investors…
7 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Special Operations Training
Some of the best business lessons don't come from the boardroom — they come from experiences that push you to the edge. My journey began in Shayetet 13, Israel's elite naval commando unit, often regarded…
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How to Balance Passion With Purpose for Long-Term Business Success
I recently secured my first three partnerships for the hairbrush case I created. I was able to secure these partnerships…
Best Buy partners with Meta on ads business
First Best Buy sold plasma TVs. Now it’s selling Facebook ads.Last week, the electronics retailer announced a tool called Social+…
Former 911 Dispatcher’s Side Hustle Earns Over $4k a Month
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Marisa Risden, 32, of Denver, Colorado. Risden has built a flexible, thriving business completing…
Clinton Sparks: Here’s How I Made Millions in 20 Minutes
We live in a world where people want success faster than ever. We read stories every day about people who…
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How ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ rewrote the indie movie marketing playbook
The year 2004 was memorable for many reasons: Ken Jennings’s 74-game Jeopardy! winning streak, the introduction of Gmail, the founding of Facebook, Nipplegate. It was also the year you could see Napoleon Dynamite free of charge in theaters, over and over again, before the movie was released.The screenings, held nationwide,…
She Grew Her Side Hustle 1000% In 8 Months After Developing This ‘Stealth Mode’ Strategy
Becoming a successful entrepreneur doesn't have to mean betting everything. Hilary Hoffman knows this firsthand. After leaving her career in finance, she set a bold goal: grow her workout platform, SotoMethod, into a profitable business. In just eight months, she scaled her side hustle by 1,000% by using a "stealth…
How to Get Your Employees to Take Ownership
There's a big difference between an employee completing tasks and one taking full ownership of their work. One is engaged, and the other is invested. An engaged employee meets expectations, follows instructions and completes the job. An invested employee looks beyond the task, asks why it matters and seeks ways…
How This Entrepreneur Turned Athlete Podcasts Into a $25 Million Machine
Being a high-profile professional athlete means living under constant scrutiny, with a billion-dollar industry built around analyzing your every move. From tabloids to talk shows to tweets, sports content is almost impossible to escape.Have a bad game? Certain media members are licking their lips. A playoff dud? You'll be dodging…
How Facebook lost its groove
The social media juggernaut famously founded in a Harvard dorm room in 2004 can finally buy beer.Over the last quarter-century, Facebook, which turned 21 on February 4, has evolved from a social networking tool for college students and a place to poke your middle school crush into a social media…
Teen With Cerebral Palsy Starts Business Making $5M a Year
As a young teen, Drew Davis got really into hot sauce.Davis, who has cerebral palsy, weighed 300 pounds at age 14, and doctors said he'd be bedridden by 18 if he didn't make a major lifestyle change. The low-calorie condiment, along with other dietary adjustments, helped him lose 150 pounds…
These Are the 3 Hidden Forces That Shape Startup Success — and How to Embrace Them
Building a startup isn't about chasing certainty — it's about learning to thrive in the unknown. Growth, risk and opportunity collide at every turn, creating a dynamic that's as exhilarating as it is precarious. Fragility, momentum and reinvestment aren't just forces at play; they're defining elements of the entrepreneurial journey.My…
Consumers paying for streaming aren’t expecting ad breaks: report
Ad breaks might come as a jump scare to consumers who are shelling out for streaming subscriptions.Nearly 80% of consumers “expect to see no ads at all” if they’re paying for a streaming service, according to new research from free streaming service Tubi and The Harris Poll. Around the same…
6 Founders On the Debate Over Returning to the Office
These days, where to work is like a choose your own adventure journey! Some businesses are staying fully remote, some are having their employees return to the office full-time, and some are landing somewhere in the middle with a hybrid model. There are tradeoffs and benefts to any arrangement, as…
Mom’s $600 Kids’ Toy Side Hustle Is Now a 7-Figure Business
It's the era of the side hustle, and if you've ever considered starting one to earn some extra cash outside of your 9-5, you're in good company. These days, more than one-third of U.S. adults have side hustles, and their supplemental gigs make an average of $891 a month, according…
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Taxes on Side Hustle Income: Do You Have to File a Return?
Thirty-six percent of U.S. adults have a side hustle, and if you're one of them,…
Ben & Jerry’s isn’t backing down from its online or offline activism
Come for the ice cream, stay for the activism.That’s been Ben & Jerry’s ethos since…
10 Ways Continuous Learning Can Take You From a Good Leader to a Great One
If you've taken the leap into entrepreneurship, you've probably felt the highs of big dreams…
Balancing Leadership With Speed and Stability Is the Key to Growing Your Company
In today's hyper-competitive business environment, disruptive technologies and shifting market forces demand that leaders make…
Jo Malone’s Negotiation and Leadership Success Tips
Serial entrepreneur Jo Malone is no stranger to the art of negotiation and leadership after…