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Your Guide to Gaining a Competitive Edge and Succeeding as an Entrepreneur Over the Next 5 Years
As an entrepreneur, you must stay ahead and anticipate the future. To do this, you must refine your current skills and understand successful business practices while sharpening the most important skills you should master in the next five years.From recognizing potential opportunities to adapting quickly to change and maximizing resources for growth, you'll be better equipped to take your business…
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Once Homeless Single Mom Started Making Millions Online
Mimi G. Ford, founder of online sewing school SewItAcademy.com, developed her love of sewing as a child visiting her dad in Puerto Rico every summer. She would watch, mesmerized, as her seamstress aunt transformed "yards of fabric into gorgeous dresses." Ford started using the scraps to sew clothes for her…
Why Corporate Social Responsibility Matters in Executive Decision-Making
Here's a reality that can't be denied: The notion of corporate success is being radically reshaped. The financial bottom line is no longer seen as the sole measure of a company's achievement. In today's connected, hyper-transparent world, there's a growing call on CEOs and leaders to create sustainable, measurable value…
3 Overlooked Strategies to Help You Succeed on TikTok
1.7 billion users can't be wrong. TikTok's short-form video and swipe style has been proven to spark and keep people's interest. And while the platform is synonymous with fun challenges, dances and lip-syncs, it increasingly represents a powerful platform for professionals to share and consume information.TikTok emerged as an entertainment…
I Believe, Therefore I Can — How to Build the Self-Efficacy You Need to Start Your Own Business
Why do you think so many people don't own their own business? It's hard, there are challenges, and this fact is undeniable. You may even be thinking to yourself that these challenges are ones only certain people can tackle. You know, the kinds of people who excelled all through high…
Why HR Might Be Holding Your Business Back
A while back, I went through the talent strategies for a dozen companies across numerous sectors and came to a frustrating conclusion: It was hard to tell them apart, fueled as they were by nostrums like "reduce turnover," "improve engagement" and "increase diversity."Increasingly, it's a challenge to tell the industry…
How to Utilize Exclusive Rights and Use Clauses in Commercial Real Estate
As an entrepreneur navigating the world of commercial real estate, you may encounter the terms "use clause" and "exclusive rights" embedded in retail lease contracts. Understanding these can make a significant difference in shaping the scope and success of your business. This article explores these concepts and why they're critical…
What Is A ‘Lazy Girl Job?’ New Trend Explodes on TikTok
The newest TikTok trend might be something that everyone can get behind.Enter the era of the "lazy girl job," a mindset where you set aside professional passion for a job that only requires a basic, clock-in, clock-out effort — and none of it is taken home with you. TikTok user…
10 Strategies to Hiring Your Dream Team
The founding team lays the foundation for culture, processes and norms that will shape a company for years to come. With limited resources and high uncertainty in the early days, startups must maximize the collective intelligence, energy and motivation of their people. This requires forming a team of the right…
5 Hard Lessons I Learned As a Budding Entrepreneur
Just before my 18th birthday, I decided to start a business selling mail-order rock-climbing gear. I can still clearly remember the first day I drove to my Post Office Box (yes, this was before the internet) and found orders with checks attached (yes, people used to mail checks). Wait, I…
Tap Into Boundless Success Potential With These Remote Business Ideas
The world of work has undergone a significant shift due to the global pandemic. More and more people are realizing the boundless potential of remote work and the opportunities it presents for entrepreneurs.From the comfort of your own home, it is now possible to start and manage a thriving online…
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Creative Ways Startups Can Earn Funding in Tough Economic Times
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
I Asked AI to Create a Plan for a Fake Company — The Results Blew Me Away, But Not in the Way You Might Think
With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about…
Ideas To Transform You From Good To Better To Best
A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
5 Crucial Challenges Startups Must Overcome
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…