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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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6 Proven Ways of Building Customer Loyalty
A loyal, longtime customer is akin to fine wine: Producing it requires a considerable amount of work, and the aging process is where it truly pays off. Strong, lasting customer relationships help create a stable growth foundation. However, developing and nurturing them is no easy feat in a crowded marketplace.…
Why Nurturing Relationships With Other Entrepreneurs Is Vital
As an entrepreneur, nurturing relationships outside of that realm is important, but the same goes for nurturing business relationships. We have to find that balance. Being able to do so has been very rewarding for me. In the beginning, I didn't have other entrepreneurs to share my excitement, ideas, wins,…
How to Get Clients to Look For You — Not the Other Way Around
When I think of branding, my inner journalist relates the word to the concept of storytelling. Effective branding takes prospects on a journey where they fully understand what you do, why and how.Beyond that, a genuinely magnetic brand is polarizing and unique. The more magnetic a brand is, the less…
How Newsletters Are Providing a Unique Opportunity for Entrepreneurs
Exactly a month before my birthday, I challenged myself to launch a newsletter within 30 days. Without dedicating excessive time and effort, I launched Discovery Dose, a newsletter that helps you expand your general knowledge on various topics.This started as an experiment to confirm my analysis of the current entrepreneurial…
How to Turn “Likes” into Sales
Over the last decade, the burgeoning creator economy — which centers on individuals creating and monetizing digital content — has supercharged the growth of social commerce.The evolution of social media platforms making high-production value content, particularly video, more accessible has caused a boom in viewership. More consumers using social platforms…
How Founders Can Demonstrate their Founder-Market Fit to Investors
In the early stages, startups often lack impressive numbers to showcase their potential. That's why investors primarily examine the co-founding team to assess how likely they are to build a thriving company.In simpler terms, investors are looking for something called founder-market fit when the founders' skills, experience, and personal qualities…
What Are Summer Hours? | Entrepreneur
This story was originally reported on ReadWrite and Calendar.In an effort to attract and retain workers, employers offer nontraditional perks across various industries. It is not uncommon for companies to implement summer office hours, such as Fridays off or reduced work hours, in order to give their employees a break.…
Here’s the Best State and Worst State to Start Your Business
Roughly three in five Americans have had an idea for an entrepreneurial venture, according to a 2021 Zapier report — but a staggering 92% of them won't take the steps necessary to bring their vision to life.If you do want to start your own business (and avoid joining the latter…
Starting a New Venture? Don’t Make These Research Mistakes.
During challenging economic times like we face today, most smart entrepreneurs see both more opportunity and increased risk. So, when it comes to starting up a new business venture, it's more important than ever before to guide your decisions with data.But as a leader in the insights industry, I see…
Are These 10 TikTok Side Hustles Right For You?
Many TikTok side hustles promise big money for little effort, but do they work?To find out, I spoke with Daniella Flores, founder of ILikeToDabble.com. Daniella is a self-proclaimed side hustle queen who went from 0 to 12 income streams in 4 years, paying off over $40,000 of debt in the…
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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
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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…