Longtime Seattle business writer Carol Tice has written for Entrepreneur, Forbes, Delta Sky and many more. She writes the award-winning Make a Living Writing blog. Her new ebook for Oberlo is Crowdfunding for Entrepreneurs.
The new year is often a time of professional excitement and optimism. But for some, it's merely a restarting of the hamster wheel, which can make it the hardest time of the year.
My company's biggest breakthroughs came not from technology or capital, but from building a team rooted in ownership, curiosity and trust that competitors couldn't copy.