Building a Business
8 Reasons Why Your Startup Will Fail
If you're thinking about starting your own business, avoid these dangers.
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Business News
How to Reject the Status Quo and Redefine Your Success
Tradition has value, but staying curious and carving your own path can make you more competitive in the long haul.
By Rob Cecil
Building a Business
The Tough Reality of Launching a Beauty Business
Almost anyone can launch a business, but surviving and thriving is a different story.
By Lynn Power
Marketing
How to Use SWOT Analysis to Strengthen Your Marketing Strategy
SWOT Analysis provides an effective and efficient way of measuring your marketing strategy's success.
By Ross Kernez
Thought Leaders
How Entrepreneurs Can Leverage an Executive Assistant For Success and Peace of Mind
As entrepreneurs, we are inundated with work and often don't get to complete many tasks on our to-do lists. While we can't compromise on the little sleep we get a night, we can hire an executive assistant to support us and become more productive.
Thought Leaders
Happy New Year’s Eve? Many Business Owners Think It’s The Worst Night of The Year. Here’s Why — And What I Told My Clients to Change Their Minds.
The New Year's Eve blues are real for some business owners, but the countdown to the new year doesn't have to evoke feelings of dread with this simple three-step plan.
By Gene Marks
Tech
Businesses are Struggling. This Technology is Set to Spark a Revolution for Business
Margins are narrowing, and a typical business doesn't have the same depth of resources to draw on to sustain itself through hard times.
By Alon Ghelber
Business Branding
You Won’t Have A Complete Business or Personal Brand Without This
Books remain the single greatest way to explain and demonstrate deep knowledge about complex subjects, issues, or expertise — all while building the author's credibility and brand.
By Scott Turman
Business News
Entrepreneurship is Risky. Follow This Less Risky Path For Entrepreneurial Success
Startups face extreme challenges, and many of them fail. Instead of struggling with a startup, become an entrepreneur through acquisition.
By Davis Smith
Human Resources
7 Tips to Manage a Fully Remote International Business
More and more companies are ditching local workspace costs and going completely global. Follow these tips to manage your fully remote company better.
By Max Azarov
Building a Business
3 Steps to Assemble the Right Infrastructure Building Blocks to Successfully Scale Your Business
Make sure your infrastructure roadmap includes everything you need to make your scale adventure an unmitigated success.
By Ross Denny
Business Plan
4 Strategies Entrepreneurs Must Follow to Mitigate the Risk of Failure
Launching a brand with the right risk-management strategies can prevent you from making some of the most common mistakes.
Building a Business
The 5 Step Process To Identify Risk and Improve Decision-Making
If you're thinking of starting a business or are already launching one and want to understand how to calculate business risk to improve your decision-making, this article is for you.
Building a Business
Having a Great Plan Isn’t Enough to Grow Your Business. Here’s What You Need to Focus on Instead.
Here's why simply having a plan to grow your business is not enough — and what you need to do to turn your plan into a reality.
By Doug Walner
Tech
3 Reasons to Add Technology to Your Non-Tech Business
Here are a few simple ways to take the fear out of technology and use it to your advantage.
Building a Business
Your Time is Money, Start Saving It By Outsourcing
Efficiency is critical for business growth. In today's dynamic business environment, there are numerous reasons to outsource your business functions to an expert.
By Eric Chin
Business News
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Building a Successful Business
Whether you're just starting or working towards your business goals for years, this guide will help you reach your full potential.
Buying a Franchise
Most Franchises Fail to Scale — But The Ones That Do Succeed All Have These 3 Essential Qualities in Common.
The success rate of franchise expansion is low. Beat the odds by harnessing these three franchising habits that are overwhelmingly present in franchises that succeed.
By John DeHart
Building a Business
Why Every High-Growth Startup Should Invest in This Key Process
This powerful process can drive a startup's decisions with actual data rather than opinions and biases, giving companies a higher chance of meeting users' needs and eventually succeeding.
By Lisa Dziuba
Business Plan
6 Ways Grief Can Transform Your Business and Mindset
Nothing puts things into perspective like the unexpected. Here are six lessons grief has taught me about my work and business.
Thought Leaders
If Your Strategic Plan Is Failing, You Might Want to Look in the Mirror
If all you're doing as a leader is putting out fires, then you're not making time for the fire prevention process of strategic planning — and you're losing numerous opportunities to build your organization.
By Eric Ryan
Building a Business
How To Create A High-Performing Strategic Plan
A high-performing strategic plan is the roadmap for your business and will help guide you through all kinds of decisions you'll be making.
Thought Leaders
8 Important Lessons From Leading Entrepreneurs
The secret to success in entrepreneurship is discipline.
Business News
3 Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer to Achieve Longterm Business Success
Answer these three questions to help run your business smoothly and increase profit.
Thought Leaders
5 Non-Negotiables When Building a Successful Art Business
Every day, artists make a living from their art -- without sacrificing their passion or their creativity. Following these five steps, you can build a successful art business that supports you and your creative spirit.
By Jodie King
Thought Leaders
How Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Project Managers
Project management teaches us many lessons that can be applied to running a business. Learn from these Project Management essentials.
By Jenny Karn
Building a Business
This Teacher and Mom Was Investigated by the Department of Education (Twice) for Being Too Good. She Used the Experience to Create a Million Dollar Business.
The CEO of Top Score Writing discusses how she founded her curriculum company and the lessons learned along the way.
By Jessica Abo