Thought Leaders
Why ‘Big Risk, Big Reward’ Is a Myth
The notion that entrepreneurs have to risk everything to be successful is nonsense.
By Steve Tobak
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Building a Business
Are Entrepreneurs an Endangered Species? 3 Safeguards to Ensure You’re Not Next.
The middle class is withering away and financing is difficult to secure. But that doesn't mean entrepreneurs should abandon their dreams and stick to safer routes.
By Per Bylund
Building a Business
How Entrepreneurs Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
Countless entrepreneurs, from Richard Branson to Mark Zuckerberg, have professed the importance of pushing yourself past your "comfort zone."
Building a Business
7 Low-Tech Ways to Really Boost Your Productivity
Improve your mindset with a deep breath, a step back and these methods to move past your stress issues.
By Sherry Gray
Entrepreneurs
5 Life Lessons Your Kid Will Learn as a Young Entrepreneur
Experience is the best teacher. Early business ventures build children's capacity to balance risks, overcome challenges as they work toward goals and cope with the disappointment of failure.
By Deep Patel
Building a Business
Creative Destruction: Move Fast and Break Things
Speed is the key to entrepreneurial success. Here's why, when and how to press Go!
Building a Business
3 Ways Doing Your Day Job Well Helps Launch Your Dream Business
Handling your 9-to-5 like a champ will improve the success rate of your startup.
By Mike Taylor
Thought Leaders
7 Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Skydiving More Than Once
Jumping out of an airplane only seems less risky than starting a business.
By Gerard Adams
Thought Leaders
Is Your Best Self an Entrepreneur or a Worker Bee?
The answer lies equally in what drives you and how you relate to others.
Thought Leaders
8 Characteristics Shared by the ‘Shark Tank’ Team
Don't be afraid of failure. Embrace it, learn from it, and move on.
By John Rampton
Thought Leaders
10 Traits of Highly Creative Achievers
People who think big and work hard to create something no one else has imagined are not worried they will be misunderstood as weird or crazy.
Building a Business
4 Risky Marketing Ideas That Paid Off
When was the last time your business took a risk?
Building a Business
Why You Should Embrace Your Inner Amateur
Fear of making mistakes is crippling your progress.
Thought Leaders
Stumped? Ways 3 Companies Boost Creativity
Routine can be a creativity killer. These three companies break the cycle.
Thought Leaders
Entrepreneurship is a Game of Calculated Risk
Calculated, or intelligent, risks, give an entrepreneur various options to approach problems.
By Gerard Adams
Building a Business
To Grow, This Home Stager Said ‘Yes,’ and Figured It Out Later
Screenwriter Meridith Baer began a home staging business by diving in before she'd nailed down the details.
Building a Business
Habits Won’t Make You Successful
Daily habits won't help you succeed at anything, except maybe becoming a robot.
By Steve Tobak
Thought Leaders
A Simple Rule That Could Change Your Life (and How You Buy Books)
Evidence that finding even one solid idea in a book makes the purchase price completely worth it.
By Robert Allen
Thought Leaders
How to Overcome 5 Excuses That Kill Entrepreneurship
Sometimes what's stopping you is you: Telling the difference between caution and fear, between addressing risks and making them up.
By Ravin Gandhi
Buying a Franchise
How a Big Birthday Inspired One Man to Become a Franchisee
Tim Huels took a risk, and it paid off. Here's how he did it.
Business Accounting
Hey, Everyone! Let’s Waste Some Money!
How about establishing a 'waste money' fund for that unexpected business opportunity that just might pan out?
By Jeff Shavitz
Business News
Why Risk-Takers Make the Big Bucks
Apple's Tim Cook has never launched a company, yet he is a far bigger risk taker than many who revel in calling themselves entrepreneurs.
By Steve Tobak
Thought Leaders
The 5 Characteristics of True Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs aren't like everyone else.
Thought Leaders
9 Lessons Explorers Can Teach You From Their Impossible Expeditions
Draw inspiration from stuntmen, aviators, mountain climbers and other opportunists who conquered against the odds.
By Adam Toren
Thought Leaders
Why You Must Embrace the Danger of Adventure to Lead Effectively
To live wondering "what if I had…?" is far more excruciating than any of the perils you'll face in your adventure.
Building a Business
5 Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Risk-Taking
Focus on the known factors when you can, accept ambiguities -- and understand that failure is never the end of the road.
By Larry Alton
Thought Leaders
4 Ways Documenting the Journey Has Become More Popular Than Celebrating the Outcome
Social media is all about demonstrating the work -- not just glorifying successes.