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by Romy Newman
It's always flattering when people ask me how I manage having a startup and also being the mother of two young kids. To be honest, it's rarely smooth or easy.
But if I ever manage to make it look that way, it's because:
I've managed to build a good facade.
I love my work and my kids so...
When I was leaving my well paid job to set up Welcome BE, some thought I was making a huge mistake.
I had been a dedicated corporate workhorse for 14 years, how would I manage without the blinkers that had led me to the heights of "career success"? How would I deal with... freedom?
Entrepreneurship is like having your first child....
By Ami Kassar
Over the past few years, as I have slowly, steadily and cautiously built my loan advisory company, MultiFunding, there have many sleepless nights where I have questioned my approach.
You see, all around me, many of my peers were choosing to build their companies at lightning speed. My approach has been and continues to be contrary. Fellow entrepreneurs were...
by Ed McLaughlin
Without going the crowdfunding or venture capital route.
The following is an excerpt from Ed McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker’s new book The Purpose Is Profit (Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2016), which recounts how, after quitting his high-level corporate job, McLaughlin started a thriving business that was eventually acquired by a Fortune 100 company. A serial entrepreneur, McLaughlin is...
by Rob Marvin
Happy Halloween, startup Opens a New Window. entrepreneurs! Another month brings with it a new slate of newly tested products from the PCMag Labs that can help you streamline business processes, be more productive, and improve your bottom line. November's startup tools span everything from laptops, routers, and storage to benefits administration Opens a New Window....
By David Finkel
Here are the 7 habits the world's most successful entrepreneurs have cultivated that allow them to consistently achieve, earn, and enjoy more.
Build blocks of time in which to create value.
Most business owners allow their time to be "sliced" to death. They have 5 minutes to focus on a project before an email interrupts them. Then they move...
by Danny Bartlett
Let’s face it: Tech start-ups are the rockstars of today.
Where once youngsters would model themselves on Jim Morrison or John Lennon, the kids of today are more likely to idolise Mark Zuckerberg or Daniel Ek. When I was at school the dream was to be headlining Glastonbury – now it’s to create something in your bedroom and...
By Entrepreneurs' Organization
Rusty Shelton, an Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) member from Austin, is president of Advantage Marketing and co-author of Mastering the New Media Landscape: Embrace the Micromedia Landscape. We asked Rusty about what he has learned during his entrepreneurial journey - here's what he had to say.
Entrepreneurship is a lot like a demanding professor: She can be unfair and will...
By Kevin Daum
Every entrepreneur has a great idea in their mind and looks to be a disruptive, innovative force in the marketplace. If it were easy, the startup failure rates would be well below 90 percent. There are many reasons for entrepreneurial failure-a poor business model, bad hiring, and ineffective execution are only some of the challenges. These difficulties are...
Zig Ziglar born on November 6, 1926, died on November 28, 2012, was a famous American author, a perfect salesperson, and an influential motivational speaker.
His best-selling books are
See You at the Top
Zig Ziglar’s Secrets of Closing the Sale
Over the Top
Born to Win: Find Your Success Code
Selling 101: What Every Successful Sales Professional Needs to...