Judd Hollas, Founder & Chief Inventor, EquityNet The crowdfunding industry is gaining serious momentum, and with the implementation of Title III of the JOBS Act coming up next year, entrepreneurs will soon have many more options when it comes to fundraising. Title III will allow many Americans who are not considered high-net-worth individuals to invest in […]
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Shannon Waller Would you like to have a Self-Managing Company? Even though I haven’t said what a “Self-Managing Company” is, I bet you can picture what that would mean for you—and you want one! As a business leader, you took the risks of starting a company, building the organization, and working out how to create
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Greta Schulz, Sales Consultant There is a glass sitting on a table with water filled halfway up the glass. Some see the glass half full, some half empty. Which is correct? Neither. Both. This old saying is a terrific illustration of seeing things through your own filter. Most things in life are subjective, merely subjective.
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Chip R. Bell What would an Easter egg hunt be like if the location of all the eggs were clearly marked with a red flag? How would you like receiving a birthday present without any wrapping or colorful bow to open…just a Post-it note on the box with a handwritten: “Thought you’d like this dark
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Ron West, author of “Corporate Caterpillars: How to Grow Wings” By the time most business leaders utter those immortal words “you’re fired” they are usually massively relieved. It is often said that no leader ever wishes they had waited before firing an employee. Most wish they had done it much sooner. But does it really
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Jeremy Kingsley It’s a uniquely American success story. A Louisiana guy who liked to hunt and work with his hands set up a shop in his shed, then discovered he could make a good living selling his handmade duck calls. One of his children had a talent for business, got a degree and took over
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Brad Smith, Executive VP, Customer Experience, Sage North America If you’ve been watching the news lately, you’ve probably seen that big box retailers are already slashing their prices in anticipation for Black Friday, and with good reason: shaky consumer confidence has many people on edge heading into this holiday season – businesses big and small
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Bill Clerico I was born in the 1980s – the height of trickle down economics and Gordon Gekko – a time when the people and corporations who controlled the money and economics did it from the tops down. Today, while most of the money remains in the hands of the richest 1% of Americans, technology
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David Martin and Kathy Quinn Successful growth initiatives require an organizational shift at two levels, above and below the surface level. Even something as seemingly obvious as prioritizing the customer in an organization where this has not historically been the case demands more than a detailed list of new customer-centric processes. Processes, which are the visible, above
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Annie Tsai The technology takeover is here. As a small business owner, you know you can’t fight it anymore. Whether you’re excited, apprehensive, or both, you’ve decided that the best thing for your business is to get tapped into the opportunities available to you online. But where do you even start? From building your own website
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