Everything you need to know about setting up, managing and growing small businesses. Veterans, as well as newbies share their stories and valuable lessons.
For me, time is a precious resource and I know I am not alone. It’s easy to get overwhelmed and not take the time to connect with suppliers and customers. This week, in the midst of a grueling work schedule, I decided to show up at a trade show in Chicago (a three-hour drive from […]
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Derek Ting, CEO, TextNow Everyone is talking about disruptors – companies or individuals that are identifying a gap in an industry and filling it in a new or unique way. This is the very nature of business success since the beginning. Still, people always ask me if I set out to disrupt the traditional wireless
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Shari Levitin, Author, Speaker & CEO, Shari Levitin Group 1. Go for the standing ovation every time. The ultimate downfall for most business people is their inability to handle rejection. But if you’re going to make it as an entrepreneur, you have to be able to take rejection… lots of it. My mentor told me
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Ask any small business person about the challenges they face and at least one of them will be access to capital. In simple terms M-O-N-E-Y. Often no one wants to lend you money when you need it. When you don’t need it, everyone wants to lend you money. Another issue is the paperwork and complexity
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If you want to know about the major issues facing small business a new survey by the National Small Business Association makes it clear. The top two are ones that I know well; the cost of healthcare and the amount of time I spend just trying to figure out regulations. When I testified in Washington,
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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts – Aristotle. What will make your life whole? What does this equation look like? The whole of your life done well makes for exponential happiness. Its greater than the sum of its parts! Take for example the great Steve Jobs. He achieved amazing success in
In communication the number three is an important number. From childhood we remember Ready, Set, Go, the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, and breakfast, lunch and dinner. So it should come as no surprise that my most recent CEO lessons came in a series of three. CEO’s are different than you and me. While
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Chip R. Bell, Author, Kaleidoscope: Delivering Innovative Service That Sparkles As grandparents, my wife and I are in the middle of brainstorming cool presents for our three granddaughters. Over the Thanksgiving holidays, we asked them for suggestions. The 10 and 12 year olds took a clipboard and made a list, complete with brand names and
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This time of year many are focused on the holidays, giving gifts to special customers and rewarding employees for the past year. I would suggest that this is the time to put something else on your “list”- a gift to your company. As we close out the year, here are some suggestions for things you
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Leadership has been the tip of everyone’s tongue of the last decade. From convention keynoters, to coaches, to political pundits, everyone insists they want a cadre of leaders to carry out their mission. So for all the talk, techniques, training, and tips on the leadership topic, you’d think managers, executives, and professionals at all levels
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