October, 2017
Here's How to Impress Potential Investors and Get the Backing Your Business Needs
Most businesses fail. But, many of the businesses that will eventually fail are the same ones that ask investors and VCs for funding. As a result, many investors are wary of trusting a stranger or an unknown business with their money. They know the numbers, and they know that only special organizations will survive over time. In this [...]
5 Tricks to Instantly Connect With Any Sales Prospect
Old-school sales trainers love to tell salespeople that they need to build rapport with prospects. These gurus say things like, “Your prospects need to like you. People only buy from people they like.” This approach is not only shallow — it’s also completely untrue. People buy from those they trust and respect. If you can quickly [...]
Using Your Intellectual Property to Escape the 9-to-5
If you’re reading this article, then I assume you’re sick of the 9-to-5, you’ve read The 4-Hour Work Week, and you’re planning your escape from the cubicle. You’ve gone to every startup seminar and information session, dreamed up a slick-sounding name, read The Secret (in case you need it) and stuck some of [...]
Do Us All a Favor and Stop Saying These Words Around the Office
From “ping me” to “circle back,” there are certain phrases you hear around the office that make many of us cringe. But there are times you catch yourself using them too. While we’re all guilty of using some common office jargon, it might be time to rethink your choice of words. Because, hey — you don’t want to be that person known [...]
How My Life as a Prisoner's Wife Made Me an Entrepreneur
It only takes one act to change the course of someone’s life. In 2005, I stood behind my husband in a Pennsylvania courtroom and watched as my life changed instantly and forever when he was sentenced to prison for 12.5 to 25 years. For better or worse, I was now a married-single woman legally separated by the Department of [...]
When I Received a Perfect Sales Pitch Email, I Offered the Sender a Job
Sometimes it seems the only people who read my blog articles or LinkedIn posts are sales professionals. Within hours of publishing my thoughts on pretty much any professional issue, my inbox is greeted by a sales rep for a company in that space. The pitches all adhere to a similar structure: I found your post on [vaguely accurate [...]
How This Entrepreneur Created a Business by Solving a Problem She Faced Every Day
Melissa Mash noticed that her friends had difficulty finding a bag that could handle a diverse lifestyle. For example, a bag that looked professional often couldn’t carry workout clothes, and a workout bag simply didn’t fit into formal settings. As a result, Mash and her friends often took to carrying around two bags, which [...]
What Women Want – Business Opportunities for Women!
As part of a new series for women, every Friday, we’re posting a blog related to hot topics for women in business. We’re kicking it off with business opportunities for women. Got a particular topic you want us to cover? Let us know! It’s no shock that more and more women are taking the leap into entrepreneurship. This number is [...]
How I Regained My Time — and My Sanity — and Still Grew My Business
As entrepreneurs, especially if we are solo entrepreneurs running a business that makes money and has customers, we need to figure out how to optimize our time. It’s very easy to get into the “hustle mode,” to constantly be trying to do more with the time that we have. But, at the end of the day, we all only get 24 [...]
Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?
Shutterstock CEO Jon Oringer shares career insights and his entrepreneurial origins. Source link