February, 2018
How Startup Businesses Can Easily Avoid Financial Instability
Depending on the source, anywhere from three quarters to ninety percent of startups fail in the first few years. And the clear majority of them fail due to financial mistakes, whether they improperly price their product or spend all of their financial reserves before they reach the market. Here are a few tips on how startup businesses [...]
Tips for Small Business Saturday 2017
This year, Small Business Saturday 2017 will be on the 25th of November. That means in 10 days, your business will be overflowing with customers wanting to buy everything in their sight! Small Business Saturday is a true gift to small business owners. It was started in 2010 by America Express as a method to recognize small businesses on [...]
7 Ways to Be 'On' Even When You're Totally Exhausted
I spent the past week representing my company at two different trade shows. I am exhausted. The entire time I was out there, I had to be “on” while enduring the basic conference schedule: up early for a breakfast, catch a seminar, talk to potential partners/customers at our booth instead of eating lunch, chat at coffee break [...]
top 50 home-based
It’s 2017, and more than two-thirds of new business owners are women. This is a huge advancement for women. Less than a century ago, women were only seen as household attendants and caretakers for children. Fast forward to the present day, and more women are running Fortune 500 companies, graduating with medical and law degrees, and [...]
Scale Your Values to Scale Your Business
I always get asked, “What is the best way to scale my business?” Even by my business coaching clients. Based on my experience, scaling a business through values will help to achieve sustainable growth, in any industry. Value-based companies should start with understanding their core values and how to scale those values before [...]