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Tips for Self-Published Authors
Self-published authors need to acquire an entrepreneurial mindset. By mid-2014, self-published authors began taking home the bulk of all ebook author earnings generated on Amazon.com, while authors published by all of the Big Five publishers – Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster – combined [...]
4 Essentials for Growing an On-Demand Company
Join us in Miami, Chicago or Denver for our Accelerate Your Business event series kicking off in February. Discover solutions to optimize team performance, improve company productivity, and position your business for continued success. See dates and details » The “On-Demand” industry is exploding: one can hail a citizen driver almost [...]
A Great Wood-Fired Earthen Hot Tub
We just completed an amazing hot tub project that is already drastically improving the quality of our lives. It’s a wonderful combination of fire, earth, water, and metal. There are few pleasures in life, I think, as luxurious as bathing in large quantities of hot water. Like naps, hot water makes me a better person. I relax, I breathe, [...]
Three Ways Startups Lose Money
Everybody has to start somewhere. It doesn’t matter if you are Google, Adidas or Apple, your roots were planted as a startup business. Like all these businesses, you start on a relatively level playing field, with an idea. The next step is getting funding and investments, to help that idea grow. However, this is where problems arise, as [...]
Lori Greiner of Shark Tank
Lori Greiner started with one idea and turned it into a multi-million dollar international brand. She is now regarded as one of the most prolific inventors of retail products, having created over 400 products, and holds 120 U.S. and international patents. A well-known celebrity personality on QVC-TV, Greiner has hosted her own show, [...]
Bevinco App Manages Liquor Inventory
Bevinco, the bar inventory experts, today announces its new Bevinco Mobile inventory app for the iOS platform. For more than 25 years, the company has provided the hospitality industry with leading inventory management software and now, for the first time, has scaled it for mobile use. With an extensive database of more than 30,000 [...]
Homemade Garden Shed
I have a new homemade garden shed and I love it! I could have had one years ago if I wanted to buy a pre-fab one or put one up made of plywood. If that’s the way to go for you, know that I’m not criticizing that and you have my blessing. It just wasn’t what I wanted. My garden tools and supplies were stored in three places on our [...]
Eight Things You Need to Know About Money
You’re Earning It; Here’s How to Keep It Money: It’s a part of our lives from the first day Mommy tucks lunch money into our backpacks until we finally shuffle off this mortal coil. How much of the stuff we manage to earn, how much of it we save, what we do with it — these things will help to determine how successful we will be in [...]
Why Brick and Mortar Is Here to Stay
Join us in Miami, Chicago or Denver for our Accelerate Your Business event series kicking off in February. Discover solutions to optimize team performance, improve company productivity, and position your business for continued success. See dates and details » We live in a digital world, where technology is more pervasive and becomes a [...]
Chalkboard Wall for Your Child's Room
Children’s bedrooms are areas of the home where you can truly let your creativity take over. However, while you could transform this space into a dream come true for your kids, many kids’ bedrooms unfortunately are rather dull and boring. This simple, affordable, do-it-yourself project can be just the flare of improvement [...]