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Gina Alexander Shares Business Mistakes and Lessons Learned

Custom Bag Entrepreneur Shares Mistakes and Lessons Learned

Question: What do you get when you combine serendipity with hard work and dedication? Answer: A booming small business that made $1.4 million in its first year and has been growing strong ever since, for 19 amazing years. More specifically, I’m referring to my latest interview guest, Gina Alexander, an LA-based designer who has created a...

Founder of Perfect Tux Shares His Big E-Commerce Success Tips

Founder of Perfect Tux Shares His Big E-Commerce Success Tips

When you think of serial entrepreneurship, you most likely think of individuals who launch business after business, logically working their way up from one company to the next. However, there are some who have taken a less traditional approach to entrepreneurship and still found themselves going toe-to-toe with those that stayed on the well-beaten...

Smart Hustle Awards

Smart Hustle Magazine is looking for that person who most represents and deserves to be recognized as a Smart Hustler - to be awarded The Smart Hustle Award. The small business owner or the entrepreneur who thrives in challenges, overcomes difficulties, always learns, appreciates feedback, helps others. The Smart Hustle Award is for that individual who...

Salesforce Introduces Einstein High Velocity Sales Cloud

Salesforce, the world's #1 CRM company and Intelligent Customer Success Platform, today delivered the future of sales with Einstein High Velocity Sales Cloud. Einstein High Velocity Sales Cloud brings together the industry’s leading sales productivity app and the latest advancements in AI to empower sales reps to succeed in the digital era. Fueled by...

Successful 12-Year Old Beverage Entrepreneur Shares Her Best Business Tips

Successful 12-Year Old Beverage Entrepreneur Shares Her Best Business Tips

Would you follow business tips from a 12-year-old? What if I told you that 12-year-old has her own company, scored a $60K investment from Daymond John on Shark Tank, landed a contract with Whole Foods, secured a multimillion dollar expanded distribution deal with United Natural Foods, and has received endless awards, honors, and publicity? Intrigued? Now that...

Boxed CEO Chieh Huang Shares Tips to Go from Garage Startup to Acquisition

Boxed CEO Chieh Huang Shares Tips to Go from Garage Startup to Acquisition

Having recently met Boxed CEO and co-founder Chieh Huang at an American Express event, I was surprised by the wealth of practical and incredibly useful knowledge he had acquired while growing his company. We briefly discussed that journey from startup to acquisition, as well as some of the mindsets and approaches he has adopted...

The Rapid Growth Guy Shares Tips on Finding Your Niche and Building a Sales Machine

The Rapid Growth Guy Shares Tips on Finding Your Niche and Building a Sales Machine

Many small business owners have dreams of rapid growth; that point when your product or service takes off and your profits soar. Perhaps you fantasize about becoming a millionaire, the next Facebook, or THE name that comes to mind when your industry is mentioned. These are the types of goals that we most often associate...

website basics

Why Neglecting Website Basics Can Significantly Impact Business Sales

If you are running a small business and selling online or driving traffic to your brick-and-mortar, you know how important an effective website can be. Great design is important, but all too often businesses neglect website basics, which can significantly impact business sales. A recent report from Vistaprint Digital reveals what consumers expect from...