[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Shark Tank is awesome. Millions of us watch each week as the entrepreneurs brave the glare of the studio lights and the 5 sharks. It's great entertainment, but more so, it's chock full of great lessons for entrepreneurs, professionals and everyone in between. At #GROWCO15, INC magazines three day event for entrepreneurs,...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] How many passwords do you have? If you’re like most business owners, the answer is “too many.” In the course of a month, the average individual visits over 25 different password-protected websites. That’s a lot of information to remember. To make it simpler, some people use the same password for multiple sites;...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]The road to success for every small business entrepreneur is littered with challenges and roadblocks, which if not handled with the right mental 'grit' can lead to failure. What inspires us most, is the wisdom we gather from those who have already traveled down that road and managed their way around...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]About 10 minutes after landing in Austin, TX for SXSW, I met Dimitrios Kourtesis, CEO and Co-founder of retail video engagement curation platform GoodVidio. GoodVidio is a product that helps online retailers engage and convert their customers, by improving their product pages with high-quality video content that has already been put on social...
Hustle In the Hood: Small Businesses in High Crime Areas Face More Challenges Last night someone rammed their SUV into the fence and security booth of my church in Newark, NJ. Thankfully no one was hurt. This is just one of a string of challenges that have occurred to our church (and members) over the...
10 Simple Ways to Effectively Use Social Content from Guy Kawasaki and Peg Fitzpatrick - SXSW 2015 Social content marketing can be confusing if you want it to be. However, there are some pretty simple ways to use social media as an effective tool for branding, awareness, marketing and more. Guy Kawasaki and social ninja...
4 Reasons Office Design Is Important for Productivity As a small business entrepreneur we have a number of things to always be thinking of, such as marketing, hiring and finances. One slightly overlooked area, which is also very important to consider, is how our offices (home or otherwise) are designed. Afterall, it's where we spend a good...
ArborBridge Co-founders Share Three Things To Do When Your Market Is Dominated By Giants It can be difficult in today's competitive business space to rise above all the noise so your product or service can be discovered and heard. It becomes even more difficult when you are not one of the dominate players in your...
Study Shows Small Business Entrepreneurs Don't Aspire To Be Like Uber There's lots of focus on the typical entrepreneur being one who just wants to have a 10x valuation and work with Venture Capitalists all day. While this is GOOD, a study by Xero finds that entrepreneurs often want much more. While Uber and Airbnb have been...
Last week I had a flight to Phoenix, from Newark. This was on a Sunday night in the midst of some snow, sleet and other inclement weather. Unfortunately, I and other passengers experienced canceled flights, delayed flights and lots of frustrations. It's times of intense frustration where you can see the attitude of people really...
