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Smart Hustlers are constantly on the go and often invest most of their time and energy in their work. Use these pieces of tips and advice to help maintain a healthy work / life balance.

By Levi KingLifestyle

President Donald J. Trump’s Effect on Small Business

Bloomberg reports a remarkable rise in confidence among American small business owners since the presidential election. Record numbers of companies “plan to increase investment and keep hiring, which reflects optimism surrounding Donald Trump’s plans of spurring the economy through deregulation, tax reform, and infrastructure spending.” It’s encouraging to see optimism among the small business community,...

By Ramon RayLifestyle

3 Biggest Potholes on the Road to Small Business Success

The road to small business success is unpaved. You can expect bumps along the way, winding curves, and very few road signs to guide your direction. However, if you can avoid the major potholes then you just might make it out with a rewarding career that brings you both pride and profit. No one understands...

By Deborah Oster PannellLifestylelifestyle

Working at Home: The Survival Guide

This article is geared towards the entrepreneur who works from home. You might be a parent who needs to be there for your kids at certain times of the day, or maybe you are disabled, and working out of your home is the most practical or only possible option. Or maybe you’re just someone...

By Ramon RayLifestylelifestyle, networking

Not Networking? Why These 3 Excuses Don’t Cut It

As small business owners, we are constantly reminded about the importance of networking: that the connections we make today just may become the business partners, clients, or customers of tomorrow. But that doesn’t make networking any easier or any more enjoyable. Much like eating your vegetables, knowing what you should do is quite different from...

By Ramon RayLifestyle, Your Smart Hustlebusiness interview, Interview, lifestyle, Smart Hustle Interviews

Finding Meaning and Mission in Your Entrepreneurial Career

Do you know what your mission and purpose are? According to our latest interview guest, writer and speaker Valorie Burton, it is vital for entrepreneurs to get clear about their own personal mission first, after which that mission can be channeled into meaningful business success. Valorie’s story will probably sound familiar. After graduating from the...

By Ramon RayLifestyle

The Golden Age of Small Business: 5 Trends Boosting Small Business Competitiveness

We are living in the Golden Age of Small Business, according to the QuickBooks Future of Small Business report, released in October 2016 by Intuit. The study, conducted in partnership with Emergent Research, examined five trends that will help small businesses compete against larger companies in the next decade. They have also forecasted accelerated growth...

By Michael MelfiLifestylelifestyle

6 Steps to Entrepreneurial Success in 2017

Entrepreneurial success is created through the right mindset, behaviors, and habits. It is through these efforts entrepreneurs innovate, pivot, and excel in transforming the business landscape. So what are the keys to being successful as an entrepreneur? How do you create the results that are seen in people like Elon Musk, Sara Blakely, David Heinemeier...

By Ella RuckerLifestylelifestyle

The Myth of the Self-Made Millionaire

I am in several Facebook groups, and something has hit me like a Mack Truck. The default in most entrepreneurs thinking is that they have to do it alone. Here’s the scenario: There’s an idea in a group, and everyone thinks it is the next big thing. Everyone in the group talks about their struggles...

By Ramon RayLifestylelifestyle

Why I Didn’t Make a Million Dollars This Year

This time last year I chose my Word of the Year, a phrase that would capture my theme or focus for 2016. The word I chose was more of a phrase really. My Word of the Year was “a milli,” short for a million, as in “I will make a million dollars this year.”...

By Adrian MillerLifestylemindset

Why I Start My Day at 5 AM (and Why You Should Too!)

Are you a morning person? Are you “up-and-at-em”? You know, the kind of person that springs out of bed when it is still dark outside and are ready to take on the world by 5 AM? Full confession: I am that person. Except for my teenage years, when rising before 1 PM seemed impossible, I...