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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 Ramon RayLifestyle

New Year’s Business Resolutions From Some of the Smart Hustle Community Members

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Every year – sometime in December – folks start the tradition of deciding on a New Year’s Resolution. For many it’s how to better themselves, personally, in the New Year. Drop 10 pounds, run a marathon, spend more time volunteering – these are some of the typical resolutions we all hear...

By Brittany DowLifestyle

5 Fantastic Ways Small Business Owners Can Relieve Stress

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]As an entrepreneur you probably have had friends or former colleagues say, “You're so lucky to be doing your own thing”. Yes, the experience of owning your own business and seeing your ideas materialize is extremely rewarding. However, the reality is that being a small business owner is extremely stressful, especially...

By Carolyn CrummeyCommunity Favorites, Lifestyle, Your Smart Hustle

Beyond the Lemonade Stand: 7 Kid Entrepreneurs Share Their Secrets of Success

Beyond the Lemonade Stand: 7 Kid Entrepreneurs Share Their Secrets of Success When talking about kids running businesses, most people think of lemonade stands, delivering newspapers, mowing neighborhood lawns or babysitting. While those are still very common for many, kids today are taking entrepreneurship to a whole new level by creating products and businesses that...

By Carolyn CrummeyLifestyle

4 Organizations Helping to Cultivate Young Entrepreneurs

4 Organizations Helping to Cultivate Young Entrepreneurs Herbert Hoover said it best when he said, “Children are our most valuable resource”. They are, after all, our future thinkers, leaders and doers. And while they may come into the world with different advantages, disadvantages and challenges, what is most important is how they use the opportunities...

By Carolyn CrummeyLifestyle, Your Smart Hustleveteran

From Service to Startup: Veterans Making Their Way as Small Business Entrepreneurs

From Service to Startup: Veterans Making Their Way as Small Business Entrepreneurs Veterans of our military are one of this nation’s greatest resources. Given much greater responsibility than their civilian counter parts much earlier in their military careers and taught leadership in high-stress and high-stakes situations from the get go, veterans typically exhibit greater maturity...

By Mario R. KrollLifestyle, Your Smart Hustleveteran

Operation Supply Drop: Making Fun Where There Is None

Operation Supply Drop: Making Fun Where There Is None Stephen “Shanghai Six” Machuga graduated from Purdue University and its ROTC program in 1998. He served as infantry officer at Fort Bragg where he earned both his Airborne and Ranger tabs. In 2003, while with the Fort Lewis-based 2nd Infantry Division out of Washington, he was...

By Carolyn CrummeyLifestyle, Your Smart Hustle

The FEARLESS: 3 Entrepreneurs Who Didn’t Let Fear Stop Them

The FEARLESS: 3 Entrepreneurs Who Didn't Let Fear Stop Them In this issue of Smart Hustle Magazine we are proudly highlighting small business entrepreneurs who looked fear in the face and instead of letting it stop them, took the leap! They ignored the naysayers and skeptics and threw caution to the wind to start their...

By Carolyn CrummeyCommunity Favorites, Lifestyle

7 Lessons for Every Entrepreneur and Advice from Those Who Came Before Us

7 Lessons for Every Entrepreneur and Advice from Those Who Came Before Us The path of entrepreneurship is one that can be riddled with many successes, many failures, many moments of self-doubt and many moments of personal satisfaction. It’s a roller-coaster that only the brave will typically buy a ticket for, but that also provides...

By Rieva LesonskyCommunity Favorites, Lifestyle, Your Smart Hustlestartup

Entrepreneurs Do Well By Doing Good

Ask successful entrepreneurs what made them decide to start a new business and you’ll hear everything from “I saw an opportunity in the marketplace” to “I was tired of making money for someone else.” Ask an entrepreneur whose business has a socially conscious mission, and you’ll get a different type of answer. Entrepreneurs starting businesses...

By Carolyn CrummeyLifestyle, Your Smart Hustle

4 Entrepreneurs Who Braved Stepping Into Uncharted Territory

4 Entrepreneurs Who Braved Stepping Into Uncharted Territory For those with a true entrepreneurial spirit and mindset, barriers are something to leap over, not stop you dead in your tracks. That applies even to those for whom the barrier is creating a business in and industry and market for which they have no experience or knowledge....