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From Food Truck to Restaurant Chain: Mexicue Co-Founder David Shillace
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] The road to entrepreneurial success is always a wild ride. Consider David Shillace. In 2010 he quit a six-figure job in sales and marketing to start a food truck business. Flash forward five years later, he and partner Thomas Kelley have three brick-and-mortar restaurants, revenue topping $6 million and a two-year...
The Best Tips, Tools and Tech to Make Business Travel More Productive and Stress Free
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] You really, really need to work during your trip. Your destination is only an hour away, so you only have that much time to put the finishing touches on your client presentation and notes. But you're exhausted, your laptop battery is dead and you're not even sure if your next stop has...
6 Strategies for Boosting Your Network Security and Keeping Your Business Safe
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Security is on everyone's mind these days, especially with so many high-profile hacks happening to companies such as Sony, Microsoft, JPMorgan, Target and more. In 2014, more than 145 million email addresses, physical addresses and login credentials were absconded during an attack on eBay. The prospect that your business could one day...
Why You Don’t Need To Read Another Time Management Book
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] I have a spot quiz for you: Is multi-tasking a bad habit? Should you make a work plan? Do interruptions kill productivity? If you answered ‘yes’ to all three questions you don’t need to read another time management book. You see, most people don’t need to learn more about time management, they just need to...
Small Businesses Embracing MADE IN THE USA
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Having recently celebrated another birthday of our great country, I was spurred to think back to a time, in the 1970’s when I was just a little girl, and the 4th of July and American Pride seemed to have such a different tone and meaning. Perhaps it’s just my changing of age...
The Benefits of Starting Up With a Co-Founder
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Entrepreneurship is founded on the premise of finding financial independence. The idea of owning a business stems from the lure of generating income that equates to productivity. For first-time entrepreneurs the prospect of transitioning careers will appear daunting with the uncertainties that lie ahead. The question that most first-time entrepreneurs often...
How Hustle Made a Valuable Difference For Canvs.co to be Successful
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]I recently caught up with Arjun Rai, CEO and Founder of Canvs.co at his office in the entrepreneur center at NYIT (New York Institute of Technology). Arjun shares with me his no nonsense strategies on how he has hustled to build his business and what it takes to find continual growth and success. The young entrepreneur...
Turn Strategies into Realities: Executing Small Wins to Get Big Breakthroughs
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Starting – and growing – a successful business isn’t easy. Many people have great ideas and great passion, but that doesn’t always translate into a successful venture. In fact, only three percent of all U.S. businesses ever grow larger than $10 million. That's why it's important to develop solid business strategies...
5 Easy Tips From The GPS Girl: Directions for Performance Success
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Being able to give our best in our business really takes something. The expectations and pressures on the entrepreneur are vast. We are doing it all and bombarded with information from all sides. How do we get it all done? What do we do to stay focused on our destination? When we are feeling...
12 New Business Rules for the New Economy
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] When the economy changes, businesses - especially small businesses - really feel the effects. This could be for the better (during the good times) or the worse (during the bad times). What's most crucial is a businesses ability to see where the biggest impact of the changing economy hits them and...
Experts from Infusionsoft, CorpNet and GoDaddy Share Tips on Starting and Building A Business
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Every small business starts with an idea. But how do you take that idea and turn it into a real business? And then how can you start building a business and find great success? GoDaddy, the world's largest domain name registrar, recently held a Google Hangout with business experts to discuss tips on...
Tips to Grow A Dynamic Business – #MSFTBizTips Twitter Chat May 28th
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] As small business entrepreneurs, we constantly struggle with finding enough time to get everything done. Some of that comes from not utilizing the time that we do have effectively. From managing teams to understanding changing technologies there is just a lot to keep up with. All of this holds us back from...