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4 Ways to Cut Business Expenses
Running a business is expensive – your insurance costs are always going up, your cost to travel via an airplane increases each year and your supplies costs always seem to rise. Small businesses are constantly being squeezed by increases in expenses, making controlling costs more important than ever. Take a look at these four...
Setting the Right Price for Your Products and Services. Lisa Hendrickson at the Smart Hustle Conference
The 13th Annual Smart Hustle Small Business Conference with Seth Godin takes place on Nov 8, 2018 - https://smarthustle.com/conference. We wanted to give you a taste of what to expect and MORE at this years conference, by recapping a little of one of last year’s presentation. Lisa Hendrickson, founder and CEO of Spark City shared...
Recent Survey Reveals Top Challenges and Concerns for Small Businesses When Complying with Employment Laws
What challenges rank high among today’s small businesses? A major concern has been staying compliant with the maze of federal, state and local regulations. A recent survey conducted by ComplyRight spotlights the range of challenges and concerns for small businesses — and the results uncovered surprising, and consistent, vulnerabilities to legal actions and fines that...
Shopify Exec Shares How Passion and Desire to Learn Help You Succeed with Online Sales
Michael Perry, the founder of Kit, the virtual employee app for small businesses acquired by Shopify in 2016, says there are three building blocks to entrepreneurial DNA: passion, curiosity, and focus. Now the Director of Marketing Technology at Shopify, Michael most recently led the team's efforts in launching Shopify Ping, a free mobile app that brings business conversations...
Avanti Entrepreneur Podcast; David Mammano interviews Ramon Ray
For more than 20 years, David Mammano, a serial entrepreneur has thrived on starting and growing businesses. David has started, sold, franchised, licensed, and taken on partners as well as investors with his companies. Today he thrives on helping others start or grow their businesses by infusing the latest entrepreneurial principles into their strategy. Relevant experiences...
Want to Scale Your Business? Don’t be an Entrepreneur: An Interview with Chris McGoff
Chris McGoff is a business builder, best-selling author, investor, and advisor to business leaders throughout the world. He has founded, partnered, and invested in several companies in industries ranging from service and product companies to real estate and cloud-based solution providers. From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, from high tech start-ups to huge government bureaucracies,...
Don’t be the Doughnut Hole: 5 Steps to Scaling Expertise Based Businesses
“You can’t scale you,” says Nina Kaufman, small business champion, award-winning attorney, podcast host, and trusted thought leader. Knowledge and expertise based businesses are met with unique obstacles when it comes to scalability and sustainability. If you own a business and are the Chief Doer, listen as Nina shares her stories of doughnut holes,...
Marie Forleo, Ramon Ray and More Discuss How To Maximize Your Productivity – Dell in Brooklyn
At "Dell in Brooklyn 2018", Ramon Ray, Editor of Smart Hustle Magazine joined Marie Forleo , philanthropist, entrepreneur and writer and other professionals to get their advice and tips on how to be productive. Watch the video and see the full list of interviewees and their tips below. Gina Noy, President – Noy Tax - Find the time...
Future Proof Your Company Says NJ CoWorking Space Entrepreneur
Donna Miller is a woman on a mission. A mission to ensure NJ's business owners can have affordable working space and focus more on their businesses and less on their back-office operations. C3 Workplace is an oasis for many New Jersey businesses. In this interview, Donna and I speak about the importance of future proofing...
How To Expand Your Business in Another State?
Successful small business owners want to expand their companies. It's part of their entrepreneurial DNA to want to grow their businesses into something bigger than what their brand is now. Small business expansion includes several strategies, from attracting new customers to encouraging loyal customers to purchase more products and services from your company. However,...
You Can’t Do Everything. Build A Team Says Shark Tank Contestant Travis Perry of Chord Buddy
Travis Perry gets a joy out of seeing children (and adults) learn the guitar through his invention and company, Chord Buddy. You might have seen him on an episode of Shark Tank. During our discussion Travis not only shared his story, but also offered several important tips, including: You must have passion to keep you...
7 Tips For Getting Your Small Business Off The Ground
As you take your first steps towards getting your dream off the ground, there are several questions you should ask yourself. Is your idea easy to pitch with a clear way to show return on investment? Have you identified who will want to use your product or service? Is your solution innovative or a...