When All Seems Lost What Do You Do? Keep Positive Says This Founder.

Austin Rolling's energy and can do attitude explode through the phone. Today he's the co-founder of Outfield, a sales team management app which help companies discover valuable insights about their market, track and verify team activity, and communicate across all their devices. Outfield is Austin's fourth startup. His first three start ups failed. Austin...

Success Is Not Accidental. Intentionality Insights from Dave Ramsey and Entre Leadership

Success does not come by accident, it often comes with careful planning, strategy and purpose. Radio show host and founder of Ramsey Solutions, Dave Ramsey, spoke about this powerful concept at the Entre Leadership Summit. A must attend event for all business owners. Watch his entire presentation here and our summary of it below. Everything is...

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David Neagle: The Keys to Success are Mindset and a Mentor

David Neagle shares with Ramon Ray that as a young adult without even complete high school education, who was married with a few children, he realized that he had “created a situation where [he] had way more responsibility than the ability to fulfill that responsibility.” He wasn’t being the husband, father, or provider he...

Clare Harris Kate Hyde Entrepreneurs

2 Female Entrepreneurs Getting the Party Started

Ramon Ray spent a few minutes talking to Clare Harris and Kate Hyde during the Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network in Singapore. Clare and Kate are female business owners who have complementary businesses that don’t compete with each other but instead enforce a nice referral system. Businesses supporting other businesses in a symbiotic relationship is...

abrina Tan Skin Inc Founder Talks with Ramon Ray

Want to Persevere? Show Up Every Single Day

Sabrina Tan left a comfortable tech career to start her own business in the skincare industry. Skin Inc, a customizable skincare solution, has won over 100 beauty awards and is featured in publications like VOGUE, WWD, Refinery29. Singapore-based Skin Inc is a marriage of tech and beauty, but like any marriage, Sabrina faced challenges....

Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network in Singapore Cheryl Liew Chng

Female Entrepreneurs: Can You Manage It All & Still Find Happiness?

Ramon Ray got a chance to speak with Cheryl Liew-Chng for a few minutes at the Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network in Singapore. Cheryl is the author of The 24-Hour Woman: How high achieving, stressed women manage it all and STILL find happiness. As a Talent Innovation Strategist, she advises C-Level leaders and female entrepreneurs...

Generating Referrals Like a Ninja…Without Asking! smarthustlemagazine.com

Generating Referrals Like a Ninja…Without Asking!

As a small business owner, solopreneur, or sales professional, does the thought of asking for referrals make your skin crawl? Referrals are one of the most misunderstood ways of generating business today. Ramon Ray chats with Stacey Brown Randall, the referral queen, about how to get more referrals than ever without ever asking.  “Referrals are...

Customer Experience is Everything to Small Business

Want Growth? Focus on the Customer Experience

Ramon Ray had a quick chat with Molly Moore, head of marketing at Ruby Receptionists, at B2SMB in Napa, California about the importance of customer experience. Ruby Receptionists provides virtual receptionists. They wow callers and their customers’ customers by answering their phones acting as consummate professionals. Molly says that they provide the human connection customer...

Smart Women, Smart Hustle – New Events, Community and Content

Women-owned and women-led businesses are on the rise. Female founders are not a “niche” category but a powerful community of leaders and executives who are increasingly starting companies, seeking funding, living their dreams, providing for their families, employing others and thriving. Smart Hustle Media, founded by entrepreneur, speaker, and author Ramon Ray has launched a...