5 Common Legal Mistakes that Can Hurt Your Small Business

5 Common Legal Mistakes that Can Hurt Your Small Business

Small businesses face several challenges, including trying to break even, establishing customer loyalty, branding, and marketing. There are small business mistakes made in these areas, but they can easily be overcome with the right skill set and objectives. Legal mistakes, on the other hand, go unnoticed but later come back to hurt the business. Most...

Using the Power of the Internet to Build a Manufacturing Business An Interview with Laina Gossman

Using the Power of the Internet to Build a Manufacturing Business: An Interview with Laina Gossman

Getting a product-based business off the ground has unique challenges compared to service-based businesses. Not only do you have to deal with marketing, branding, finding leads, and growing customers, but you also have to handle the designing and manufacturing of a physical product. Not knowing how to convert the idea into a mass-produced product...

Boosting Your Biz through Content An Interview with Julie Tupler of Diastasis Rehab

Boosting Your Biz Through Content: An Interview with Julie Tupler of Diastasis Rehab

If there is one thing that my Smart Hustle interview series proves, it’s that entrepreneurs can come from all walks of life. Can an artist be an entrepreneur? Yes! Can a personal finance expert be an entrepreneur? Yes! Can a nurse be an entrepreneur? Yes! For proof on that last point, let me introduce you to my...

Do Entrepreneurs Need a College Degree? An Interview with Entrepreneur and Franchisee Charles Bonfiglio

Do Entrepreneurs Need a College Degree?

Growing up, most of us heard from our parents, “go to college and get a good job!” Sounds like a good plan, right? However, have you ever wondered if there was a better way? Alternatively, have you been curious how the greats like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or Mark Zuckerberg created their empires –...

Event Marketing: 10 Ways To Organize Events to Market to Small Business Owners

My last "post" or "email" to you was about How to Do Twitter Chats to Reach Small Business Owners. Since I received so much positive response, about how helpful it was for you, I thought to write another bit of helpful information about how to organize events to reach small business owners. I've organized national tours...

Lessons from Amazon 3 Rules for Business Expansion

3 Lessons in Business Expansion Taken from Amazon’s Playbook

Recently, Amazon announced that it will be expanding into private label consumable products, which has us wondering: Is there anything Amazon cannot do? Ever since starting out as nothing more than an online bookseller, Amazon has followed a very calculated growth path. Let’s take a closer look at this new move to show how you...