[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Today’s digital economy requires a strong website in order to succeed. In addition, the trends are changing and in turn, so are the client’s needs. Businesses often focus on their products or services; yet do not grasp the importance of staying on the cutting edge of website design trends. Persistence is...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Yesterday I was at the Sage Summit in New Orleans and one of the key speakers was Chad Hurley, YouTube founder. Chad shared tips with the audience on how to succeed in business. Some of his key points were: All ideas won't always work Have a strong belief in what you...
Public speaking classes in schools often teach a checklist of “to-dos” when it comes to being a successful professional speaker. Make eye contact. Speak clearly. Be organized. Use gestures, but not too frequent. Move around, but purposefully. Smile, but not too much. It is exhausting! I’ve made a living speaking and training. If you put my...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] I recently had the opportunity to speak with Danielle Baskin, CEO & Founder of Inkwell Helmets, a company customizing and individualizing an everyday ordinary item...the bicycle helmet. Danielle shared the interesting story of how Inkwell Helmets came to be out of her attempt to create an "invisible" helmet - one that she hand-painted to...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]A few months back I had the privilege of moderating the Wix Small Business Breakfast on Boosting Your Brand by Adding Personality. The guest speaker was Rebecca Shine, formerly with Red Bull and now owner of NY Shine, a New York City based marketing agency dedicated to helping small business owners...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] If you’ve got ambitions for establishing your enterprise in the marketplace, it won’t come as any surprise that marketing will be vital to your success. There are now more tools than ever before for promoting businesses – but this can make the whole process as confusing as it is exciting. So...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Since July of 2010, 500 Startup has invested in over 900 startups to help accelerate and grow their businesses from the early stages. As one of the partners of 500 Startups, Edit Yeung has worked with so many different entrepreneurs and startup businesses and was able to share with me some...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] By nature, entrepreneurs are rule breakers. They aren't followers. They ignore conventional wisdom. They take the path less traveled. They do things the hard way. They do things their way. To honor these entrepreneurs, and to celebrate them for not embracing the norm, but for breaking the rules and following their...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Sarah Endline, Founder and CEO of sweetriot, is more than just the "Chief Rioter" of a deliciously sweet and healthy chocolate. She's the hub behind a movement, sweet movement if you will, to help fix the world. As Sarah so enthusiastically answered each of my questions, her passion for her business and the mission that sweetriot...
[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...
