Silicon Valley Fitness and Nutrition Tech Founder on Family, Team Building and Persistence

Meeta Vengapally is the Founder and CEO of Garnysh, a Silicon Valley-based fitness and technology company that uses real-time data and analytics to track fitness activity and fulfill nutritional needs with a growing database of custom meal plans created by local food purveyors. If you are involved in any kind of serious exercise activity, then...

How Microplatforms, Enablers, and Adopters Are The New Small Business

As National Small Business Week is this week, it might be time for Americans to rethink how we define “small businesses” altogether. Small- and medium-sized businesses have become synonymous with Main Street mom-and-pops, and we’ve celebrated them as a source of optimism, woven into the fabric of our country. Every U.S. President since Reagan has...

Backpack Child Carrier Entrepreneur Shares about Shark Tank, Crowdfunding, Distractions and more…

Nathan Jones is an entrepreneur's entrepreneur. He's working on multiple "hustles", full of energy and always in motion. He created The Freeloader Child Carrier, and you'll learn from him, in this interview, his experience on Shark Tank, tips on running a successful crowdfunding campaign, the pros and cons of being distracted and more! Listen to...

5 Things to Consider Before Applying for Additional Business Financing

As a business owner, your greatest stress is likely ensuring you have enough money to run your operations. Even if you have a lucrative business, there might be times that you require more financing, and that’s okay. Many business owners turn to alternative lenders to receive the additional working capital they need. Still, there...

LinkedIn Native Video Is Here to Help Your Business

While many people consider LinkedIn to be high up on their list of trustworthy social media platforms, it isn’t necessarily the first place they think of to share their visual content. But LinkedIn has just announced that it is rolling out the ability to natively share video content via its mobile app. Currently testing...

Four Key Lessons on Bringing A Product from Design to Market: August Graube’s Journey with Fort Boards

Four Key Lessons on Bringing A Product from Design to Market: August Graube’s Journey with Fort Boards

Remember how much fun it was to play with forts when you were a kid? Regardless of whether you grew up in the city or the suburbs, you no doubt found ways to use the resources around to build your own private little escape. Well, August Graube, founder of Fort Boards, wanted to recreate that...

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3 Tips for Female Entrepreneurs from Circular Board Founder at SXSW17 Dell Experience

If you are going to ask someone for tips specific to female entrepreneurship, you want to ask Carolyn Rodz. Carolyn is the founder of Circular Board, a collaborative accelerator for growth-oriented female entrepreneurs. They are a 100% virtual accelerator that has worked with women across six continents offering sources of capital and mentorship to help...