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Ed Marsh from American Express: 3 Myths About Exporting You Need to Know
Are you thinking about selling your products or services overseas, but aren’t sure how to go about it? I recently had a chance to speak with Ed Marsh, Export Advisor for American Express, about this very subject. He cleared up a few of the myths about exporting products and services, which I’m very happy...
How NFL Player Gary Brackett Became a Successful Restaurant Franchisor
In a 2009 Sports Illustrated article about why many professional athletes go broke, it was reported that “78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce.” And all of this takes place within two years of retiring from the NFL. Gary Brackett, a former linebacker and...
How to be Successful with the Retail Landscape Shifts: Advice from Robert D’Loren
Even if you’re not familiar with the name Bob D'Loren, you likely are familiar with the companies his brand management and media company Xcel Brands represents. Isaac Mizrahi, Halston, Judith Ripka… these are major brands with major clout in the retail space. So, what’s D’Loren’s secret? How has he helped these popular players in the...
YouTube Celebrity Millionaire Hoy Shares Advice on Video and Side Hustle
One fateful day, in a rough neighborhood in Chicago, YouTube Celebrity Millionaire Hoy had a light bulb moment. He was a fitness trainer by trade but had given up his paid clients to offer free boot camps instead, driven by the idea that some of the people who needed him the most couldn’t afford...
From Humble Beginnings: Joe Pippins’ Success of The Fishing Caddy
For those of you who are fans of Steve Harvey’s Funderdome, you’ll probably know who my next interview is. For those of you who aren’t, let me introduce you to Joe Pippins, the founder of The Fishing Caddy and a recent winner of Funderdome’s $20,000 grand prize. Pippins’ story is a truly inspirational one and...
How Texas Humor Used a Mobile App to Grow Their Business
Mobile apps don’t often get as much play as other marketing platforms because, well, there’s the technical know-how required to build one as well as the cost. But after talking to Jay B, founder of Texas Humor, and Casey from Shopgate about how they worked to create the app for Texas Humor, it may...
Accounting Business Owner – Make Mistakes and Sidestep the Norms
How we define success differs from person to person. While one person may have ambitions to become a world-renowned marketing guru, there may be someone else who simply relishes in the idea of delivering an awesome service to customers in need. That said, there’s also the matter of how people go about attaining those successes...
Killing the Unsupported Myth of Business Failures
Scary Business Isn't So Scary Somehow, old statistics with limited applicability have given birth to the widespread myth that 8 out of 10 businesses will fail. To judge from the hysteria, you'd think that starting a business is akin to wrestling with an angry bear that wants to chew up all your money for no...
How to Create a Successful Side Hustle from Nothing
The ability to take calculated risks is what separates successful entrepreneurs from the not-so-successful. But risk taking is not for everyone. Risk should not deter an aspiring entrepreneur. How do you create a successful business without risking it all? The first step in the process is side-hustling. A side hustle lets you keep your...
Josh Koppel Talks About Bringing Old Media to Life With Ingage
For large multinational companies and enterprises, issues in creating high-quality content and interactive media are rare. But for the small business entrepreneur, it’s a different story. I spoke recently with Josh Koppel, the founder of Scrollmotion, about this very disconnect between small and large business capabilities and how his company’s iPad app is trying to...
How an Entrepreneurial Doctor’s Product is Helping Babies Take Medicine
There’s nothing that says you need to come from a certain field or background in order to become an entrepreneur, and my latest podcast guest is proof of that. Dr. Agnes Scoville, the creator of the Pacidose, spoke with me recently about how her 15 years of experience as an ER doctor and recent...
Bedros Keuilian Used the Immigrant Edge to Build His Successful Franchise Business
Every entrepreneur has a story about where they got their hustle from. Bedros Keuilian’s story is not the typical journey you’d expect from the owner of an Inc. 5000 franchise, and that’s exactly why I want to share it with you today. Defining the Immigrant Edge Bedros Keuilian’s family immigrated here back in 1980 in order...