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Custom Bag Entrepreneur Shares Mistakes and Lessons Learned
Question: What do you get when you combine serendipity with hard work and dedication? Answer: A booming small business that made $1.4 million in its first year and has been growing strong ever since, for 19 amazing years. More specifically, I’m referring to my latest interview guest, Gina Alexander, an LA-based designer who has created a...
Founder of Perfect Tux Shares His Big E-Commerce Success Tips
When you think of serial entrepreneurship, you most likely think of individuals who launch business after business, logically working their way up from one company to the next. However, there are some who have taken a less traditional approach to entrepreneurship and still found themselves going toe-to-toe with those that stayed on the well-beaten...
Successful 12-Year Old Beverage Entrepreneur Shares Her Best Business Tips
Would you follow business tips from a 12-year-old? What if I told you that 12-year-old has her own company, scored a $60K investment from Daymond John on Shark Tank, landed a contract with Whole Foods, secured a multimillion dollar expanded distribution deal with United Natural Foods, and has received endless awards, honors, and publicity? Intrigued? Now that...
The Rapid Growth Guy Shares Tips on Finding Your Niche and Building a Sales Machine
Many small business owners have dreams of rapid growth; that point when your product or service takes off and your profits soar. Perhaps you fantasize about becoming a millionaire, the next Facebook, or THE name that comes to mind when your industry is mentioned. These are the types of goals that we most often associate...
Sweetriot Founder Talks About the Power of Social Entrepreneurship and Brand
There are many aspects of forming a successful brand: creating an eye-catching logo with carefully selected colors, building a good website, designing creative marketing materials, and more. The list is long and daunting, but before you get started on those tasks, there is one important thing to do first. According to my latest interview...
Discussing Gender Diversity in Business with Sara Brand of True Wealth Ventures
Statistics show that although women hold almost 52 percent of all professional-level jobs, they are vastly underrepresented in top leadership positions. For example, only 4.6 percent of Fortune 500 companies are run by a woman, and women make up just 16.9 percent of all Fortune 500 board seats. These numbers are not uncommon; in...
Exploring the Challenging Landscape of the Chewing Gum Industry with Caron Proschan of Simply Gum
When you think about chewing gum, which brand do you typically think of first? Probably someone like Wrigley, right? But did you know that most traditional chewing gums are made with plastic, synthetic ingredients, and artificial preservatives? (I sure didn’t!) I recently had the chance to sit down with Caron Proschan of Simply Gum...
How to Launch a Product for Your Service-Based Business – Rachel Rodgers
Working in a service-based business requires a large investment from us—both in time as well as in energy. While speaking with Rachel Rodgers, a business lawyer-turned-business coach, about this topic, she had an interesting suggestion for entrepreneurs (especially female) looking for a change: “Download your expertise that you have, turn that into a DIY process,...
Unaliwear Founder Shares How Love and Passion Build a Successful Company
As entrepreneurs, we all know that one of the biggest keys to success is having a strong passion for what you are doing. I just love when I come across companies that not only have that passion but are driven by the desire to solve a problem that touches them personally. This is the...
Issue Voter Founder Shares Why Being Unique is Essential For A Startup’s Survival at SXSW 2017
During my time at SXSW 2017 and the Dell Experience, I had the opportunity to speak to a number of inspiring entrepreneurs and thought-leaders. Included in that group is Maria Yuan, founder of Issue Voter, a website that is dedicated to giving your voice more power in our democracy. Maria shared with me what Issue...
Dell’s Elizabeth Gore on Dealing with Uncertainty as an Entrepreneur
The Dell Experience at SXSW 2017 brought together best-in-class technology and some of the most innovative and disruptive leaders across a wide range of industries. On hand to share the experience was Dell’s, Elizabeth Gore. Elizabeth serves as Dell’s ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’ and is tasked with being the collective voice for the entrepreneurial channel...
Young Entrepreneur Wilbur You’s Path to Success: 5 Lessons We All Could Use Right Now
It is not every day that I get the chance to pick the brain of a young entrepreneur like Wilbur You. At 26, Wilbur has amassed some amazing experience in business and entrepreneurship. During our short interview, Wilbur and I spoke about his early successes and failures, how those shaped his later approach to...