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Women in Entrepreneurship – Key Lessons for Female Founders and everyone
Are you interested in the current state of women’s entrepreneurship? As a woman entrepreneur, I know that I face many challenges and concerns that distinguish my experience from a typical male entrepreneur. I use the term “typical” advisedly because I know that not everyone’s experience is the same, and I generally loathe to make sweeping generalizations...
7 Ways to Spark Creativity in Your Business and Life
When it comes to creativity, sometimes it feels like you either have it, or you don’t. There are the Elon Musks and the Steve Jobs’ of the world who have a gift for sparking up innovation…and then there are the rest of us who, although trying, end up believing that, “I’m just not a...
How Addressing 5 Pain Points for Women Entrepreneurs Can Skyrocket Success
The gender gap regarding small business ownership is changing and changing fast. While business was once seen as a ‘man’s profession,’ today more and more women are starting their own companies and taking a dip in the entrepreneurial pool. In fact, statistics from 2016 show that there are 11.3 million women-owned businesses, making up 38...
3 Essential Steps for Building Your Own Community
We often talk about the importance of networking from the position of the member, including where to find networking groups, best networking practices, and inspirational examples. However, with the most recent statistics showing over 2 million LinkedIn Groups and 620 million Facebook Groups, it seems that we are just as likely to start our own communities as...
How to Make List Building WORK for Your Small Business
Over the years you’ve heard it a million times. “Build your list!” the marketing experts screamed. And you, a diligent and hopeful small business owner, took their advice. You gathered names and email addresses, stored them in spreadsheets and Outlook, and maybe even moved up to an email marketing program like MailChimp or Aweber....
Finding Meaning and Mission in Your Entrepreneurial Career
Do you know what your mission and purpose are? According to our latest interview guest, writer and speaker Valorie Burton, it is vital for entrepreneurs to get clear about their own personal mission first, after which that mission can be channeled into meaningful business success. Valorie’s story will probably sound familiar. After graduating from the...
How 3D Printing Can Help Your Small Business Get Ahead
At Smart Hustle, we believe that technology is a small business owner’s best friend and we strive to increase awareness about the current tech trends that can help you grow your company (like our article on 50 Powerful Tech Tools). Today we want to cover another emerging technology that could revolutionize your business –...
Differentiation: The Key to Loyal Customers for Life
The key to winning loyal customers is to stand out from the competition. Not sure how to do that? For a lesson in differentiation, today we invite you to listen to an interview with Sassa Akervall, CEO of Akervall Technologies Inc. (ATI), the manufacturing company that makes Sisu Sports Mouthguards. Back in the late 2000s,...
Business Credit: What You Need To Know To Grow Your Business
There has been a lot of talk about how hard it is for small business owners to get funding, and perhaps you have experienced this firsthand for yourself. With a good business credit score, you have access to loans which opens up a world of possibilities, from updating equipment and technology to expanding into...
The Sky’s the Limit: How Scaling Can Help You Reach New Heights
How does a business transform from a small drapery workshop in the dining room of an apartment to a high-end home and office interior technology company? SCALING! And you can do it with your business too, just follow the advice of Norman Rosenberg of Rosenberg Interior Technologists. Norman’s parents survived the Holocaust and came to...
SCORE Webinar Producer Shares How To Produce A Successful Webinar
One of the hottest forms of marketing in today’s digital world is the webinar. You have seen large companies offer them and you may have even attended one – but are webinars appropriate for small businesses too? According to our latest interview guest, Steve Jarriel, the answer is a resounding YES! Steve started out as...
How Prioritizing ROI Can Boost Your Small Business
Want to build a successful small business? Figure out where you should focus your attention. As for how to do that, today we offer a simple rule shared with us by Robert Baldino of Balitello Performance Dress Socks. After six months of following the wrong priorities, he and co-founder Mickey Abbatiello decided that they...