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Reinventing the Family Business to Find Success in a New Era
Everyone has their own reasons for starting a business. Some are passionate about an idea and want to bring it to life. Some are motivated by the profit potential. Others are lured by the lifestyle it allows you to have – being your own boss and being able to control your own time. None...
5 Rules of Business Growth from CEO of Chet Holmes International
Business growth is the name of the game, no matter if you are a startup looking to turn your ideas into a viable business, or a mom and pop store trying to reach more customers, or a multi-million dollar business looking to scale up to the next level. Depending on where you are with...
Follow-Up: The Most Powerful Tool for Your Small Business Success
Like most brilliant inventions, SCOTTeVEST started with a forward-thinking individual who wanted to solve a problem faced on a daily basis. At that time, technological gadgets were becoming more popular and Scott Jordan wanted to find a way to carry all of his gadgets “comfortably, and not looking like a geek.” Knowing that others...
Clarity and Consistency: 2 Keys to Finding Small Business Success
Dr. Will Moreland is a successful speaker, author, and coach who decided early on that he was not going to let his start determine his finish. Growing up in Compton, California, he lived with his single mother in a city that was facing serious drug, crime and gang problems. His father was in jail,...
8 Reasons Mark Cuban Loves Hustle – Video Interview
Mark Cuban loves hustle. It’s part of his personal history, and you can also see it when his face lights up as he listens to business owners and entrepreneurs tell their own tales of hustle on ABC’s Shark Tank. As an investor, Mark chooses to partner with business owners who have demonstrated that they...
How Marcos Orozco Found a Happy Balance Between Life and Work
Marcos Orozco has been busy. He’s a celebrated public speaker, a best-selling author and a public face for the Gentepreneur Movement – an organization that focuses on leadership as well as personal and business development for the Latino community. He’s also a dedicated father and family man, and is working on a new book called “Leadership...
Pursuing Your Dreams One Small Step at a Time- An Interview With Chris Capehart
Have you ever held back on a dream because you were intimidated by the journey? The path seemed too long, the goal too far away, and you doubted your ability to reach the end, so you never took the first step? If this sounds familiar, first: know that you are not alone. Next: listen...
Image Consultant Sylvie Di Giusto on Developing the Image of a Leader
First impressions are important in the business world, whether you are trying to get a job, pitching for funding for your startup, or portraying yourself as the leader of a company. Those first impressions are hard to change, so it is crucial that you get it right the first time. Developing the image of a...
4 Tips for Creating a Positive Work Environment- An Interview with David Mammano
As a customer, it’s easy to recognize a positive work environment when you see it. The workers have positive attitudes. They are smiling. They will go out of their way and do whatever it takes to make customers happy. It looks like a great place to work, and it feels like a great place to...
How to Make Fear Work for Your Business
Nicole McCullum is brave — the kind of brave that can only come from identifying your fear and then besting it in single combat. In a fast-moving industry rife with competition, Nicole has managed to stake her claim as the founder of Captivate Designs, an SEO and web design company that serves clients all over...
Brand Authenticity: Why It’s Important To Be True To Your Digital Voice
Brand Authenticity is critical to the success of small business owners. Being authentic with your brand means that you ensure your public brand (in particular social media content and more) conveys the same brand that customers receive from you when they meet you in person and/or engage with your brand elsewhere. At SXSW 2016 we...
How to Pursue Your Business Dreams- An Interview With Gustav Reyes
“Be yourself, give the world what you have and people will find you.” That’s the main piece of advice from my latest interview, a chat with Gustav Reyes of Simply Wood Rings. The full audio interview is below. This is a summary of our discusion and what he shared with me. Gustav shared that when...