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Christina Shaw on Being a Single Parent, Running Her Agency, and Finding the Right People
People automatically think single parents are always struggling and stressed out, but Christina Shaw, owner of an Allstate Agency on Long Island since 2009 and single mom to 2 girls, says that for her, that’s simply not true. She says that she’s not struggling financially, she’s not stressed out, and that she has great...
Reducing Startup Failure – Mastercard Exec Shares Her Insights and Advice for Female Founders.
Startup failure is a serious thing. About one-third of small businesses fail during their first year in business, according to the SBA. Ginger Siegel is the head of small business at Mastercard and she shared her insights on what it takes to succeed as a small business owner and reduce the failure rate. Mastercard works with...
Millennials, Everything You Wanted To Know About This Great Generation. Interview with Chris Tuff
Ramon Ray talks about the intricacies of working with today’s 20 and 30-somethings with Chris Tuff. Chris is the author of the USA Today and LA Times bestselling book, The Millennial Whisperer: The Practical, Profit-Focused Playbook for Working With and Motivating the World’s Largest Generation. Chris shared that he fell into the technology space after...
An Entrepreneur Enjoying the Journey
Ramon Ray was recently hosted by Bob Sparkins on the Lead Generation Podcast over at Leadpages. The podcast features interviews with today’s entrepreneurs who give the honest truth about what it takes to be your own boss and the significant impact business owners can have on their audiences. Ramon shared with Bob that from the...
The Key to Knowing and Asking What You’re Worth
https://youtu.be/g-DHYFQ5pY0 A couple of months ago I was scrolling through LinkedIn and to my surprise, I saw that my friend Lantre Barr had recently been named Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies in the US. After graduating college in the middle of the recession, like many Americans, Lantre found it difficult to find a job using...
Tips and Takeaways from the 2018 Smart Hustle Small Business Conference
Last week I attended the 13th annual Smart Hustle Small Business Conference, hosted by Smart Hustle Magazine Publisher and Executive Editor, Ramon Ray. For those of you who know Ramon personally, or have attended one of his events in the past, you know that Ramon is a tech and small business evangelist who imbues...
Veteran turned Beauty Entrepreneur: Ahmad Azmi
Ramon Ray, editor, SmallBizTechnology.com spoke with Ahmad Azmi, veteran and owner of Amazing Lash Studio. They discussed how Ahmad transitioned from military serviceman to Beauty Entrepreneur and why Ahmad wanted to venture into the world of small business.\ Ahmad Azmi: Veteran, Beauty Entrepreneur, and Businessman Ahmad actually grew up all around entrepreneurship. As a child, he...
4 Ways To Maximize Event Networking: My Time At the Ascent Tech Conference
There’s a new tech conference in town, and its name is Ascent -- “The Only Tech Conference By Startups For Startups.” It took place on October 3rd and 4th here in NYC, and I was fortunate enough to be able to attend on the first day. I was curious to check this one out,...
Smart Hustle Magazine: Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2018
One of the joys of being an entrepreneur is learning from the successes and failures of other entrepreneurs. Smart Hustle Magazine proudly shares those moments. Along with learning opportunities, Smart Hustle Magazine also celebrates the entrepreneurs who dedicate time and energy to building businesses that showcase and forward the values of the small business...
How to be Happy and Fulfilled in a Disruptive World: Notes from James Arthur Ray
James Arthur Ray, one of the world’s foremost leadership and performance advisors, sat down with Ramon to talk about leadership, failure and how to attain happiness in a culture of disruption. James co-authored and featured in the film documentary “The Secret,” a ground-breaking feature-length film, and New York Times bestseller. He is also author...
From Penniless to the NYSE: Successful Entrepreneurship from President of the National Entrepreneur Center
Jerry Ross, president of the National Entrepreneur Center (NEC), is a serial entrepreneur who wants to help....everyone. Under his leadership, the Orlando, FL based organization has coordinated the efforts of 14 non-profits who support business, under one roof, to provide face-to-face coaching and training to over 15k entrepreneurs annually. How does an organization with only...
Small Business Expo Founder Shares His Tips on Networking
I had a chance to sit down with Zachary Lezberg, owner and producer of Small Business Expo, the largest business to business trade show and conference for small business owners, entrepreneurs and startups. Under Zach's direction, Small Business Expo has been named one of the fastest growing privately held businesses by Inc 5000, multiple years....