Small Business Trends CEO Talks Productivity During COVID-19

Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends was the keynote speaker at the Survive and Thrive Summit about productivity related to COVID-19. Hosted and produced by Ramon Ray of Smart Hustle Media, the first two Summits were held in April and August of 2020 with the next one coming in Spring 2021. It's free, so...

Finding Your Alignment Within to Grow Your Business

https://youtu.be/U7_ODxzxZ2Y When you start to think about a business coach, most people question how will the coach help with my marketing strategy, or help manage my customer relationships better but Yvonne Dodd is no regular business coach.   My conversation with Yvonne was beyond transformational and confirmed that your life and your business are not separate entities,...

NYPD Chief Shares Core Principle to Get the Most Out of Life and Business – Smart Hustle Conference 2017

The 13th Annual Smart Hustle Small Business Conference with Seth Godin takes place on Nov 8, 2018 - https://smarthustle.com/conference.  We wanted to give you a taste of what to expect and MORE at this years conference, by recapping a little of one of last year’s presentation. In 2017, just one day after the deadly Manhattan...

From Humble Beginnings Joe Pippins' Success of The Fishing Caddy

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...

Gina Alexander Shares Business Mistakes and Lessons Learned

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...

Boxed CEO Chieh Huang Shares Tips to Go from Garage Startup to Acquisition

Boxed CEO Chieh Huang Shares Tips to Go from Garage Startup to Acquisition

Having recently met Boxed CEO and co-founder Chieh Huang at an American Express event, I was surprised by the wealth of practical and incredibly useful knowledge he had acquired while growing his company. We briefly discussed that journey from startup to acquisition, as well as some of the mindsets and approaches he has adopted...

Why Building a Business, Not Reading a Book, is the Best Way to Prepare for an Entrepreneurial Career

Why Building a Business, Not Reading a Book, is the Best Way to Prepare for an Entrepreneurial Career

The most valuable lessons you can learn as an entrepreneur, come from the doing, not the reading. While education, school, and business books all have their place, there is nothing quite like running a business to teach you the in’s and out’s of being an entrepreneur. I can tell you this from first-hand experience. As...

7 Ways to Spark Creativity in Your Business and Life

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...

4 Major Lessons from Super Bowl LI We Can Apply to Small Business

4 Major Lessons from Super Bowl LI We Can Apply to Small Business

Were you one of the over 111 million people who watched the New England Patriots take on the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI? If not, you have probably heard that this was not just any Super Bowl. It was a historic moment when the New England Patriots made the largest comeback in Super Bowl...