Jay Steinfeld, the founder and CEO of blinds.com, spoke with Ramon Ray, founder of SmartHustle.com on the power of diversity and how he led Blinds.com to be so successful. He started his billion-dollar brand working with his wife and selling blinds out of the back of a trunk! Check out the podcast and Check...
When you're starting a business, it's very common to jump online and do some research. There's a lot of advice out there about how to start a business, much of it written by people who have money and are well established already. In an ideal world, when you start a business, you're well-funded. That's just...
I applaud the awesome startups who raise funds and build billion-dollar valuation businesses. Guy Raz writes about some of them in his book "How I Built This". However, to think that the ONLY way to get the capital to build a business, is through debt financing or equity financing - traditional startup investment -...
Gettr is a brand new social app, launched by Jason Miller, on July 4th, 2021. In our interview, he describes Gettr as a free speech platform, that opposes "cancel culture". While most of the top users on Getter are very "conservative" voices, Jason said the app is not about a particular political affiliation. His vision is...
A consortium of industry leaders including America’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC), GoSmallBiz.com, Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), Lendio, Mastercard (NYSE: MA), Roll by ADP, Thryv (NASDAQ: THRY), and YouMail have teamed up to create “Launchpad America” - a unique initiative aimed to equip entrepreneurs with the necessary resources and mentorship needed to start and grow...
Jill Soley, an executive at Issuu unpacks how we can get more startups to not fail. You’re an entrepreneur, with a great product. Maybe you’ve solved an important problem in the world. Or you’ve created a super-addictive app. But, for whatever reason, your creation isn’t flying off the shelves. You’re pretty sure it’s not a product...
Ross Buhrdorf, CEO & Co-Founder, ZenBusiness shares what it takes to go from a first-time, newbie business owner to one that's seasoned and building a thriving business. The past year has been one of the most, if not the most, challenging times for businesses. Large and small, Wall Street to Main Street, everyone has been...
Selling products online is nothing new. Many businesses function 100% from online sales. But how do they make it happen? What are the first steps they take? Keziah Dhamma started her business by solving a problem. It was a problem she had herself and realized other women were facing the same thing. Selling Products Online:...
Getting your startup off the ground can be daunting. There is a lot to do, and it's hard to do alone. And then there is business growth — being able to scale and expand. Some of the hardest challenges businesses face are around this topic of growth. It takes more than just making money....
Kate Bradley Chernis is the founder of Lately, an AI-powered social media marketing company. She wasn’t always a marketing guru, in fact she started out as an XM Radio DJ. But she wasn’t feeling fulfilled in the radio industry. Kate was tired of not getting credit for her work and felt really frustrated. She...
