Brilliant businesses are built on brilliant reputations, with few exceptions. A growing base of enthusiastic fans and happy customers who spread the word negates the need for excessive marketing spend. It also helps to increase revenue, profits and all other metrics and means your company easily outperforms competitors along the way. If every satisfied customer … Read more
The views expressed by the contributing Entrepreneurs are their own. Don’t spend six months building your minimum viable product (MVP). You really want to launch something quickly (in weeks, not months) to get feedback from real customers and iterate before you get too far into an idea that isn’t quite right. So says Sarah Leary, … Read more
getty You’ve been thinking about this side hustle idea for some time now, wondering if this is it. You don’t want it to take too much of your day (or your wallet) to implement it, but you do want it to be successful. Of course, there is a much more important matter on your mind. … Read more
The views expressed by the contributing Entrepreneurs are their own. Great entrepreneurs are able to challenge widely held beliefs, make connections between seemingly disparate ideas, and essentially see what no one else can. This is called critical thinking, and you don’t have to be born with it — it’s a skill you can learn. There … Read more
Getty Images In 2006, Congress established National Entrepreneurship Week. It is celebrated around the third week of February. You might think of “entrepreneurship” in terms of starting new businesses with the intention of blossoming into Wall Street winners. Well, there is a new breed of entrepreneur emerging from the ranks of not only Main Street … Read more
What would you do if you had nothing? If you were starting from scratch, with no money, no contacts and no idea which way to turn, what would be your next move? When you hit rock bottom, there’s only one way to go from there. But getting out of a bad place takes more than … Read more
The views expressed by the contributing Entrepreneurs are their own. “Audentis Fortuna iuvat.” The ancient Latin phrase translates as fortune favors the bold. It’s a mantra that has survived the test of time for a reason. People see those who ask for forgiveness instead of permission as “lucky,” when really, they see the results of … Read more