Marketing
Understand These 3 Things Before Crafting a Growth Strategy
It is essential to know the who, where and why before putting the strategic pen to paper.
By Andrea Olson
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Thought Leaders
How A Bizarre Deal Jeff Bezos Made 15 Years Ago Inspired Me To Future-Proof My Company
If you're eyeing starting your own side hustle or business -- and want to truly position yourself to take the types of stomach-churning risks that reap tremendous rewards -- you might want to keep this story in mind.
Thought Leaders
How to Win the Second Half of 2021
This is the half-time game plan for entrepreneurs.
Thought Leaders
5 Ways Your Business Will Benefit From Having a Long-Term Outlook
Entrepreneurs have to consider the long-haul. Research shows that having an eye toward the future will make your business more profitable.
By Aytekin Tank
Business Operations & Logistics
Free Webinar: How to Future-Proof Your Business and Prepare for the New ‘Normal’
Learn how to anticipate expectations going forward and understand the tools and resources needed to reimagine operations.
Building a Business
How to Fall in Love With Strategic Planning
Relevancy testing and a close eye on the competition can stimulate this essential process.
By Joni Fedders
Building a Business
Uncover Market Opportunities With This Roadmapping Strategy
These five steps will help you chart a realistic journey forward and hold yourself accountable along the way.
Marketing
To Live the Dream You Have to Schedule Time to Dream
Stagnation starts when you're too busy to consider what could be done better.
By Karl Wirth
Building a Business
Want Your Business to Grow? Complete One Material Action Per Day!
Making sure you invest your work time wisely can make the difference between rapid growth and flaming out.
By George Deeb
Business Accounting
Fiscal Adversity Will Challenge You — Here’s How to Overcome It
Savvy company leaders plan for the low points and implement strategies that ensure their businesses will thrive in the long term -- no matter what the economy does.
Building a Business
Set These 5 Strategic Priorities Now to End 2018 With a Bang
A fresh start is half way through the year is how you achieve the goals you set New Year's Day.
By John Rampton
Building a Business
Expanding Your Business? Ignore These Pitfalls at Your Peril
When a business owner thinks about expansion, life gets exciting. But a path of missteps awaits the entrepreneur who doesn't think it through beforehand.
By Arkady Bukh
Thought Leaders
Planning for a Library 100 Years in the Future: The Woman Behind This Massive Undertaking Explains How She Gets Things Done
Anne Beate Hovind, the engine behind a unique public art project in Norway called Future Library, shares how she makes the impossible possible.
By Linda Lacina
Thought Leaders
Stop Glorifying ‘Winging It’ and Make a Plan
Staying focused on whatever is the next thing gets you nowhere without a plan. Preparation and analysis are key for any business leader.
Thought Leaders
Why Your Business Needs to Be More Flexible Than Ever
Is your company and its marketing approach ready to change and adapt to new information?
By Jim Joseph
Building a Business
5 Steps to Positioning Your Tech-Enabled Company Now for a Successful Strategic Exit in 2 to 5 Years
Keeping a few key considerations in mind can help you better position your business for acquisition by a strategic or private equity buyer.
By Art Mertes
Building a Business
Why This Successful Company Completely Changed Its Offerings — and How It Made It Work
Generally everything was going well at Pocket Gems. That's when they decided to shift their strategy so they could work on something entirely new.
By Ben Liu
Human Resources
Create Your Entrepreneur’s Essential Backup Plan and Never Panic Again
Staying solvent at your current level is the key to taking your business to the next level.
Thought Leaders
You’ve Had the Annual Strategy Development Meeting. Now What?
A strategic plan demands strategic execution across the whole of your business. Plans are just paper until leaders getting people to implement them. Here's how.
By William Hall
Thought Leaders
5 Ways ‘Dadpreneurs’ Can Balance Home and Work
Your family and your business both need time and attention. Here's how to develop a plan that supports your goals at home and in your career.
By Kc Agu
Thought Leaders
Focusing Like a Laser Will Increase Your Odds of Success
Focus is the only solution when your company's future gets fuzzy.
By George Deeb
Thought Leaders
Here’s Why You Need to Stop Worrying About the Worst-Case Scenario
Focusing on and preparing for unlikely catastrophes just distracts you from the difficult-but-possible goals you've set for yourself.
Building a Business
How Online Businesses Can Prepare for 2017
New tech? Weekly and monthly goals? Risks you plan to take? What goals are you setting for next year?
By Thomas Smale
Thought Leaders
4 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Get the Rest They Need to Never Burnout
When you don't take time for yourself, your business suffers, but when you take care of yourself, your business can thrive.
By Kc Agu
Entrepreneurs
How to Finish 2016 With a Bang
Use the momentum of Q4 to slingshot yourself to greater success in the new year.
By Sean Kelly
Building a Business
Make the Most of This Time of Year
Now is the time to assess where you are and plan how to get where you are heading toward.
By Jim Joseph
Thought Leaders
6 Habits That Turn Dreams Into Reality
The secret of turning wishful thinking into a life of action and achievement.
By Ric Kelly