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Being an entrepreneur takes a special kind of person; someone with drive, intelligence and thick skin. After launching…
On today’s Business Beat, Jeff shares results of a MetLife and U.S. Chamber of Commerce small business index…
The following is an adapted excerpt from “The Million-Dollar One-Person Business: Make Great Money. Work the Way You…
For any business, proper recruitment is essential. It ensures the company can attract and retain the best talent.…
As a brand strategist, I am someone who is obsessed with startup innovation, the power of design, enhanced…
When it comes to startup brands, a good website design can help you stand out from the crowd.…
Are you wanting to start a family business? If so, you’re not alone. According to the United States…
Lawsuits and business, unfortunately, go hand-in-hand. Every week, there’s something in the news about a major company being…
You have the idea, you have the business plan, you have the drive to succeed; what you don’t…
If you’re a content marketer, you know the importance of keeping your content strategy on track. But how…
Knowing how much to spend on marketing can be difficult, especially if you’re a startup with no historical…
Starting your own business is a new and exciting challenge that can be rewarding, but overwhelming. From the…
There are more startups than ever before post-pandemic. As the e-commerce industry continues to boom and work from…
If you’re hoping to grow your startup’s brand either through increased sales or greater brand awareness, influencer marketing…
It’s no secret that communication is critical for business success. In fact, it’s for this very reason that more…
Startup entrepreneurs face some of the toughest odds when it comes to achieving success. With 90% of startups…
I started my first company when I was six years old, selling fallen apples to keep the streets…
Always on the hunt for ways to grow his financial and insurance advisory firm, Ken Greene recently turned…
Over the past decade, crowdfunding has revolutionized the way startups generate capital and secure investment. In fact, in…
You’ve walked across the stage, received your diploma and left behind the halls of academia. You are now…
You understand the value of blogging. The countless studies citing the success that business blogging brings are hard…
March 2022 marked the two-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic – a scary and isolating time for many.…
Remote employees are no longer an anomaly. In a recent survey by Gallup, 43 percent of surveyed Americans…
We’ve all felt burned out at one point or another — that feeling of total fatigue, both mental…
Life as a startup founder can be tough. Advertising and PR is often a pain-point for many entrepreneurs, but…
Pay-per-click (PPC) marketing involves multiple moving parts. If you are not aware of all of the components and…
Managing your finances should be taught in school. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. More than half…
Entrepreneurs can’t ignore the influence of social media on finding business online. Having a presence on platforms like…
Launching any new business venture requires a fair amount of strategic planning, especially considering that only 50% of…
Content lies at the heart of digital marketing, and our social media channels provide a means to ship…
In a March 21, 2022, statement, President Joe Biden cautioned businesses in the private sector to harden their…
Back in 2005, as I was starting my fourth company, I was warned about going up against a…
The U.S. startup landscape boomed in 2021, doubling year on year with a $329-billion venture capital investment across…
Every business has one or more growth bottlenecks. For successful service-oriented startups, the bottleneck is often their biggest…
Public relations isn’t what it once was; now that nearly anyone can uncover and share information online, it’s…
Excerpted from The #Pace Process for Early Career Success. Copyright © 2022 by Mark Zides. Reprinted with permission from Armin Lear…
“Do Schools Kill Creativity?” is one of the most popular TED Talks of all time. In his entertaining…
Forecasting is crucial for any startup, and even more so for e-commerce startups. However, as inbound marketing strategies…
We’ve all heard the saying: faster, better or cheaper – pick two. It’s an unfortunate reality of every…
Most modern businesses engage in digital marketing of some kind, and much of that falls under the umbrella…
The stats for women in investing are somewhat bleak. Only 11% of VC partners are women, and as…
When viral, feel-good publisher LittleThings shut down in February due to circumstances beyond its owners’ control, we watched…
If entrepreneurship were juggling, most companies would be one dropped ball away from the act falling apart. Why?…
A couple of weeks ago, we covered the mechanics of building a blog (the right way), how to…
When I started out as a trader in 1997, I barely knew how to do it. The first…
After 13 years of owning a more traditional, boutique PR and marketing agency, I looked into buying a…
Millennials are leading the charge when it comes to the side hustle. More than half of U.S. millennials…
From the outside, growing a startup appears relatively straightforward — though never easy. Your customer base expands; you…
You had an idea and you turned that idea into a new business. Congratulations! But as you work…
On this segment of “The Pre W. Smith Show,” Ned Staebler of TechTown Detroit talks with Jeff about…