When other people use these words to describe your talents, it's OK. When you do it, you just sound like a pompous jerk. Picture this: You meet someone new
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Stuck in a rut? Josh Linkner shared a few ways entrepreneurs can boost their teams' creativity, and use big ideas to beat out big competition. "Stop competing on price and start competing on imagination," Josh Linkner told attendees at the Inc
Read More »Stop Killing Your Credibility: 3 Tips
Are you aware of the little ways you damage your reputation and your business? Here's how to maintain your self-respect and that of others. I'm sure you have either heard or said at one time or another the phrase, "Do as I say, not as I do." The phrase is so overused, in fact, that people generally consider it to be clich
Read More »Make Your Customer Trends Pay Off
One way to manage the peaks and valleys of cash flow is to plan marketing strategies based on your customer trends. An important aspect of any business is identifying and reacting to trends; then laying these trends over your demographics in order to manage for peaks and valleys. This has been a normal approach for me when conducting a financial analysis on turnaround clients
Read More »This Week In Bots: Robo-Crime And Robo-Punishment
Bot Vid: Transformers, For Real Transformers may be robots in disguise, but the kids' toys that drive the franchise have never been really robotic. There's always been a lot of "pull that, twist this, flip the other" dextrous fingerwork required to get the plastic parts to actually transform. With that in mind (yes, stop being nostalgic about your childhood!) watch this , courtesy of Plastic Pals
Read More »What College Students Can Teach Entrepreneurs
Five ways I was recently amazed by undergrads competing in a business plan competition at Texas Christian University. As I get older, I love to talk about how times have changed
Read More »Stop Working More Than 40 Hours a Week
You may think you're getting more accomplished by working longer hours. You're probably wrong
Read More »When the Breadwinner Gets Crusty
Troubles arise when the spouse's paycheck supports a family and a business. During the perilous early years of Stonyfield Farm, I didn't work outside the home. My husband, Gary, and I managed to live on his meager income
Read More »Has ‘Entrepreneur’ Lost Its Meaning?
Now that everyone is a so-called entrepreneur, the word is losing its edge. And entrepreneurship with a big E is a pain in the neck. We are in the golden age of entrepreneurship.
Read More »The Freelancer/ Independent Consultant/ Work-From-Homer’s Guide To Tax Write-Offs
Those who do contracting on the side, work from home, or do their own freelance thing have to watch every dime that goes out. Here's a few dimes you can catch
Read More »Female Tech Entrepreneurs’ Big Secret
Yes, there is plenty of sexism out there.
Read More »Mastering The Uncomfortable Art Of Personal Branding
Whether interviewing for a job or making a presentation, weaving a strong personal narrative could be the one thing that keeps you on top. Here are a few tips to turning on your personal branding story without turning off your audience
Read More »‘Healthy Happy Meal’ doesn’t have to be an oxymoron
Are you a terrible parent if you grab a quick bite for the kids at Burger King or McDonald's? San Francisco's "ban" on Happy Meals seems to imply as much
Read More »The Beauty of Epic Failures
They're painful.
Read More »Passing the Business Down to… Who?
If you don't have business partners, you might not think you need a succession plan. You do. Here are some options.
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