It's the threat you never see coming. In fact, even after you crash and burn you still might not recognize it. Sometimes the biggest threat to your start-up is the one you can’t see.
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For many women business owners, the shortest route to a a million in revenues runs through Washington. All business owners, especially women owners, know that getting to a million in revenues is a tough hurdle
Read More »Get an Offer That’s Just Right
Finding the perfect investor can be a Goldilocks-type challenge. Here's how one company found that 'just right' investor.
Read More »Get an Offer That’s Just Right
Finding the perfect investor can be a Goldilocks-type challenge. Here's how one company found that 'just right' investor. Here's a tale of a business that was looking for the "just right" buyer.
Read More »5 Tech Rules Entrepreneurs Should Live By
How you use technology not only reflects on you personally, but also on your company and its reputation. We now have the possibility to be connected continually: text messages, emails, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn… all of which can be accessed from our smartphones, our iPads, our computers.
Read More »5 Tech Rules Entrepreneurs Should Live By
How you use technology not only reflects on you personally, but also on your company and its reputation. We now have the possibility to be connected continually: text messages, emails, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn… all of which can be accessed from our smartphones, our iPads, our computers
Read More »How to Accomplish the Impossible
Genius sometimes just means not realizing that something is impossible. A college student arrived a few minutes late for his final exam in mathematics. The room was quiet, with everyone working hard, and the profes
Read More »The Secret to Attaining Work-Life Balance
As our business grew, I started neglecting my family and friends--and no advice seemed to help bring balance. That is, until I read this passage. Is attaining balance really possible in an entrepreneurial environment?
Read More »The Secret to Attaining Work-Life Balance
As our business grew, I started neglecting my family and friends--and no advice seemed to help bring balance.
Read More »Hack Days: Not Just for Facebookers
As part of Facebook's IPO filing, founder Mark Zuckerberg praised the concept of the "hackathon." Could something similar benefit your company, even if you're not in tech?
Read More »Founders: Are You Forgetting Something?
Don't be too focused on your product--because if you're not building a community for it, it may never get off the ground. When you are first starting your business, it can seem as if there are an infinite number of items on your to-do list and not enough hours in the day.
Read More »Founders: Are You Forgetting Something?
Don't be too focused on your product--because if you're not building a community for it, it may never get off the ground. When you are first starting your business, it can seem as if there are an infinite number of items on your to-do list and not enough hours in the day. While it's important to put in the necessary time to build out your product or service, there is a danger in being overly focused
Read More »Negotiating Tricks for Wimps
How to ask for what you want -- and get it.
Read More »8 Things Your Employees Need Most
Forget about raises and better benefits. Those are important -- but this is what your staff really wants. Pay is important .
Read More »8 Things Your Employees Need Most
Forget about raises and better benefits. Those are important -- but this is what your staff really wants. Pay is important .
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