The 5 Most Common Mistakes Made By Startup CEOs (And What To Do About Them)
Being in the driver’s seat of a growing startup as founding CEO is no easy job, and unfortunately, there’s no GPS to tell you what to do when you approach a crossroads in the life of your company. You want to avoid the most common mistakes made by startup CEOs to help your company thrive. Brett Fox has traveled these roads before as the CEO of his own startup and as entrepreneur-in-residence at a VC firm. Today Brett works as an...
Does My Startup Need a Social Media Page?
As a startup, gaining exposure to new audiences through marketing is likely one of your main priorities. Implementing a strategic marketing plan is one of the most important parts of building your startup business. In 2022, posting on social media with your business social media page is an arguably necessary aspect of any business’s marketing plan. Many statistics reflect this. Like the fact that 90% of marketers report that...
3 Strategies to Grow Your Hardware Store
Whether you have just opened up your hardware store, or are planning to venture into this line of business, it is important to know the basics of how to achieve long-term success and maximize your profit margins so you can continue to grow your hardware store. Depending on where you live, the demand for different kinds of hardware will tend to vary. This is based on the demographic and subsequent demand of that region as well as the...
5-Minute Meeting: How to Take the Time You Need to Successfully Rule Your Life
Making time for important meeting objectives is one of the most important skills you can possess as a business owner. It’s also one of the most challenging, especially if you don’t have a plan for taking the time to achieve success. If you want to be successful, you need to invest in 5-minute meetings. What to Expect at a 5-Minute Meeting? A 5-minute meeting is a short, efficiency-oriented meeting that is typically used to resolve a...
Are You Meant for Entrepreneurship? Here’s How to Find Out
There are many roles to partake in when it comes to creating an effective startup. But perhaps the most efficient and noteworthy is the entrepreneur. They’re the ones that have the ideas – and the know-how – to get the job done for their new business. But how do you know if you’re cut out for such a role? What makes you the ideal person to fit the role of entrepreneurship? The real thing you need to find out here is if you’re ready....
3 Steps (and 1 Highly Underrated Step) to Find an Epic Business Name
You have a business idea that you’re itching to launch. Now, you need a name for it. You scour the internet for thousands of options but nothing seems to click as well as say, Dollar Shave Club. A brand name like that is rare. It fully says what it does yet creates intrigue as a business name. Even if you are able to get hundreds of options through a name generator, you have no way to know if that name works for your business. As the...