10 Low-Cost Business Resources For Entrepreneurs
This may sound like overly basic advice, but I can’t emphasize enough how much I’ve learned about running a business just by spending some time reading. I’ve applied systems, practices and tools to my own startup with visibly great results. Here are my go-to business books (some of them travel with me…
Is Your Small Business Social Media Smart? Interview With Laura Roeder, Founder Of LKR Social Media
“A lot of social media businesses aren’t successful in using social for themselves.” What? Say that again? Imagine a teacher admitting that the faculty at her school couldn’t pass the same exams that they give to their students. I’d want to hear more of what that teacher has to say about education…
How To Simplify Your Business (Even As It Grows)
Is your business too complicated? After running an ultra-high-growth, successful business for three years, I noticed a disturbing trend creeping around the edges: complexity. As we grew our team, expanded our product line and added more marketing strategies into the mix (all at a high speed), each piece started…
5 Ways to Get Fewer Emails (Finally)
This probably isn’t the first article you’ve read about taming the email beast. You know all about categorizing, filtering, batching your time, etc., etc. But no matter how savvy your email system is, managing your inbox is still attacking the symptom, not the problem. What if you just got less email…
Lifestyle Business Vs. Startup: 7 Things To Think About
A few years back, I wasn’t stoked about my position as a financial analyst, and I knew I wanted to run my own business. The problem was, I had no idea what I wanted that business to look like. I could go one of two routes. I could take one of my crazy ideas and go the startup path, try and chase down funding…