Category: Success Tips

Best entrepreneur books for our time: A targeted guide

The quest for the ideal entrepreneur book never ends because all entrepreneurs are wired differently and they ply their trade in different circumstances. Your favorite might not be your partner’s favorite and the entrepreneur books you value today may not be the ones that you value tomorrow. Further, there’s never a shortage of good entrepreneur […]

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This week in small business: The economy under a microscope

There are several ways to look at the economy. Is it strong? Is it circular? Are gigs starting to dominate? Those are three of the topics explored this week. And, as usual, you’ll also find a lot of great leadership, management, and marketing advice in our collection of curated content. Politics, government, and the economy […]

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Inconsistency: The hobgoblin that dooms small business owners to the minor leagues

Why do people eat at McDonald’s, stay overnight at Holiday Inn Express, and buy online from Amazon? I would argue that one of the most compelling reasons is that these huge organizations have systems in place that virtually guarantee a consistent customer experience. This is exactly what many small, local businesses lack, and a couple […]

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How to use ROBS to get a financial advantage for your business

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of 401(k) Business Financing for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. The relationship between startups and banks is – more often than not – a tenuous and uneasy one. While many business owners view banks as “too big to fail,” thousands of those same entrepreneurs wanting to […]

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