2021 could be a boom year for e-commerce business owners who want to sell. With U.S. e-commerce sales up 40% in 2020, according to Digital Commerce 360, buyers are circling. Gary Huang, a seasoned e-commerce seller on Amazon and eBay and founder of the 7-Figure Seller Summit, a free community event now underway, says one of the
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February 13, 2021 4 min read Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. Every business these days needs a solid online presence. But, not every
February 12, 2021 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. For many small businesses, now is the time to invest in better sales management. While it might seem like a task for larger enterprises or for better economic conditions, the truth is that in a time of slashed budgets and reticent
Tom Cormier, co-founer DropshippingUniversity.com Thomas Cormier Maybe you’ve seen videos circulating online of people who have quit their corporate jobs to pursue a dream of entrepreneurial success. One of the most popular forms nowadays revolves around a concept in e-commerce known as dropshipping. Dropshipping is a business model that allows entrepreneurs to sell products to their
Has your small business crossed the digital divide yet? While there’s been a focus on enterprise businesses digitally transforming, not all small businesses kept pace. Taking a slower evolutionary approach to going digital may have sufficed two or so years ago. But 2020 changed everything. According to Salesforce’s State of the Connected Customer report, 68
Building a startup team is something that you need to get right from the start. Here is what you … [+] need to know about startup hiring in the early versus growth stages. getty For most entrepreneurs, the startup journey starts with an idea. You could argue, however, that the first time you involve another
February 12, 2021 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Starting a business from the ground up can be an intimidating and overwhelming experience, especially without guidance or support. But there are still so many reasons to do it. You get to be the boss, work your own hours and feel a
Charles “Chase” Merritt, who was convicted of murdering the McStay family, appears during his sentencing hearing at San Bernardino Superior Court in San Bernardino on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. Watchara Phomicinda | MediaNews Group | The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images In an era of gig work and side hustles, many budding entrepreneurs may be
Ralph Thomas, CEO and executive director of the New Jersey Society of CPAs, Roseland, was awarded the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey’s 2021 Business Award, tol be presented at the AACCNJ’s Eleventh Annual Circle of Achievement Virtual Awards Gala on Feb. 11. The award honors a distinguished group of African Americans who
In an unprecedented time, millennials have managed to survive and thrive. skyNext – stock.adobe.com By Deborah Sweeney At the start of the 2010s, the internet was flooded with articles debating the role of millennials in the workplace. Arguments were made in favor of hiring millennials and giving them the chance to excel in leadership positions.
Courtney Senechal, RN, prepares to give the second Moderna vaccine shot for Covid-19, at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center in Boston on Jan. 19, 2021. Jonathan Wiggs | Boston Globe | Getty Images Barely more than one in five small business owners (22%) will require their employees to get Covid-19 vaccines when they become
If you’re trying to attract highly qualified professionals to your company, it’s likely that they’re mulling over multiple offer letters in addition to yours. To incentivize a top job candidate to accept your offer, you have to find a way to make it stand out. To help, a panel of Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) members
Stop spending on accountants when you can be one yourself. February 10, 2021 2 min read Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. This time
U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Thomas J. Donohue (left) will be succeeded in March by the … [+] organization’s current president, Suzanne Clark (right). The Washington Post via Getty Images The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday appointed Suzanne Clark as CEO, effective March 11, 2021. In taking the job, Clark will become the first
Email remains one of the most important and effective marketing channels. Yet, a recent study suggests email marketers are running the risk of negatively impacting their email program by not following best practices Even the most seasoned marketers know that you can’t focus on the big picture without locking down basic best practices. Join Validity
Vice President Kamala Harris, from left, U.S. President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, wear protective masks while meeting with Democratic senators in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 to discuss Covid-19 stimulus relief. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty
If you buy something through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more. Founded by entrepreneur Pierre Omidyar in 1995, eBay was one of the first auction sites on the web. In fact, its original name was AuctionWeb. Fast forward over 25 years later. As you can see from the eBay
Founder and Principal Analyst, ZK Research with a focus on emerging technologies that enable organizations to transform digitally. getty I’ve always been a big advocate of artificial intelligence (AI) and its near-limitless potential to improve our lives. For example, society has already come to enjoy many benefits of audio AI technology. When I was in college, students
Combine images without any design skill to create limitless opportunities. February 9, 2021 2 min read Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. Entrepreneurs have
Edwin Sanchez, Echez CEO and member of the Latino Business Action Network meets with team members remotely. SLEI Despite being the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. small business ecosystem, Latinos continue to struggle to secure capital from national banks. That’s according to the State of Latino Entrepreneurship 2020 research study from the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative. “Over
House Democrats on Monday released the first draft text for key pieces of legislation that will comprise President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill. The legislative language from the Ways and Means, Financial Services and Education and Labor Committees show Democrats are forging ahead with plans to bump the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour
Shutterstock In a nation that feels more divided than ever, Nancy Jacobson wants politicians, leaders, and citizens alike to put labels aside and solve our biggest problems together. As the founder and CEO of No Labels, an organization that fights against the dysfunction and obstruction within today’s politics, she and her team succeed in achieving
sturti | E+ | Getty Images The tax competition between states to attract and keep businesses and residents has been ongoing for decades. The national migration pattern has generally trended from cold, high-tax northern states to warm, low-tax southern and south western states. Retirees, no longer tied to a workplace or raising children, have been
EU and UK flags tearing apart getty On the 12th of January, Sue Campbell, founder of Kind2, a small business selling shampoo and conditioner bars, dropped off their first post-Brexit package to a well-known courier firm. At 15% of their turnover, their European wholesale orders make up a significant part of their business, so they
Vice President Kamala Harris watches as President Joe Biden signs executive orders after speaking on racial equity in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 26, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Just over two weeks into his administration, President Joe Biden has already made it clear
While it will still take a few more months into 2021 to get back to something near normal (or at least pre- 2020 normal), one thing that hasn’t changed is tax season. Although the tax deadline was pushed to July last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, this year, the deadline returns to April 15,
This year’s virtual IFA convention offers timely and valuable information to franchisees and franchisors alike about how the industry is adapting to a new administration and to the challenges of the pandemic. Every year the International Franchise Association (IFA) hosts the industry’s best and brightest to network and share current insights as a means to
Making extra cash from a side hustle can be a brilliant way of improving your finances quickly – and doing work of your choosing. Depending on your time availability and your side gig of choice, it can also be fairly lucrative: The average Millennial reports earning nearly $1,000 per month from their side gigs, according
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rise in the use of contingent workforces as a result of the gig economy. This is because small business owners are always looking for easier ways to work with resources instead of making them employees for their company. On the Small Business Radio Show this week,
The American Institute of CPAs is proposing to revise its quality management standards to take a more risk-based approach targeted at the types of engagements performed by the CPA firm. The AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board issued an exposure draft Thursday of a set of three interrelated proposed standards to address how CPA firms should manage