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Launching your product at CES is an exciting, high-stakes moment and an incredible opportunity for … [+] getting people talking about your brand. Photo by Product School on Unsplash CES 2020. It’s the biggest, busiest, most high-stakes consumer tech show in the U.S. Over the last ten years, I’ve attended this event as an influencer,

Rob Ceravolo and his dog Tropic Ocean Airways As I prepared to leave the Navy after years of active duty as a fighter pilot, most of my friends were becoming airline pilots, but that life wasn’t for me. There was only one thing I wanted to do: start a business. Using the money I’d earned

Charles and Samantha . When a child first tells their parents “I want to be an artist” it is often met with a sigh, a groan, a look of concern, and is closely followed by a suggestion of a much more “stable” career option. After this first hurdle, one would hope that an artist is

10’000 Hours | DigitalVision | Getty Images Among other reasons, it’s hard to get back into the traditional workplace after age 50 if you were forced out. Starting your own business puts you back in the driver’s seat. In fact, with extra years under your belt, you have more of an edge than you think

A phone screen showing the Toucan app. Toucan The Open Up 2020 Challenge finalists have been announced today, putting the most promising fintech firms that use open banking to transform how people in the U.K. manage their money on a pedestal. Run by Nesta Challenges in partnership with Open Banking Limited (OBL), 15 companies have

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Getty Happy employees help make happy customers – which, in turn, help make a successful business, right? That’s certainly the theory behind employee engagement, and business leaders’ growing focus on the employee experience. However, despite many companies’ obsession with being named a “best place to work,” a fundamental question has been left largely unexplored: Are

U.S. military veterans are a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield — and in business. Many choose entrepreneurship as their career after returning from service, equipped with a cadre of unique leadership and time-management skills. Currently they own about 2.5 million small businesses in America in a host of industries, according to the

Business professionals having meeting. Getty Early in my career, I worked in real estate (and still do to this day). I’d be lying if I said I was welcomed with open arms by people who wanted to see me succeed. I did meet some of those people and felt lucky to work alongside them, but

Getty Images As he prepared for jaw surgery a few years back, Josh Elizetxe, 26, got to be friends with his oral surgeon and orthodontist. When they told him how big the tooth-whitening space had become, the Arizona State University graduate, who’d been starting businesses since age 13, got excited. With the two professionals advising

Veteran-owned businesses are an important engine of economic growth. New research from Experian has found that veterans tend to own and operate business with a larger employee base, and veteran-owned businesses have better longevity and sustainability than non veteran-owned business. (Experian analyzed and compared the credit data of veteran-owned businesses and non-veteran-owned businesses from 2015

Before I started my company GMM Nonstick Coatings in 2007, my biggest fear was “What if it fails?” A wise older friend who had started and sold a number of large companies said, “People on their deathbed usually regret the things they did not do, not their failures. If you don’t try, you’ll never know

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Digital Human Brain Covered with Networks Getty It’s a grim statistic: about half of small businesses fail within five years. The main reason is the challenge with cash flows. But technologies like AI (Artificial Intelligence) can be a big help. They may even transform the business. Yet there

It’s never easy to ask friends and family for money but it doesn’t have to ruin relationships. Shutterstock Thanks to my past professional life as a political fundraiser, I’m acutely aware of the time and energy required to raise money, as well as the difficulty, stress and deadlines. As I work my way through a

Photo credit: Getty Getty Veteran-owned businesses represent a little less than 10 percent of all U.S. companies, employ 5.03 million workers, combine for an annual payroll of $195 billion, and generated $1.14 trillion in revenue, according to the SBA’s 2017 report Veteran-Owned Businesses and Their Owners. Each year, the SBA celebrates, connects, and empowers service

Main Street’s optimism in the economy (NFIB) indicates small businesses favor approve of the … [+] president’s job performance. Getty Three years ago this week one of the most prominent markers of the 240-year American experiment took place: A national election to choose a new leader of the Executive Branch.  Since then, a terabyte of

In “Uberising Luck”, the Economist (October 5, 2019, page 57) notes a number of programs that help entrepreneurs and laments the fact that “schemes to make entrepreneurs more successful are hit and miss.” I have a high regard for the Economist, It is one of the best business magazines in the world, but this article

Character may be fixed, but you can avoid working with difficult people. Getty I’m an optimist and certain that people are good and want to do their best. This should make selecting people for jobs rather straightforward—with innate motivation and clear expectations, performance should easily follow. Unfortunately, some new research suggests that a glass half-full

Besito Photo Courtesy: Besito Warren Bobrow=WB: Where are you from? What did you originally want to be when you were a younger person? How did you achieve the honor of working with our plant?  Maggie Connors/Besito=MC/B: I grew up in Connecticut, where I wanted to be everything from a designer to a doctor, an architect

Fed Cuts Interest Rates, But Indicates A Pause Is Ahead The Federal Reserve approved an expected quarter-point interest rate cut Wednesday but indicated that the moves to ease policy could be nearing a pause. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee lowered its benchmark funds rate by 25 basis points to a range of 1.5%

Your startup’s biggest fans can play a big role in your ability to reach a large group of potential … [+] customers just by guiding them with a simple launch process. Here is an effective plan for engaging and involving your early adopters with startup launch and customer acquisition. Getty If you ever built and

Financial advisors need a succession plan to ensure their clients’, and the industry’s, future. Andrey Popov | Getty Images Learning to expect the unexpected is a time-honored rite of passage for every small business owner. But when unpredictability strikes in the form of a key executive suddenly resigning or, worse, passing away, the fallout can

National food reporter Ann Hui is used to telling other people’s stories in the pages of The Globe and Mail, whether exploring the impact of public policy and food wastelands on impacted communities, or helping to uncover the wrongdoings of a former staple of the Canadian wine industry.  When sharing deeply personal tale of her

Sustaining startup momentum is about working relentlessly towards a vision on a journey filled with … [+] ups and downs where the goal is to increase the successes and minimize the losses. Here are 4 ways for managing startup launch and growth without losing momentum. Getty Launching a startup can take months of preparation. A

Delegation is leadership in its purest form, without it, the quality of work suffers, productivity … [+] decreases, and startup growth is capped even if the developed product works at scale. Here are 4 jobs early-stage startups should not delegate. Getty While Steve Jobs may have broken every leadership rule, none of his ideas would

James Altucher and Jordan Paris. Jordan Paris If you listen to podcasts, you most likely know how valuable they can be within you industry, whether you want to learn something new, have a laugh, or if you’re looking for some guidance and advice. Based on current trends as well as the growing market, podcast ad

Maxeme Tuchman, founder of Caribu. Michelle Citrin Recently, Kristen Sonday shared the lessons she learned when raising over $1M in VC-funding for her startup. In an effort to show just how diverse funding options can be, Maxeme Tuchman shares how she navigated raising $1.7M by going the equity crowdfunding route.  Tuchman is the co-founder of

Digital Human Brain Covered with Networks Getty Founded in 2003, Splunk is a leading provider of software to investigate, monitor and analyze data. The initial focus of the company was on security, which proved to be spot-on. But since 2015, there has been a transformation. Splunk has pulled off 13 acquisitions (with the latest deals being for Streamlio,

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin It’s a worrying trend for an already struggling business. Barry King/WireImage Topline: As the movie theater business struggles to stay relevant in an age of cheap streaming services, Walt Disney’s purchase of 21st Century Fox earlier this year has brought about a worrying new trend for

Micah Young | E+ | Getty Images If your company was open for business in 2008, then you undoubtedly remember the Great Recession. For small business owners, especially companies with less than $5 million in revenue, the effects of America’s last major downturn were nothing less than devastating. Bankruptcies rose 74% in 2009 with over