Posts Tagged‘entrepreneurship’

Building a Great Startup Team with Josh Melick

Josh Melick has seen a lot in his time as a startup entrepreneur. He started his own company, raised over $30 million in venture capital investment, and saw numerous companies acquired. Most recently, he was the founder and CEO of Broadly.com, a small business CRM built for mobile users. Josh is currently winding down his career as an entrepreneur, but he still regularly consults with new startups. One of the topics he talks about is what makes a great startup team. Josh Melick: It’s really hard to get out of the building and start your venture if it’s just you. Having…

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Audrey Gelman – Private Habits of CEOs

CEO and entrepreneur Audrey Gelman has been at the top of her industry for many years, and is very much someone who is outspoken about her successful lifestyle. we often hear about CEOs and how they share similar skills which take them to the heights they’ve found, and it is certainly true that the do share many characteristics. What some don’t realize however is that these shared skills don’t stop in the workplace, and there are in fact many similar behaviors which most CEOs have. Here are just some examples of what those private habits of CEOs are. Moonlighting Despite how…

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Hitting Refresh is the Most Popular Button for 2020

A Fresh Website for a Fresh Business So here we are in the twenties and it’s safe to say your web presence has had to be a main focus for pretty much 80% of the year when it comes to generating new business. If you were one of those people who spends their time at networking events or business functions apologising for your website when people are requesting for it, then chances are this is the time to hit launch on that rebrand or refresh of your website. What can you do to give that fresh coat of pixels an…

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Misha Kaura – 5 Steps to Becoming An Entrepreneur

Being an entrepreneur is a very fashionable career choice at the moment as so many people have seen the successes of people like Misha Kaura, a successful figurehead in the world of textiles and an entrepreneur in every sense of the word. The issue is that so many people just don’t have what it takes, and if you are serious about being an entrepreneur you need to understand the steps which you must take first. If you are passionate about launching your own business then here are the 5 steps which you need to be looking to take. 1 – Research Your…

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Start a Self-Employed Courier Business Today: Here’s How

Source: Unsplash | Maarten van den Heuvel If you want to be your own boss and enjoy the rewards that come with running your own business, then courier service is the right choice for you. What does it take to start this business? The answer is simple: a dependable vehicle and a cell phone. The startup cost apart from the vehicle and cell phone? Not more than $500. Yes, you heard it right. You only need a couple of bucks to get started in this part-time or full-time job. Here, you are required to pick up and deliver packages to your…

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Market Research and Your Business

The art of good decision making is founded on gathering plenty of information. If you’re not in possession of all the facts, then you can’t use those facts to steer your business towards success. Market research agencies can help you by getting your business more information to go towards making better decisions, and encouraging better outcomes. Today we’re having a look at some of the ways market research agencies can help your business, starting today! Brand Tracking Determining the health of your brand gives you a shortcut to understanding if you’re making good decisions for your business. Your brand is affected…

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Girish Navani – An Unknown Inspiration

Souce: Pexels Have you ever met someone and taken an instant liking to them? Someone who’s energy is infectious and someone who makes you want to be better? I was lucky enough to meet such a person in Girish Navani, someone who a friend of mine met some years ago and a man who started to come out with us every Thursday night. I never really knew Girish personally but we did actually spend quite a lot of time together in the same group. Girish Navani at that stage was only in the UK for a short while and then…

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3 Ways to Budget Yourself When You Have Your Own Business

To start a business, whether big or small, you will need a capital. Without a capital, you won’t be able to start a business. There are lots of initial costs required to get your business started before you could begin to get some returns. Before you could set up a store, you will need to rent a suitable place and set up the place such as display shelves, etc. You will need to pay in advance for goods to be displayed or sold in the stores and you will also need to hire staff to help you sell the goods.…

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How to Ditch Your Day Job and Work for Yourself: The Complete Guide

Tired of working for a boss and punching someone else’s time clock? Check out this guide to learn how to quit your day job and work for yourself for true freedom. That same ole same ole getting you down? Is your boss a big dumb jerk? Of course, it is. And yes, you bet he is. So? What are you going to do about it? You can tell him to poke his tired old job where the sun doesn’t shine and start being your own boss. It is actually easier than you think to work for yourself. More and more…

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The Pros and Cons of Crowdsourcing Software for Enterprises

Crowdsourcing is one of the most modern ways of gathering and collecting innovative ideas. More and more organizations use it in order to gain a greater understanding of what the market as a whole wants, thereby developing more relevant, fit for purpose products. A lot of software packages have also been developed to further facilitate this form of crowdsourcing. However, this means that organizations must gain an understanding of the pros and cons of crowdsourcing software for enterprises. The Pros of Crowdsourcing Software for Enterprises It allows for organisations to go over scenarios that I’ve actually happened with actual users,…

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