Introducing A Blog For Entrepreneurs Who Aren't Trying To Instantly Start The...
Whether you’re starting a company from nothing or deciding to expand to your fourth or fifth location, as an entrepreneur, you’ll encounter more than your fair share of challenges and pitfalls. A lot...
View ArticleTake The First Step To Start A Business But Don't Quit Your Day Job
The hardest part about becoming an entrepreneur is deciding to cut ties with your current lifestyle and take the first step to create your own company.
View ArticleHow Do You Know When It's Time To Change Your Company's Name?
Before starting Local Marketing, Inc., I had a lot of notions about what’s important in creating and running a business. I was perhaps idealistic in thinking that as long as you had a track record...
View ArticleThe 'Thinking Day' - A Solution To Getting Too Wrapped Up In Day-To-Day...
Running a company is one of the hardest things to do. It’s especially difficult in the early years, when you’re still figuring out the basic functions of your business. How can you figure out where...
View ArticleSell Your Product Before Selling Ownership Stakes
Like most business owners, I endured my fair share of pitfalls before finding success. The last company I co-founded (as a majority shareholder) focused on raising a lot of money before we actually had...
View ArticleIs Your Initial Response The Best One? When You're Running A Business, Maybe Not
Dealing with Difficult Business Relationships In my company’s early years, I ran into an issue over a deal we had worked out with a networking group. The deal involved paying group members a fixed...
View ArticleHow We Exponentially Expanded Our Applicant Pool -- And Hired The Right People
Putting the Right Team Together is Tough Putting the right team together is essential to running a business. You can’t completely avoid turnover, of course, but hiring the right people—and keeping...
View ArticleDon't Let Outlandish Success Stories Discourage Your Business
The age of information is great for a lot of things—we can make a last minute dinner reservation without talking to anyone or easily stream a soccer game halfway around the world. But with all of that...
View ArticleTired Of Being Bugged By Salespeople? Try Listening To Them
One thing I’ve learned in my years as a business owner is that advice can sometimes be found in surprising places. Here's a great example: salespeople can be an untapped well of knowledge. You know the...
View ArticleDon't Settle: Why You Should Never Stop Testing Your Business Strategy
Most strategies won’t continue to be beneficial in the long term. Staying on top of new strategies requires constantly paying attention and can be exhausting. It's important to always be testing new...
View ArticleThe Evolution Of Running A Business: An Entrepreneur's Perspective
About a decade ago, I was fresh out of business school and had a certain way of looking at things. We’d been taught that businesses operated a certain way. The rules were standard and straightforward:...
View ArticleHow We Changed Our Approach To Networking Events And Found Success
Ever since starting my company in 2006, I’ve found formal networking events to be very valuable. I’d find and register for cocktail hours and luncheons on various websites, such as local Chamber of...
View ArticleHow Updating Our Office Environment Helped Our Team
Office camaraderie is an incredibly valuable commodity; it’s also difficult to instill, especially when more and more companies experience an increase in turnover. Happy employees make a successful...
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