Being an entrepreneur is difficult enough as it is — innovating with new ideas, turning concepts into products, managing teams of talented people — even without the questions of finance management. Poor financial literacy has been an Achilles’ Heel for an abundance of entrepreneurs, meaning that modern business leaders simply cannot afford to take any… Continue reading 5 Finance Tips for First-Time Entrepreneurs

When you jump into the world of entrepreneurship, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. From learning about marketing and sales to books and payroll, it’s a giant learning curve. Everyone comes in from different backgrounds and experiences they bring into their journey. For those without any financial background, it can be overwhelming to do the administrative… Continue reading 3 Financial Terms All Starting Entrepreneurs Need to Know

The holiday season is usually a time when businesses bring in part-time and temporary workers to cope with a surge in demand from consumers. Gifts change hands, families and friends go out to celebrate, and the economy hums. But this time may be different. There’s growing uncertainty among retail analysts about spending this fall and… Continue reading 5 Tips to Ace the Busy Holiday Season With Flexible Work

From movies and TV to music and books, American culture glamorizes “the grind.” If you’re not working 24/7 to achieve “boss” status, you’ve settled for basic, and the results will speak for themselves. These representations trick us into believing that mega-wealth and cultural relevance are possible for us all, when in reality, there’s only one… Continue reading I’m a Workaholic. Here are 5 Ways I Overcome My Obsessive Behaviors

Cooper is a neuroscientist, bestselling author and executive coach whose teachings have impacted my life probably more than anyone else’s. He takes incredibly complex, nuanced neuroscience principles and distills them into dead-simple, actionable advice. Here are the secret brain hacks that Cooper and his colleagues have discovered. Practice them in order to master productivity, become… Continue reading 3 Brain Hacks Leaders Use to Unlock Their True Potential

At the very beginning of my entrepreneurial career, I remember wondering how to begin and what steps to take in order to kickstart my business. My niche was, and still is, software development and WordPress — while I had plenty of skills and knowledge in the field, I figured out I had to upgrade my… Continue reading 5 Tips I Wish I Knew Before Starting My Business

A common misconception tells us that we fail to reach our maximum potential because we only use 10% of our brain. This statistic is often repeated, but that doesn’t make it true. In fact, functional magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, reveals that the majority of our brain is in use even during very simple tasks.… Continue reading How to Retrain Your Brain and Achieve the Highest Levels of Success

Legacy is a common term that is often used in reference to what we leave behind when we have passed. But legacy is so much more. It is about the actions we take on a daily basis that will lead and inspire others. In this sense, legacy is something we can contribute to every day.… Continue reading 5 Simple Steps to Help You Finish What You Start

Is graduation just around the corner or did you recently graduate? Then you probably have a question or two about becoming a young professional. The fact that there has been a tremendous change in things like physical career events and job interviews might make this new adventure even more confusing. That’s why some professional advice… Continue reading How to achieve career success as a student in 2022

Despite the increasing pace of technology and digital enterprise, there will almost always be a requirement for a bricks and mortar presence, whether that’s to house your staff, store stock in a secure warehouse, or provide a physical brand presence for your customers. There are many things for business owners to consider when choosing a… Continue reading Six factors to consider when choosing a business location

For the last several years, I’ve been at the forefront of a movement known as implementation science, or the science of scaling. In this work, we are trying to understand why some products, companies, and social programs thrive as they grow, while others peter out. When a seemingly promising idea loses efficacy or profitability as… Continue reading Why It’s So Hard to Scale a Great Idea

Most of us go through life not knowing or finding meaning to our existence or why we are here. We worry about trivial items, stress over irrelevant consequences and often act without empathy or kindness. Successful people, like Stephen Hawking, have used adversity to find purpose and success. Hawking used his illness to find meaning… Continue reading How To Overcome Adversity and Persevere as an Entrepreneur

We live in a time of hyperconnectivity, complexity and fragmented attention. For entertainment, humans used to watch stage performances that lasted several hours. Then came modern audiovisual films that run for 90 minutes. A decade ago, we welcomed YouTube, where the average video lasts 11.7 minutes. Even this proved too long for distracted minds, and… Continue reading Improving Yourself Takes 9.6 Minutes of Work Each Day

I’ve been researching success principles and psychology for decades. First, it was for myself and the growth I knew I needed to be a successful entrepreneur. Later, it was to help others and to be able to explain some of the things that I knew intuitively but couldn’t quite put my finger on. Carol Dweck… Continue reading Want To Succeed? Turn Your Fixed Mindset into a Growth Mindset

Short-term business goals are the secret ingredient to achieving long-term company goals. Short-term goals act as the bridge between the broad, strategic view of the C-suite and the focused, tactical lens of managers and employees by breaking the over-arching vision into smaller pieces. They allow employees to take on manageable workloads while demonstrating progress towards… Continue reading Define Your Short-Term Goals With These 3 Components for Long-Term Success

I talk a lot about integrity in helping people to establish themselves in business, and for good reason. One of the main things that led me down a very dark path and almost took my life, was living without it. That realization, along with many others, helped me develop these four steps to change anything… Continue reading The Four Steps to Creating Lasting Change in Any Area of Your Life

Will Elon Musk buy Twitter? Will Twitter allow more free speech? Maybe those are interesting questions to discuss at a dinner party. But these issues aren’t of much interest to businesses. In fact, Twitter really isn’t a great place for most small businesses. Why? A recent report from Pew Research has the reasons. For starters,… Continue reading 3 Solid Business Reasons to Avoid Marketing on Twitter

While there are several different ways to fund your new business, many options are either expensive, require collateral (such as personal assets), or involve the participation and expectations of other people (as in the case of friends and family loans, funding from angel investors or venture capital financing). If you prefer to self-fund your business… Continue reading 5 Ways to Fund Your Startup as a Solopreneur

Startups are famous for doing big work on a small budget that pushes society forward, often succeeding against the odds. In fact, small businesses and the startups behind some of them are responsible for creating 1.5 million new jobs each year in the U.S. But right now, we are all feeling the pain of inflation.… Continue reading 4 Ways Startups Can Beat Inflation

One of the biggest challenges that small business owners face is also the one biggest thing that will ensure their success: leadership. Regardless of industry, the majority of small business owners I work with have similar backstories: They are good at what they do, they hated their job/boss, and they feel that they can do… Continue reading 3 Simple Steps to Succeed as a Small Business Leader

Studying millionaires is quite fascinating, because more often than not, they are regular, ordinary people with remarkable discipline and focus. Very wealthy individuals get that way by working differently (not necessarily harder or smarter) than the rest of the world. One fascinating insight into millionaires is that they typically have multiple streams of income. A… Continue reading 5 Streams of Income That Will Grow Your Wealth

Time is inexorable. Pervading everything, it draws our world into the whirlpool of its motion. It seemed only yesterday that first-year students had begun their studies, and now they are facing the last stage of the defense of their thesis, and the door to the new world is opening. How comfortable and predictable this world… Continue reading 5 Reasons to Launch Your Startup in a University

We all want to get to the end of the day and feel like we’ve been productive. There’s something about lying in bed and feeling great. Because we’ve done the things we said we were going to do vs. that feeling of laziness. Developing super levels of performance doesn’t have to be hard. But it… Continue reading 4 Daily Steps to Create Insane Levels of Focus, Confidence and Productivity

We’re closing in on the halfway point of 2022, and we’ve seen the Great Resignation gradually transition into the “Great Renegotiation.” Employers and employees continue to vie for the upper hand. The workforce philosophy on life-work integration has shifted throughout this season as employees now believe their personal lives and individual needs must outweigh work… Continue reading The Great Resignation Is Shifting Gears. Finding a Proper Work Balance Will Pay Dividends.

Grit, determination and flexibility are just some of the many qualities it takes to be an entrepreneur — and who embodies those qualities better than mothers? As we recently celebrated Mother’s Day, I got to thinking about all the lessons I’ve learned from my own mother and how her wisdom translates to business. Working primarily… Continue reading 5 Entrepreneurship Lessons We Can Learn From Moms

If we want to become business leaders who lead with wisdom, respect, resilience and strength, we must study the actions of the great leaders that came before us. Finding those parallels between the past and the present has always been a successful learning tactic for me. Leading in the modern age isn’t a task for… Continue reading 5 Business Lessons We Can Learn From the World’s Leaders

Respect is something not automatically given. It must be earned. When you’re in a leadership position, it is imperative that the people with whom you work respect you. They might respect your work habits, your intelligence, or your ability to close a deal. Yet, there’s more to respect than that. If you can earn their… Continue reading The 7 Qualities of People Who Are Highly Respected

Be it Steve Jobs, Elon Musk or Bill Gates, these people are known for driving the growth of their companies through strong leadership. A good leader can take a failing business and turn it around, while a bad leader, on the other hand, can ruin even the most successful company. Leadership is essential to the… Continue reading 6 Telltale Signs of Bad Leadership

I remember the first time I was on the receiving end of an annual appraisal. My hands were sweaty, my stomach was tight, and my heart was pounding. This would be the first evaluation added to my “official record.” I crossed my fingers and hoped that my supervisor believed that my strengths outweighed my weaknesses.… Continue reading 4 Reasons to Ditch Your Annual Appraisals

One of the lasting lessons CEOs have learned over the past two years is that there will always be unknowns when it comes to business. Whether it’s a global pandemic, “The Great Resignation,” or supply chain slowdowns, being prepared for unexpected issues can make or break a company. Amid ongoing uncertainty, successful leaders continue to… Continue reading Mindset Matters: How to Prepare Your Company for Ongoing Change