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The Five Personality Types at Work
At work, we encounter many individuals from all different walks of life—which brings many different personality types together. Some individuals you may find easy to work with, sharing similar personality traits, while others may be a completely different personality type…
Following Your Dreams – Don’t Let Fear (or anything else) Stop You!
As a kid, we heard about ‘following your dreams’ and no profession was too far out of reach when asked ‘what do you want to be when you grow up’. To this day, we all have dreams and aspirations—whether personal…
Snapchat 101: The Basics of Marketing to Millennials
Don’t let the friendly, fiendish ghost icon on the yellow background be a fleeting thought in your mind. What started as a simple messaging service for photo- and video-messaging back and forth between friends has now turned into an advertising…
Social Media Interaction: The Best Times to Tweet for Clicks, Retweets & Engagement
Twitter is a powerful social media tool—extreme amounts of data and content refreshes constantly on our screens in a matter of seconds. But how can we analyze Twitter data to work best for our tweets? Jeff Haden, ghostwriter, speaker, LinkedIn…
The Best Skills in Life Are Free (but sometimes take time to acquire)
When it comes to work (and life) some skills are harder to learn—they take time, effort and dedication—but pay off in the long run. Rachel Gillett, a careers reporter at Business Insider and previous writer and editor for Fast Company’s Leadership section, narrows…
Get Focused at Work… and Get More Done!
Everyone works differently—some of us make lists on sticky notes. Some of us use calendar management systems to track meetings and personal appointments. Others use task management tools and apps to stay focused. And some people choose not to do…
Improve Your Management Style and Adapt to Change
In an ever-changing and evolving work landscape, it’s important to be flexible whether you’ve been in a management role for a decade or a month. Keep learning new skills and techniques, so that if change occurs or the future brings…
Bad Business Habits to Kick… Now!
Many people read articles about how to become successful, whether it’s about marketing your business, organizing your life, or how to network effectively. However, there are also some bad habits you may have picked up along the way, without realizing…
Life Hacks from a (Millennial) Entrepreneur
All of us are looking for ways to save time and find new ways to do tasks in life in a shorter amount of time, making more free time for ourselves! For an entrepreneur, this means that that you can…
Entrepreneurs and Innovators Dream > Believe > Pursue at the WISE Symposium
Over 900 attendees and exhibitors and approximately 6.2 million reached through Twitter, the 2015 WISE Symposium was a huge success in its 13th year. On the morning of April 21, 2015 women entrepreneurs, students and other business professionals from all over…
Thought-Provoking Life “Lessons” (as identified in some of the most popular TED Talks)
As entrepreneurs, we look for constant motivation and inspiration. Sometimes it’s internally driven and sometimes externally. With questions about happiness, leadership, and challenges looming over your head, you may have a predetermined answer in mind to such thought-provoking questions. Others…
The Intrinsic Impact of Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship has never been an easy undertaking. It’s an ongoing process of efforts, risk and the trial (and, oftentimes, error) of methodologies. This process requires passion, persistence and patience more than anything else. As an entrepreneur trying to make an…
Four Important Aspects of Being a Successful Entrepreneur
Reading about successful entrepreneurs be it Steve Jobs or Walt Disney, there are a few concepts that stand out and are recurring in these entrepreneurs’ stories. Here are four essential aspects that every individual must understand in order to be…
How to Grow Your Business (Without Compromising on Values)
In addition to making revenues and increasing sales, many companies are creating value in the world—through social, economic or other means. You don’t have to sell your company’s soul to make sales. Oftentimes, entrepreneurs find themselves in situations for new…
Mobile Marketing: Quick Steps to Success
The “M” word. It sometimes seems that everywhere you go, people are talking about “going mobile.” Whether it’s for small, big or mid-sized businesses, the buzzword is mobile. Several research studies and analyses have predicted how companies are almost investing…
Don’t Stop Believing (in yourself)
It can be challenging to keep yourself motivated in tough times. With entrepreneurs, such times often prevail due to the nature of how start-ups and small businesses operate. From taking risks to getting it all done without working 20 hours…
Effectively Organizing Yourself (four ways to become more productive)
As an entrepreneur, quite often you end up wondering where you’re failing and why you’re failing. Even the most meticulous of business owners who prepare extensive to-do lists are trying to fix certain things. So now the question becomes ‘where…
Entrepreneurial Myths (and how to overcome them)
Various studies have shown how you need to be charismatic and daring to be an entrepreneur. They have also shown how you need to look beyond the obvious and think out of the box. Some of us may be thinking…