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Seeds of Resilience: The Strength and Leadership of Sheryl Sandberg
Though Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of Lean In, faced unexpected tragedy when her husband passed away unexpectedly, she worked through the pain and loss and recently gave a speech during commencement University of California, Berkeley. The topic…
Mindfulness, Books and Caffeine: Create a New Recipe for Success!
Want to become smarter? Geoffrey James of Inc. magazine has been researching neuroscience and discovering easy techniques that can improve brain performance. These techniques are not only proven by scientific research, but they cost no money, and require very little…
And the Gold Medal Goes to… (Traits of High-performing Teams)
What makes a truly successful team? The individuals or the collective excellence? The mix of personalities? Does it all depend on the team leader? Hubspot Agency Post editor Jami Oetting compiles the top traits of great teams as originally posted…
Unlikely Places to Find Inspiration
Have a project coming up that requires you to be at your creative best? Find yourself lacking focus or maybe even experiencing “writer’s block”? Never fear… inspiration is near! Inspiration is an abstract emotion that not only motivates you but…
STOP… In the Name of Stress
Big event coming up? Did you just get a lead on that client you know will grow the business? Feeling excited, but a little bit nervous too? It’s understandable. We’re most nervous when we have something big coming up and…
A New Year, A New You: How to be Innovative… Even After 100+ Years in Business
Innovation: it’s all about strategy—not spitballing, according to Ford Motor Co. CEO Mark Fields. In an article on Fortune.com, contributing editor Kirsten Korosec outlines the idea of innovation (without hurting profits) from a company that has been in business more…
A New Year, A New You: Simple Ways to Give Your Website a Stronger Presence
It’s time to start the new year on the right foot for your business. Have you been putting off your website updates or guilty of waiting around for customers to find you? Well, it’s time to put some simple steps…
A New Year, A New You: Elevate Your Confidence
It’s a new year—a time where people (and businesses) make resolutions and set goals. Rather than investigating the nature of resolutions (been there, done that), what if instead you tried elevating your personal or professional confidence? In an article on…
Incredible Success Goes Beyond Money & Power
Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post, defines incredible success as “To live the lives we truly want and deserve, and not just the lives we settle for, we need a Third Metric, a third measure of success that goes…
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…
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…
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…