Family-owned businesses have been the backbone of the American economy since our country’s beginnings. According to the advocacy group Family Enterprise USA (FEUSA), there are roughly 5.5 million family-owned businesses in the U.S. today. These businesses contribute more than half (about 57 …
Entrepreneuring Articles and Interviews (category)
As an entrepreneur, you most likely wear many hats in your day-to-day work. Figuring out how to juggle all of the tasks you have to do, while still maintaining a life outside of work can be a challenge. Entrepreneuring articles focus on you, the entrepreneur, and how you can strengthen your areas of weakness when it comes to business and keeping a healthy work-life balance.
How to Keep Pushing When You’ve Got No Push Left
As entrepreneurs, we know what it’s like to spend a majority of our days doing things in an effort to push our businesses forward. Whether it’s coming up with ways to get new customers, creating new services and products to offer, or any other task that requires high energy and a lot of drive, the …
A Message to New Entrepreneurs: Here’s a Roadmap to Help Get You Heading in the Right Direction
Sometimes I forget what it was like when I first started my company, and all the challenges that came along with creating something from nothing. In the process of writing this book, I was able to revisit each of the steps I went through and remember what is was like to be a new entrepreneur. This …
Do You Have “Burnout Syndrome”?
Some days I wake up and literally bound out of bed and down the stairs because I can’t wait to get in front of my computer and work on a particular project. Other days it’s all I can do to roll over, pull the covers off my body, and put two feet on the floor. While I think this is normal (I hope?), …
Book Publishing Made Easy: 3 Things to Get You Started
Lately, it seems like every big-name entrepreneur has a book. In fact, lots of business owners, famous or not, are publishing books. As human beings, we naturally connect with stories, and we are much more likely to support businesses and organizations with whom we can relate. By publishing a book …
How Honing This One Skill Can Increase Your Business Success
We all get into business to be as successful as we can be, right? We want to climb to the top of our field and become known as the leader in the industry. The queen or king. The best of the best. The person that everyone else looks up to because you’ve got “it,” whatever “it” may be. Have you ever …