48: Don’t Just Keep Up – Get Ahead in Your Business with Mark Sanborn The biggest mistake people make in their business is getting comfortable; reaching their goals and remaining stagnant, only waiting for someone else to catch up and for them to fall behind. Mark Sanborn is an international best-selling author, entrepreneur, and speaker […]
Note to women entrepreneurs: Make society’s gender stereotypes work in your favor! Personal experience and years of observation have taught me that women have a more difficult time winning investor backing for their startups than men. In fact, only about 1.3 percent of startup funding goes to women-owned projects. Since the most in the venture […]
Challenges. Every career has them. No matter what industry you are in, there will always be challenges. This is especially true if you’re setting out on your own path as an entrepreneur. While there’s no easy path to success, you can make the journey more enjoyable with these tips for overcoming the common challenges women […]
By Anthea Taylor Years ago, you would set up a business and only worry about your social responsibility once the company had started to make a good profit. The alternative to this was to create a non-profit that had its sole focus on social responsibility. Enter the Social Enterprise – a seemingly ideal balance between […]
Are the leaders at Shopify some of the smartest in the business? If the criteria we’re using to answer that question includes the ability to create good will, I think the answer is a resounding yes. I have long admired Shopify’s collection of free photography housed on its Burst website. When most companies create graphics, […]