Work-Life Balance

Balance, Shmalance: It's Really About Choices

Work-Life balance is really about making informed choices.

Women and Business - A Match Made at Home

Women are a force to be reckoned with in entrepreneurial circles. Here are profiles of a few of the top women in the StartupNation Home-Based 100 Competition.

Tips for Home-preneurs: How to Call It a Day

It’s easy to blur the line between your time and work time when you run your business from home. To be sure that your life plan trumps your business plan, take some advice from those who’ve been there...

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Tim Ferriss Says, Work Less but Make More (Radio show) Decreasing your hours can actually increase productivity. Tim Ferriss advocates the four-hour work week and talks to StartupNation Radio listeners about working less and making more.
Living the Slash Life (Radio show) Marci Alboher, author of One Person/Multiple Careers, talks about living the ï¿½slashï¿½ life - mom/caterer, programmer/inventor, lawyer/musician, you get the idea. According to Marci, it's a stimulating way to fulfill your dreams while maintaining a level of security.
Religion Can Work in the Workplace – But No Hard Sell (Article) Traditional business models separated work from church, requiring some employees to lead almost ‘schizophrenic’ lives. But now business is finding it can combine the two, as long as nobody forces the issue.
How to Bring Home the Bacon – and Cook it Too (Article) Remember deciding that going into business for yourself would give you more time for family? Here are some tips for actually doing it at dinner time.
Outrunning the Tiger – How to Make Physical Fitness a Business Asset (Article) You don’t have to neglect your personal fitness as a cost of doing business. Here’s how to make exercise a plus for you, your employees and your bottom ... line.
The Most Important Merger – Your Family, Your Business (Article) The harsh reality of starting you own business is that ‘independence’ can steal even more time from your personal life – unless you set limits early. Here’s how some startups do it.
Get Your Mate’s Buy-In: Jason Feinsmith (Key Move) Jason Feinsmith knew that before he could launch Accomplice.com, he needed the go ahead from his most important partner.
Startup Plan: Go to Hawaii First, Learn on StartupNation.com Every Day (Community podcast) Ross moved to Hawaii but stays connected to the entrepreneurial community at StartupNation.com as he prepares to launch his business.
Taking Talent to Market: Party Planning is Former Teacher’s Forte - Business Goal Setting Series (Article) When Carolyn Hefner decided to move on from mom-who-does-everything to detail-driven business owner, she found a niche, set some goals, faced reality and made her business pay.
Alan Hall Cashes in on a Simple Plan With a Goal to Help Entrepreneurs - Business Goal Setting Series (Article) Alan Hall failed in his first IT venture, but with his goals firmly rooted in customer satisfaction, he found success. Now he’s showing others the way.
Busting the ‘Myth’ of the Entrepreneur (Article) Small-business guru Michael Gerber tells why his myth-busting teachings are the one true way to startup success, entrepreneurial insight and transforming the world.
Community Brainpower (Community podcast) It's the collective wisdom of an entire community of entrepreneurs that makes daily visits to StartupNation.com mandatory for Matt Swayne.
Vacationing for Success (Tips for Entrepreneurs podcast) Podcast covering key things entrepreneurs should do to get the most out of their vacations - entrepeneurs find it tough to break away in many cases, and the Sloan brothers offer advice to help startup entrepreneurs take a break.
Getting in Position to Start a Business (Article) Starting a business takes more than just setting your financial house in order - it takes mental preparation as well.
Dividing to Conquer: Ann Perrault and Jackie Victor (Key Move) Ann Perrault and Jackie Victor tell us how splitting up their home and work life helped save their relationship and their business.
Advice for Entrepreneur Moms (Article) We provide advice for entrepreneur moms specifically with tips and advice for managing the unique challenges of starting a business while managing the home.
Start a Business : Transform Your Life! (Article) Start a business and tranform your life - that's not overstating what's at stake, we see startups and entrepreneurs doing it every day.
Girl Power – Secrets of a Multi-Millionaire Mompreneur (Online seminar) Discover how to find your passion and create meaningful work as a mompreneur (mom entrepreneur). Learn how to juggle it all once you have started your own company.
Strike a Work Life Balance and Cure That Vacation Anxiety (Article) Want to maintain a healthy work-life balance? You need to get over your hangups about taking a vacation and unplug for once - here are some tips to help you manage the vacation jitters.
Life Plan 101: Finding the Authentic You (Article) Next step in your life plan - finding the authentic you - nothing is more important than understanding yourself, and using your strengths while addressing your weaknesses as you make realistic decisions in starting a business.