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I have an exterminator who comes to my house to take care of pests. In the winter he plows snow. Paul has owned his pest extermination/snow removal business for 25 years. Every time he comes to spray or trap or dust or plow, I follow him around and ask questions. We talk about the technology [...]

Obvious? Maybe. For me though, it wasn’t clear until I’d screwed it up a few times: you have to take responsibility for everything that happens at your business.
At times in the past, I’ve been in situations where our company was stumbling, and I *did not* do everything I could to bring it back [...]

The answers are often within us. That’s not to say you don’t have to work hard, research and struggle through, but your gut instincts can be the key to your success. I was reminded of that when I read Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford a few weeks ago. If you haven’t [...]

Every single time we take the StartupNation Radio show on the road for our Success in the U.S. tour and ask the successful entrepreneurs on the panel what the most important aspect of their success is, the answer is: their people. Rich and Jeff Sloan often boldly proclaim on our nationally syndicated radio show that [...]

We recently received a plea for help from an entrepreneur who just started up a consulting business. She was having a hard time getting initial customers. A lot of people who are just starting up have the same challenge–they’re desperately seeking sales.
It’s tough to ramp up sales volume when you’re a new business without a [...]

Well, folks, if you were ever wondering whether eBay is still in fashion, we can assure you that it is–more than ever!
Our most recent Success in the US tour stop was in San Jose where eBay threw a half-week-long eBay jamboree called eBay Live.
About 11,000 bright-eyed, semi-costumed (some might say ‘crazed’) eBay enthusiasts turned out [...]