Inspiration for Entrepreneurs Archives

11 Simple Steps for Building Habits That Guarantee Success

Whether your goal is to run a multimillion-dollar business or get in shape, your habits can make or break your success. No matter how talented you are, unless you leverage the power of habit to...

byThe Oracles

November 8, 2019

5 Business Tips from a Seasoned Female Entrepreneur

I don’t know about you, but I love getting advice from entrepreneurs who have been in business longer than me. Whether they’re sharing what to do...or what not to do, I squirrel away that information...

bySusan Guillory

October 23, 2019

How Pitch-a-Kid Connects Curious Kids and Entrepreneurs

Several years ago, startup advisor and mentor Mike Millard was hard at work on a resource website for startups in Austin, Texas, where he and his family live. When Millard’s daughter, Audrey, expressed curiosity about...

bySusan Johnston Taylor

October 21, 2019

This Entrepreneur Financed Her Business With a Side Hustle

Charlie Heck is the founder of Checkmark Creative, a marketing boutique that works with small businesses to tell their stories through social media, website design and infographics. “We take really complex material and make pretty...

byNav

October 21, 2019

6 Crucial Practices to Create a Successful Business

Many entrepreneurs focus on the mechanics and processes needed for a successful business, such as developing a website or acquiring more leads. While those are necessary to run and sustain a profitable business, there is...

byDana Stone

October 20, 2019

How Crowdfunding Can Get Your Startup Through a Rough Patch

Entrepreneurship is fraught with challenges. No one knows this better than Kristina Melendez-Thompson, founder of Ita’s Food Truck in Richmond, Virginia. After the rear tire blew on her newly equipped and painted food truck and...

byGerri Detweiler

October 18, 2019

Female Founders’ Unique Perspectives are Driving the Startup Industry

Women have, unfortunately, long been a minority within the startup industry. A reported 63 percent of startups have no women on their board of directors, and 47 percent have no women in leadership positions at...

byAlexandra Veidner

October 18, 2019

This Thought Leader and #1 New York Times-Bestselling Author Shares Her Formula for Creativity

The following is excerpted from "Everything is Figureoutable" by Marie Forleo with permission of Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright © Marie Forleo, 2019. "The ancestor...

byMarie Forleo

October 15, 2019

Girls Who Code: Building Opportunities Out of Obstacles

The following is excerpted from "Legacy in the Making" by Mark Miller and Lucas Conley, p.19-26 (McGraw-Hill Education 2018). Reshma Saujani isn’t fazed by failure; she’s inspired by it. The founder of Girls Who Code,...

byMark Miller and Lucas Conley

October 11, 2019

3 Reasons Gen Z is Transforming Entrepreneurship

Gen Z is the latest generation to appear on the scene. Articles note how this group is changing retail and the workplace through their unique perspective. As an entrepreneur and a millennial, I have been...

byJohn Rampton

October 8, 2019

12 Small Business Podcasts That Will Help You Sell More

Running a business is often about setting goals and putting in the long hours and hard work to achieve them. Regardless of what type of business you run, it’s likely that “selling more” has a...

byNav

September 30, 2019

The Importance of Entrepreneur Education for Aspiring Minority Business Owners

If you’re an aspiring minority business owner, you’ve probably heard the following with respect to business and life: You have to work twice as hard or be twice as good to get half as much...

byJimmie B. Strong

September 20, 2019

How a Unique Approach to Cash Flow Has Helped This Architect Construct Her Business

Leslie Saul & Associates, Inc. is an architecture and interior design firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that primarily services the greater Boston and Miami areas. The business focuses on renovations including offices, restaurants, retail stores,...

byNav

September 5, 2019

Rare Breed: Why Unconventional Entrepreneurs Make Successful Leaders

The following is excerpted from "Rare Breed: A Guide to Success for the Defiant, Dangerous, and Different" by Sunny Bonnell and Ashleigh Hansberger, copyright 2019. Reprinted with permission from HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. We met...

bySunny Bonnell and Ashleigh Hansberger

September 3, 2019

Women in Business feat. Heidi Ganahl and Kara Desmond

This episode of StartupNation Radio is brought to you by Pappas Financial On this episode of StartupNation Radio, your host, Jeff Sloan, interviews two hardworking women entrepreneurs: Heidi Ganahl and Kara Desmond. Heidi Ganahl has been...

byStartupNation

August 31, 2019

Starting a Coaching Business Isn’t Easy: Here’s How to Do it Successfully

Entrepreneurs offering life and business coaching seem to be popping everywhere. It’s clearly a hot field; but with no barrier to entry, anyone with an internet connection can be a coach. Not everyone, however, will...

byThe Oracles

August 29, 2019

3 Reasons Why it’s a Great Time to Be an Entrepreneur

There’s one constant for small business owners and entrepreneurs: the continuing need to adapt in the face of changing technological and societal landscapes. This need to evolve and move quickly can be challenging, but positively,...

byMelissa Schneider

August 21, 2019

This Mother-Daughter Duo Offers Lessons in Entrepreneurship After Building Their Own Successful Startup

There’s so much great advice out there on how to start a business, but you never really know what’s real until you do it. I not only dove in head first, but I also did...

byChessa Eskandanian-Yee

August 12, 2019

4 Self-Made Millionaires Reveal the Best Investments They Ever Made

From bitcoin to bonds, there are so many investment options today it’s hard to choose. We asked these millionaires and advisors in The Oracles about the best investments they ever made — and their predictions for the...

byThe Oracles

July 25, 2019

Hustle Overdrive: Start Sustaining Your Business Instead

In today’s entrepreneurial culture, hustling is a source of pride for many. But the question must be asked: Should we be proud of hustle? Is there any other way to maintain success? And if hustle...

byJustin E. Crawford

July 24, 2019