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Starting a Family Business? Avoid These 5 Mistakes in Your Continuity Plan

The following is excerpted from "The Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise" by Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer (Harvard Business Review Press, 2021). It may seem counterintuitive...

byJosh Baron and Rob Lachenauer

March 2, 2021

Time Management 101: 6 Tips for Better Productivity

Study after study talks about how distractions affect our business and how we waste so much time. Think about it — if you can just save four minutes a day, over the course of a...

byJon Dwoskin

March 1, 2021

How to Identify Your Core Values and Align Them with Your Business Model

As an entrepreneur, it’s crucial that your business model and your personal core values are aligned in order to achieve long-term success. The truth about entrepreneurship is that each of us gets to create our...

byBri Seeley

February 28, 2021

Selecting a Side Hustle Based on the Right Business Model for You

When it comes to choosing the right side hustle, is it possible to pick a gig based off the business model you wish to explore? Absolutely. A business model is the method in which a business...

byDeborah Sweeney

February 24, 2021

Ready to Launch Your Inner Entrepreneur? It’s Time to Shift Your Mindset

The following is excerpted from "Launch Your Inner Entrepreneur: 10 Mindset Shifts for Women to Take Action, Unleash Creativity, and Achieve Financial Success" by Charlene Walters (McGraw Hill, February 2021). One day, you will be...

byCharlene Walters

February 23, 2021

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Business Startups Continue at Record Pace (Episode 178)

We've reported previously on the Business Beat that the last quarter of 2020 was a really robust one when it comes to business startups in the U.S. In a new report by the Visual Capitalist,...

byStartupNation

February 22, 2021

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: PC Magazine Reveals Best Places to Live for Remote Working (Episode 176)

The pandemic has created a work from home phenomenon that is here to stay. In fact, 22% of Americans say that they desire to continue remote working as standard procedure going forward, even well beyond...

byStartupNation

February 18, 2021

3 Ways to Protect Your Freelance Business

What does the state of freelancing look like in the U.S.? According to a report from online freelance marketplace Freelancer, freelance job openings increased over 25% between the months of April through June 2020. This...

byMyCorporation

February 17, 2021

Embrace Your Business Plan for a Successful 2021

To journey without a plan or a map is simply just wandering. And wandering in business never leads to success. We need to be constantly reevaluating our business plans, almost to a point where they...

byJon Dwoskin

February 15, 2021

3 Practices That Will Bring Your Law Firm Explosive Growth

The following is adapted from "Fireproof" by Mike Morse One day, a new client walks into your law firm, and you quickly realize that this will be a big case. This case is not only...

byMike Morse

February 11, 2021

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Start a Business on Amazon (Episode 174)

Are you considering testing the entrepreneurial waters, but aren’t quite sure how or where to start? When it comes to launching and growing a successful business, whether part-time, full-time or as a side hustle, Amazon...

byStartupNation

February 10, 2021

5 Essential Steps for Launching a Successful Online Business in 2021

The pandemic has made life difficult in innumerable ways, but it has also presented business opportunities to savvy entrepreneurs. Company closures left spaces for startups to fill, and the unprecedented environment prompted the creation and...

byNick Chasinov

February 9, 2021

Creating a Weekly Business Plan

One of the things that holds people back is that they don’t start mapping out their day until they get to work. It’ll take them 30 to 40 minutes to figure out what’s going to...

byJon Dwoskin

February 1, 2021

3 Keys to Business Planning in a Pandemic World

The concept of having a business plan may seem cliche, but the reason so many business mentors and coaches advocate for planning is because it works. Developing a business plan will increase your chance of...

byBri Seeley

January 31, 2021

How to Create a Flexible Business Plan for 2021

One of the key documents for starting a business is a business plan. A business plan acts as the foundation of your new company and is often used for loan applications. If you're looking for...

byMyCorporation

January 28, 2021

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Top 5 Fastest Growing Sectors of Startup Venture Capital Investment in 2020 (Episode 166)

Did you now that Q4 of 2020 saw the greatest number of startup companies being launched than ever before in our country's history? If you're ready to start a business but just don't know what...

byStartupNation

January 26, 2021

From Employee to Entrepreneur: Becoming Your Own Boss in 2021

Plenty of people dream of launching their own business, but then they undermine themselves, coming up with reasons to put off their dream just a little longer. And then they put it off again. And...

by Jayneberinger64

January 20, 2021

10 Resources for Women Starting a Business

As you step into the role of entrepreneur, you’re going to learn countless lessons along the way. Fortunately, many have been where you are, and there are numerous resources you can use to help learn...

byJessica Thiefels

January 15, 2021

This Young Entrepreneur Shares Her 4 Tips for Startup Success

What do you think of when you hear the word “entrepreneur”? When most people think of an entrepreneur, they imagine a twenty-something young adult, straight out of college, working tirelessly in a basement on an...

bySarah Goody

January 12, 2021

How to Get Out of the Comparison Trap and Move Your Business Forward

When you start out in business, it's normal to research those who have gone before you and try to learn from them. Personally, I have watched and examined countless interviews with entrepreneurs who I admire...

byShannon Threlfall

January 11, 2021