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Your Greatest Challenge

Your Greatest Challenge Today's Quote: “The greatest challenge you face will probably not be the technical side of your job (your expertise), but rather interacting with other people.” (Shirley Tayor, American author and Speaker) ...

byBarry Demp

April 1, 2015

7 Things You Won’t Hear Successful People Say

Successful People Do Not Say These Things Have you ever noticed that the most successful people share a certain kind of attitude? For example, successful people don't spend a lot of time complaining. They're busy...

byMonica Bourgeau

October 15, 2014

You need to be the best in the world at … something

I was in a Starbucks the other day for a mid-afternoon pick-me-up and I was amazed at how the caffeine-ologists were able to create drink after drink without looking at anything in writing. One “associate”...

byJoel Welsh

February 1, 2007

Is this the golden age for entrepeneurs?

We have a lot of philosophies about entrepreneurship and small business here at StartupNation. One of them you will hear us mention often on the radio show or at live appearances is that "this is...

byRich Sloan

January 23, 2007

‘I Have a Problem!’ (Or Do You?!)

Walk the halls of StartupNation and you feel like you're living in a case study about entrepreneurship. Just like you, we work hard everyday to grow our business--our DREAM business. We're smaller than you think....

byRich Sloan

October 31, 2005

Idealistic Naivete

Every now and then, I speak to an aspiring entrepreneur who is amazed by the daring feats of business-building we all read about here on StartupNation, in magazines such as Inc., and anywhere else a...

byJonathan Hudson

October 19, 2005

Office Hours

Where do the hours go? One of the things I like best about working at home is making my own schedule. I decide when to write, when to read and when to act. Sometimes I...

byJoan Isabella

May 25, 2005