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Embracing Work-Life Integration: Advice from Thriving Startup Leaders

In search of the elusive equilibrium between work and personal life, we've gathered 20 insights from CEOs and founders on mastering work-life integration. From embracing time blocking for prioritization to applying the 80/20 rule for...

byBrett Farmiloe

December 27, 2023

12 Keys to Family Business Success

Family members start a major portion of new businesses launched in the U.S. every year. Brothers come to mind, of course, when it comes to family business. Whatever the family ties, however, starting a business...

byThe Sloan Brothers

September 21, 2021

From the Home Office to a Commercial Building

Family First Business Model: Choosing an Office Environment When I decided to start my own consulting business to promote my brand of green building and sustainable communities (i.e., with a motto be not the cause,...

byAnindita Mitra

June 15, 2015

How Do You Tell Early Investors that You’re Going Out of Business?

Going out of business? Now What? Opening up your own business is always a gamble. According to the Small Business Administration, around half of all new startups fail within their first five years. Only a...

byDeborah Sweeney

May 5, 2015

Monday AM Mojo: Enjoy The “Best Stuff” During Thanksgiving – Your Loved Ones!

As I’ve moved through life (gotten older), I’ve become clear that the most precious part of my life is the people that fill it. It is in my relationships with my parents, brothers and sister,...

byMike Wade

November 20, 2012

Why We Had Kids… For Social Networking Help

I guess my husband and I always had in the back of our heads that we would have kids, so that when we were old and grey we would have someone to push around our...

byStartupStella

September 16, 2008

Did I Just Get an Eye Roll?

Labor Day weekend is coming, which means the in-laws are coming--or as I like to call them the out-laws. My hubby's parents are great people, but after I quit work to devote time to my...

byStartupStella

August 25, 2008

Singing The End of Summer Blues.

I hate to see summer go. Why? The hot days? Nah. The ample sunshine? Uh-huh. The carefree days? Get real. I miss the presence of my free (sorta free) labor source: my children. During the...

byStartupStella

August 19, 2008

Welcome to the Sandwich Generation

I think I can safely mark in my calendar that yesterday I became an official member of the Sandwich Generation. My son started kindergarten and while he was there, my sister called from the hospital...

byJoan Isabella

August 25, 2005

Your family are your most important people

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...

byJoel Welsh

July 8, 2005