Motivation Archives

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Empowering and Motivating Startup Teams: Advice from Seasoned Leaders

To provide you with practical tips on empowering and motivating your startup team, we've gathered insights from 15 experienced Founders, CEOs, and Managing Directors. Their advice ranges from promoting transparency and collaboration to diligent hiring...

byBrett Farmiloe

October 13, 2023

15 Quotes That Will Motivate You to Start a Side Hustle (and Be a Better Entrepreneur)

It's normal to experience dips in motivation, to want to procrastinate instead of dealing with the mountain of work that lies ahead. But at the end of the day, true entrepreneurs know that you have...

byRyan Robinson

February 14, 2023

How to Channel Your Skills and Find Your Best Side Hustle

Are you ready to test the waters of entrepreneurship? Start with a side hustle. Having a side hustle gives you security, reassurance, diversity of income, and most importantly, it gives you the possibility for something...

byRyan Robinson

April 23, 2022

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

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Mars Perseverance Mission Success Paves Way for How Big Dreams Can Come True (Episode 177)

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff discusses the inspirational Mars Perseverance mission, and how just like the amazing men and women of NASA, entrepreneurs are similarly pushing the envelope every day. Tune in to...

byStartupNation

February 19, 2021

3 Ways Thriving Entrepreneurs Structure Their Morning Routines

Ever wonder what Bill Gates eats for breakfast? Or what Oprah’s favorite meditation is? Developing a unique routine that works for you is much more important than copying someone else’s habits to a tee. Different...

byJustin E. Crawford

September 14, 2020

Winners in Business: StartupNation Radio feat. Bruce Liebowitz and Marci Taran

This episode of StartupNation Radio is brought to you by Pappas Financial On today’s episode of StartupNation Radio, Jeff is joined by co-host, Norm Pappas, president and CEO of Pappas Financial. Together, they interview two guests who...

byStartupNation

August 29, 2020

10 Life-Changing Books Every Side Hustler Needs to Read

As an entrepreneur, I’m a big advocate of using books to level up my game for one simple reason: a $20 business book is one of the least expensive crash-course educations you can get today....

byRyan Robinson

April 14, 2020

9 Habits Successful Entrepreneurs Use to Increase Productivity

There are always those successful entrepreneurs and small business owners who check so many tasks off of their to-do list, it seems they must have extra hours in the day. But since they’re only human,...

byMeredith Wood

April 13, 2020

Every Good Startup Goal Has These 6 Ingredients

You don’t need to hang a carrot from a stick in order to motivate your employees. You just need a good BHAG. This goal-setting concept was introduced in “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies,”...

byJosh Cohen

May 9, 2019

Facebook’s Julie Zhuo on How to Stay Motivated and Never Lose Sight of Your Goals

One of the top questions I get asked by entrepreneurs and people working at startups is, “How do I stay motivated?” In the early days (or quite frankly, any day), starting a company and all...

byJulie Zhuo

March 19, 2019

9 Ways to Conquer Fear and Realize Your True Potential

Everyone experiences fear. What defines you is how you face it. We asked these successful entrepreneurs and advisors in The Oracles to tell us how they manage their biggest fears. 1. Don’t avoid your fear — leverage...

byThe Oracles

March 15, 2019

5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Business

When I launched my business 35 years ago, I had a strong business idea and motivation to work for myself. I also had so many external challenges and worries facing me from the get-go. Could...

byBrian Winch

February 27, 2019

4 Biggest Challenges Top CEOs Face (and How You Can Overcome Them as an Entrepreneur)

As an entrepreneur, you face many challenges that demand your time and attention, and can contribute a large burden on your work and how you manage it. We spoke to a number of CEOs running...

byDanielle Levine

September 14, 2018

President of AppSumo on How You Can Build a Ride or Die Startup Team

Are you struggling to jumpstart your startup's motivation and revenue? Join Ayman Al-Abdullah, AppSumo president, as he shares his inspirational business story in this exclusive interview with Leveling Up, an entrepreneur interview show hosted by...

byEric Siu

September 10, 2018

5 Things You Need to Know Before Hiring Remote Employees

Remote employees are no longer an anomaly. In a recent survey by Gallup, 43 percent of surveyed Americans said that they spent some time working remotely, a 4 percent increase from 2012. What’s more, the...

byJessica Thiefels

April 22, 2018

3 Components of Becoming an Investable Entrepreneur

Emerging companies looking to grow their business, at some point, have exclaimed: “if I only had (fill in the business need here), then I could (fill in the business opportunity here).” The issue with that...

byMichael S Melfi

March 24, 2018

Use the Psychology of Motivation to Reach Your Goals

Do you have a long list of goals for your startup to achieve this year? If you do, you’re off to a great start; setting goals is the first step toward making them a reality. But...

byEmily Friedel

January 27, 2018

You Don’t Need a Business Coach, You Need a Pro

It happens every time. Within moments of starting a conversation with successful startup founders and entrepreneurs (and over the years at Inc. magazine, I’ve interviewed and spoken with hundreds), they start talking about the people...

byJeff Haden

January 9, 2018

2017’s Best Business Books for Personal Growth, Leadership and Motivation

Numerous successful leaders will tell you they read a lot -- including Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. This is your year to commit to more reading, including many of the exciting books now available and...

byJohn Rampton

April 3, 2017