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3 Personal Growth Habits to Integrate Into Your Life

There is a difference between successful people and those who are not. While it’s easy to think that successful people got a lucky break or were born with a better disposition, that is hardly ever...

byAmanda Abella

January 31, 2018

4 Realities of Bootstrapping a Business From Nothing

I started my business back in 2010 with absolutely no money. The first month I decided to try freelancing I made $5. Granted, back then, freelancing was still seen as something you did when you...

byAmanda Abella

March 30, 2017

5 Reasons Why Women-Owned Businesses are Thriving

Since the end of the Great Recession in 2010, minority- and women-owned businesses have been steadily increasing. Although average earnings for businesses owned by women still tend to lag behind that of men, they are...

byMargarita Hakobyan

March 8, 2017

Influencer Neil Patel on the Importance of Hustling for Your Dreams [Book & Audio Excerpt]

The following excerpt was reprinted and selected exclusively for StartupNation readers from “Hustle” by Neil Patel, Patrick Vlaskovits and Jonas Koffler. Copyright © 2016. By permission of Rodale Books. Available wherever books are sold. It’s not enough...

byNeil Patel, Patrick Vlaskovits and Jonas Koffler

October 18, 2016

Rethinking Engagement in a Digital World

I was recently interviewed by Joel Pilger of RevThink on what I would tell agencies looking to get into TV. In listening back, I might sound overly pessimistic about traditional linear media. Let me be clear, I am...

byPatrick Jager

May 19, 2016

How to Live a Life of Purpose

The purpose of life is living a life of purpose. The power of this particular mantra came to me last week on a call. I was talking to a potential client about their brand and their...

byPatrick Jager

May 12, 2016

Life Outside of Work? Confessions of a Non-Relaxer

A few months ago, LinkedIn had a series of articles on My Life Outside of Work and provided some tremendous insights from influencers like Richard Branson, Mary Barra, Maynard Webb, Robert Herjavec, Suze Orman and Janine Allis,...

byPatrick Jager

May 3, 2016

How to Avoid the “Shiny Penny” Marketing Mentality

One of the benefits of having a child is getting to go to animated movies without any guilt or questioning from contemporaries. “Oh … I would have much rather gone to that new (insert former SNL...

byPatrick Jager

April 28, 2016

There is Nothing Wrong with Reinvention!

Millennials have a reputation for being incapable of sticking to one career. It has become a rallying cry for businesses: that they have to "put up" with bad prioritization and lack of focus from those ages...

byPatrick Jager

April 19, 2016

Run a contest: Win Customers (and more)!

How Running a Contest Can Generate Buzz for Your Business Need a creative way to promote your franchise opportunity? Why not give one away? That’s what we’re doing at SOLDIERFIT, a military-inspired fitness franchise headquartered...

byDavid Posin

May 15, 2015

Keshia Ashe gives young girls ManyMentors in STEM

ManyMentors focused on giving opportunities primarily to middle and high school students Keeping young people interested and involved in science and technology is an important focus and one of the major goals of the ManyMentors...

bySteph Elizondo

March 31, 2015

Lone Mopper Productions Helps Start or Grow Existing Cleaning Businesses

Lone Mopper Productions in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Boomers Back in Business and the Most Glamorous" Categories Congratulations to Lone Mopper Productions, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for being named...

byStartupNation

March 30, 2015

Sherrie Berry: Revitalizing The Skincare Industry

Changing people's lives by developing skincare products Looking at Sherrie Berry today you’d never know she was the victim of an accidental backyard explosion that burned her face, chest and arm less than a decade...

byKatelyn Gendron

March 30, 2015

Makeup Artistry by Tracie: Putting Their Best Face Forward

Makeup Artistry by Tracie in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Most Glamorous & Savviest In Social Media Categories" Congratulations to Makeup Artistry by Tracie (you have just GOT to check...

byStartupNation

March 27, 2015

My Bella Mia Boutique Keeps Princesses in Trendy Baubles

My Bella Mia Boutique in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Most Glamorous and Savviest in Social Media" Categories Congratulations to My Bella Mia Boutique, located in Cotati, California, for being...

byStartupNation

March 27, 2015

Little Wonders Montessori: A Place of Inspiration and Learning

Little Wonders Montessori in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Greenest and Recession Busters" Categories Congratulations to Little Wonders Montessori, located in San Francisco, California, for being named in the Top...

byStartupNation

March 26, 2015

Toni Nelson can Help You to “Rethink, Reinvent and Relaunch”

Toni Nelson is in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Most Innovative" Category Congratulations to Toni Nelson, Savvy Entrepreur, located in Placida, Florida, for being named in the Top 100 for...

byStartupNation

March 25, 2015

City Maid Service Cleans Up the City!

City Maid Service in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Greenest & Most Innovative" Categories Congratulations to City Maid Service, located in New York, New York, for being named in the...

byStartupNation

March 24, 2015

Bring your book idea to life with Write Your Book!

Write Your Book in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Recession Busters" Category Congratulations to Write Your Book, located in Saunderstown, Rhode, Island, for being named in the Top 100 for...

byStartupNation

March 24, 2015

A necessity for a mother, but a father gets most of the credit for Swinga Baby

Swinga Baby in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the "Greenest and Most Innovative" Categories Congratulations to Swinga Baby Products Limited, located in Barrington, Illinois, for being named in the Top 100...

byStartupNation

March 23, 2015