How This Entrepreneur Converted Rejection Into A Leading Lawn Care Franchise
The road to entrepreneurship is paved with failure. Phil Catron can certainly attest to that. Today he’s the CEO of lawn care powerhouse NaturaLawn...
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How Entrepreneurs Can Build And Manage A Sane (And Competent) Board Of Directors
My experience with technology company boards has been mixed. I’ve sat on founding boards and boards after Series A financing from institutional...
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To Expand Or Not To Expand: Four Considerations For Growing Companies
The Federal Reserve says that economic activity is strong, and the Labor Department reports that the economy keeps adding jobs across many sectors...
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A Leap of Faith Helped This Entrepreneur Triple Her Productivity
There comes a time in every entrepreneur’s journey when they need to take a step back or risk burning out. Karen Auster knows this better than...
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Forget Retirement – Many Baby Boomers Are Starting Small Businesses Instead
The baby boomers aren’t slowing down. Far from looking forward to retirement, baby boomers are energetically making their mark on small business,...
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Q4 Content Calendar: Important Dates and Campaign Ideas for Small Businesses
Between October and the end of December, we have the holiday season, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and more. Each of these dates provides an...
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Let’s Get Smarter About Goal-Setting
The rhythm that we established as school children lives on in many of us. Admit it: You get antsy in the spring, realizing that summer is just around...
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Your Small Business Saturday Guide: Tips, Tools, and Statistics for Local Companies
For a tradition that only dates to 2010, you have to hand it to Small Business Saturday. The unofficial shopping holiday now has 70% awareness...
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5 Ways To Be A Small Business Saturday Destination
Small Business Saturday is one of the top five shopping days of the year. Falling on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, this shoppers’ holiday...
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Not Just For Small Businesses: How The SBA Helped Grow 3 Major Companies
It’s the 65th anniversary year of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the perfect time to take a look back at SBA success stories. While...
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How to Succeed In Business: Hard-Earned Wisdom From A Woman CEO
Being an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart – anyone who’s tried to start their own business knows this. And being a female entrepreneur...
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Failing fast didn’t make me a better entrepreneur
Three years ago, my Vancouver-based e-commerce site, Shoes.com, was exploding with growth. In the 14 months between 2014 and 2015, we grew from 20...
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