Entrepreneurship
October 3, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Many aspiring entrepreneurs think the key to growing a successful company is linked to the ability to secure investor funding. For some businesses this may be true, but many successful companies have been built from the ground up with no outside […]
November 26, 2020 8 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Without a doubt, 2020 takes the title of “The Year of Risk.” The dangers of simply going to the grocery store or gathering with friends and family cast a bright spotlight on the concept of risk, our perceptions of it, and […]
April 7, 2020 15+ min read This story appears in the April 2020 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » “There is a before,” says Dany Garcia, “and there is an after.” Here is before. It’s around 1998, and at the time, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson is a burgeoning wrestler in the WWE. Garcia is about halfway […]
November 25, 2020 7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Small Business Saturday is upon us again. In a year that has been anything but normal, so many of us may be thinking long and hard about if and how we will follow the 10-year-old tradition of patronizing local small businesses. How we […]
September 20, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. One of the most beneficial skills entrepreneurs can develop is how to apply intelligent curiosity to everyday situations. Even better is to develop situational awareness alongside the skill of intelligent curiosity. Situational awareness is commonly taught in law enforcement. It’s where […]
November 25, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you run a data-oriented company, you have clear key performance indicators (KPIs) and objectives and key results (OKRs) that you review personally or with your team on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis. These are typically run-of-the-mill data points: customer […]
November 25, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Have you been at a job for a few years, but think you want to be your own boss? One way to achieve this is by owning a business. You might not have the stamina to start a company from scratch. However, […]
November 25, 2020 7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Podcasts are one of the most powerful ways to build rapport with your audience and one of the best ways to build a brand and market and sell digital products, especially online courses. Once you have figured out how to create […]
Angie Lee shares insights on creating a seven-figure business from networking events. November 25, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. This year was a bust for conferences, but hopeful event planners still have an opportunity to make the most of the time we have now in preparation for a wildly […]
The TV personality and entrepreneur reveals her fearless approach to launching. November 25, 2020 2 min read Why did best-selling author and TV personality Kristin Cavallari decide to launch her own business? “I had this fire in me to prove everybody wrong!” she says. Cavallari is the CEO and founder of Uncommon James, a Nashville-based […]
October 19, 2020 7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Whether you like it or not, things have changed. The traditional “rules” of work simply don’t apply to a majority of jobs anymore, and that can be a hard truth to hear. Many of us are already overwhelmed with the sheer […]
November 24, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. For years, we’ve been taught that conformity leads to harmony across society. It creates a safety net and makes social encounters more comfortable because there’s a level of expectation and normalcy that is met. There may be an element of truth in that […]
Deploying AI to facilitate dialogue with your customers adds the missing human element, providing a more personalized experience. November 24, 2020 3 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Chris Messina, the innovator behind social media hashtags, coined the term “conversational commerce” in 2015, describing it as “utilizing chat, messaging or other natural language interfaces to […]
November 24, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. These days, you just don’t hear that much about business plans. The feeling from some corners of this industry — entrepreneurs and investors—seems that business plans have lost their snap, but I simply don’t agree. There are plenty of good and […]
November 24, 2020 8 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. This article is adapted from Scott Greenberg’s The Wealthy Franchisee: Game-Changing Steps to Becoming a Thriving Franchise Superstar, which is out now via Entrepreneur Press. It can be purchased via Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I meet a lot of franchisees. I ask the best ones why they’re successful. […]
The Mamram unit has produced some of the world’s finest programmers and software engineers — and helped establish Israel’s reputation as a startup powerhouse. November 24, 2020 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The Mamram unit is close to my heart. It has produced some of the world’s finest programmers […]
November 23, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. This is the first in a series of upcoming, original columns for Entrepreneur.com by Laura D. Adams that will publish every other Monday. And don’t forget to purchase a copy of Adams’ latest book for Entrepreneur Press, Money-Smart Solopreneur: A Personal Finance System for Freelancers, Entrepreneurs, and Side-Hustlers, via Amazon | Barnes […]
November 23, 2020 7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Robots patrolling grocery store aisles and warehouses; so-called dark stores dedicated to online-only orders; data crunched in the cloud that allows retailers to identify and even tweak shoppers’ habits. U.S. grocery retailers thought they had years to prepare for these futuristic […]
November 23, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. All of us seem to be getting busier and busier. Despite technology meaning that many of the things that used to take up time in our lives are now more easily accessible than ever, we still continue to be busy. The words […]
November 23, 2020 7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. This article was written by Alex Fluegel, a member of the Entrepreneur NEXT powered by Assemble content team. Entrepreneur NEXT powered by Assemble is a freelance-matching platform leading the future of work. If you’re struggling to find, vet, and hire the right freelancers […]