DECA: Educating Future Entrepreneurs

One of the best-kept secrets in the world of entrepreneurship is DECA, an organization for high school and college students looking to learn about business and leadership. They have been around for more than 60 years, and have more than 200,000 members all over America, Canada, and other countries around the world.
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Accelerators: A Recent and Positive Trend

Are you a candidate for an accelerator? You’ll give up some small amount of equity to the accelerator, receive some amount of cash in return during the program, and learn more in a short time than you’d expect from more formal education programs.
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How to Hire the Best Marketer for Your Business

A quality marketing team is often overlooked among new companies. Whether one calls it confidence or arrogance, many companies believe that their products or services are good enough to speak for themselves. That belief devalues the power of a good marketing team in the eyes of a company, which can be a terrible mistake with detrimental costs.
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Stay on the Offense

One of the reasons that I think I’ve had success throughout my career is that I stay on the offense. When it comes to business, I’m almost incapable of playing defense.
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The Talent Add-On So Often Missed

Yes, it takes work, commitment, and many hours of deliberate practice. But, it begins with understanding that the talent itself will take you only so far. Learned skills must be added.
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The Evolution of Marketers

We talk a lot about how marketing has evolved in the face of social media, automation and other macro-trends. What gets lost, though, is how marketers have to adapt so these changes don’t overwhelm them.
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