Startup
5 Great Ways to Market Your New Real Estate Business
The real estate game has changed a lot in the past few years. Technology has been thriving ceaselessly, which has opened the doors to a whole different world of marketing for everyone, including real estate…
3 Most Annoying Things Small Business Founders Face
The moment when they decide to quit your 9-to-5 job and become your own boss is definitely one of the best in every business owner’s life. Once you take that plunge, your new life begins,…
Investing in Your Community is a Big Investment in Your Business
As a small business owner, networking is a highly valuable tool for growing your business. This fact seems to be widely accepted. Yet many small business owners are unsure of how to successfully network within…
How to Find the Perfect Location for Your Small Business
You’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it again: location, location, location. It’s a huge determining factor in just how successful a small business will end up being. So how do you go about finding…
Victim or Victor
In this blog we’ve often discussed the “false dilemma”—the unnecessary use of the word “or.” For example, “Wealthy OR Happy” as though it’s necessarily one OR the other when of course it can and should be…
8 Key Ingredients to a Profitable Consulting Business
Most of the guidance you see for entrepreneurs is aimed at those who are selling a product (Apple, Tesla, Xiaomi), or selling a service (Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat). Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA),…
Startup Vision: Paradox of Consistency vs. Opportunity
The world is full of paradox, like this one. Here’s research on startup vision that shows “The tech landscape is lush with entrepreneurs whose success blossomed only after the founders had modified or even abandoned their…
Top 10 Regrets Franchisees Have After Starting a Franchise
If there’s one thing we hear a lot at America’s Best Franchises, it’s “I wish I’d known THAT before I bought my franchise.” “THAT” can be critical to success in franchising. There are so many…
How to Build Your Small Business’s Reputation from Day One: Part 2
Last time I wrote about the first two tips for building your small business’s reputation from day one. Here are the next three tips! Deliver Anyone can try to attract new customers by saying their…
Looking for Support? Connect with Like-Minded Entrepreneurs
The old proverb, “Show me your friends and I’ll tell you who you are,” translates into surrounding yourself with the right people. As a startup founder, surrounding yourself with like-minded entrepreneurs can have a major…