Posts Tagged ‘Relationships’
Startups: Networking is Key to Your Success
Personal relationships are important for any business owner as they provide some respite away from the company and can help you de-stress effectively. However, these relationships are limited because you are only around family members and friends that you engage with regularly. On the other hand, professional networking helps you connect with like-minded individuals on…
Read MoreWhat Does Science Tell Us About the Key Secret to Happiness?
What are your goals? Become an entrepreneur. Climb the corporate ladder. Make more money. It may be to travel the world as a digital nomad. But the reason we write these goals down and strive to achieve them comes down to this big question. “How can I be happier?” The disease of more In our crazy…
Read More4 Surefire Ways to Ramp Up Your Networking Results
Getting started as a small business owner is tough enough. You’re trying to build a solid team, perfect your product, and create a marketing strategy. That doesn’t leave you with a lot of time to network. However, you absolutely need to make it a priority as a new entrepreneur. If you don’t, you’ll be missing…
Read MoreHow to Manage Customer Relations on a Budget
Customer service is one of the highest priorities for any small business. Good customer service creates good customers. Good customers are reliable source of revenue who will advertise your products on social media and with friends and family. As Entrepreneur points out, good customer service means better employees, fewer problems, and a whole host of…
Read More6 Relationship Strategies That Propel Your Business
Unfortunately, people who are great at inventing things, and have high creativity, often don’t have strong interpersonal skills or interests. As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I see a high level of frustration from people in this category who have personally developed great solutions, but can’t make them into a business. They don’t realize that…
Read MoreNetworking for Entrepreneurs (Why It Matters & How to Do It Right)
Being an entrepreneur offers tremendous perks… You’re the boss, free to pursue your dreams, managing your own time. But the life of an entrepreneur also comes with some significant downsides, namely in the form of stress, uncertainty, and often social isolation. Social isolation in the US is growing, and data gathered in new research is…
Read MoreHow Can You Let a Talented Employee Go to Pursue a New Career?
It is tough to lose your best employees wanting to advance their careers. Sometimes you can be the coach, helping them even if it means losing them. And, as in today’s story, sometimes it can mean the beginning of an amazing journey leading to a story for the ages… We’d all like to retain our…
Read MoreBusiness Ethics: When It’s OK to Burn Bridges
If you’re like me, you’ve heard this saying fairly consistently while growing up, through your first jobs, University, and into the business world: “Don’t burn bridges.” If you haven’t heard this saying before, then let me break it down for you a little. Burning bridges basically means you’re ending a work relationship, or even personal…
Read MoreHow Size Matters in Brand Partnerships
Brand partnerships can be a great growth strategy for businesses as small as the health club on the corner or as large as Coca-Cola. But as with dating apps, you need to be extremely careful who you hook up with. One of the most important elements to consider is size. But don’t merely look at…
Read MoreAre You Building a Community?
Last year, I spent a weekend with my daughter and her boyfriend at a Supernatural Convention in Chicago. If you’re not familiar with the TV show Supernatural it’s in its 13th season, largely due to the huge fan base that it has built and how vocal they are about the show and its very existence.…
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