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Making an Acquisition Smooth and Beneficial for Both Companies
In today’s business world, acquisitions occur on a regular basis. At times, it’s a miserable situation for the company acquired. However, in many cases, the smaller company might seek a buyout to broaden their company or turn a profit on a desirable innovation. Whatever the scenario, it’s important that the process revolves around clear communication, [...]
Conquering the Road Ahead: 5 Tips to Secure Startup Funding
Whether early-stage, late-stage or development state, financing is the lifeblood of every startup, yet raising capital can often be quite challenging for entrepreneurs. The funding process is a long, windy road and without direction, you could easily lose your way. Here are a few tips I’ve learned from my personal experience on how to best [...]
How to Score a High Profile Mentor in Your Field
“Pick their brain until it bleeds.” Hollywood’s Michael Ovitz, my mentor since I was 19 years old, advised me to do just that when I find someone whose career I want to emulate. Of course, you’ve got to have a little more tact than simply that, but you get the picture. The best way to [...]
What’s the ROI of Your Personal Finance Strategy?
I thought I had the world figured out when I moved to New York. The apartment I rented had bathroom tiles imported from Spain that made it feel like I was showering in a tropical grotto. While the yearly rent was 1/4 of my yearly pre-tax salary, I wanted to and felt like I was [...]
Find an Accountability Parter and Get More Done
It’s a fundamental component of life – action. I always tell my clients, friends, family, colleagues; to get what you’ve never had you must DO what you’ve never done. So, my question for you is, what have you been putting off doing, knowing that by doing it you would advance in the direction towards something [...]
21 Free Tools to Help Your Small Business Succeed
As small business owners we are always looking for tools to help get the job done at a low cost. Well nothing beats free! It’s truly amazing how powerful some of the free online small business tools are out there. If you’re not taking advantage of at least a few of these resources then you [...]
Cell Phones at the Dinner Table – Are the Times Changing?
Are cell phones appropriate at the dinner table? For many, the answer is an obvious “no.” Not only answering a call or viewing a text at a meal, but also placing the phone on the table or refusing to turn it on silent are considered rude gestures while dining. Yet for a younger generation constantly connected [...]
Success Sooner: Design Once, Use Every Time in Any Area
Automated workflow series brought to you by: Comindware, web-based software solution for automating and managing business workflow processes Part 1: Success Sooner: Automated Workflows Help You Focus Part 2: Success Sooner: Get Rid of Routine Work and Increase your Income Part 3: Success Sooner: Solving ‘Crispy Stories’ Caused by Collaboration Problems “It could be anything,” — a VP, the [...]
What I’ve Learned: My Journey as an Entrepreneur One Month Before My 30th Birthday
All my life I have been an entrepreneur. It’s something that runs in my family. It’s a mentality. A drive. It’s wanting the most out of life and creating something. I have always said that I wanted to be a millionaire by age 30. I don’t know…it’s just one of those things I’ve always talked [...]
The 4 Economic Reasons to Rebrand Your Business
How much can your company benefit from a timely rebranding and revitalization? When considering this question, one must keep in mind that rebranding does not necessarily address the wants and needs of the company directly, but rather speaks to the wants and needs of that company’s current and prospective customers. Therefore, the important factors to [...]
Contest: Enter to Win a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
What: Fast Company and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter want to find the brightest small or midsize businesses? that are looking to grow and have a plan for using a Sprinter van. How: Submit a :30-90 second video telling us about your business and how it could benefit from owning a Sprinter van. Our judges will select the [...]
How to Brand Your Business on LinkedIn – Part 1
When you look for tools to create awareness for your business sometimes it is the free ones that often get overlooked. The following tips will help you create a better presence on Linkedin. Company Profile When creating a company profile give a specific rundown of your offerings, purpose and company mission statement. Create Your Own [...]
Surviving Google In A Post Panda World – 3 SEO Tips
Let’s face it; most of us entrepreneurs these days rely on the Internet as our main source of income. How high we rank on Google will have a direct correlation with the sales we are making, and can ultimately make or break our business. This is especially true for those of us who don’t sell [...]
Why We’re Happy to Consider Apple a Competitor
When it comes to choosing leaders in the high-tech computer industry, what companies come to mind? Whether you’re a Mac fan or foe, it’s likely that Apple was one of the first technology bigwigs you thought of. Some technology companies view Apple as the Holy Grail—an untouchable monster in the computer industry. As the president [...]
6 Ways To Nail Your First Corporate Pitch
Corporations can be scary. First, they’re described as ‘entities’, which just sounds monolithic and unfriendly. The truth is, corporations need your innovation now more than ever and most would be happy to talk with you about ways that you can grow their business. Step 1: Get your foot in the door. What do you do [...]
