The 6 Most Profitable Business Decisions of All Time
1. George Lucas- “Taking $350,000 pay cut for Star Wars In Exchange for Rights”
Before George Lucas first had the idea for what he described as a “western set in space,” called The Star [..]
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How to Shut Out the Inner Voice That’s Killing Your Effectiveness
As I sat on the steps outside, taking a minute to breathe from all the work I had to do for the day, my mind started to wander in all sorts of places. It told me that there was no way I could do the job I had been hired to [..]
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How to Know When It’s Time for Your Business to Pivot
There is nothing quite like having to be honest with yourself, especially when it’s about something that isn’t exactly positive. Historically, us humans are experts at avoiding these confrontations. But before [..]
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How Sustainability Can Aid Startups
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Longevity in the business world is its own Holy Grail. Episodic success means less than sustained and incremental growth patterns across your business’ lifespan. Channeling this sustainable growth and incorporating it [..]
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12 Books for Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs
There’s nothing better than getting lost in a good book. In our world of constant connection to media and information, sitting back and immersing yourself in a book is a luxury that we can all find time for. [..]
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How to Stop Thinking Like an Employee and Start Thinking Like an Entrepreneur
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When it comes to work, career, and money, everybody is searching for the best solutions to the most basic problems of first maintaining the work, then improving the money. We are all familiar with retired sages who enjoyed [..]
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45 Customer Focused Social Media Post Ideas
A successful business knows and interacts with its customer base. That may mean you have lots of face to face time with customers in a brick-and-mortar store front, but in our age of digital relationships, it also means you [..]
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The Importance of Mastering Small Talk In a World of Digital Communication
I took the liberty of looking up the actual definition of “small talk,” just to get a better idea of how something so habitual to our lives has garnered such a bad reputation. It turns out, it’s had one [..]
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How to Land an Internship at a Startup
Oh, the summer intern. Memorizing coffee orders, and knowing the ins and outs of the office copy machine. Tackling lunch orders, and sitting as the fake audience for their manager’s client pitch until they’ve [..]
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Why Emotional Intelligence Is More Important Now Than Ever
When we think of the capacity we have to accomplish certain things, we often measure our, and others, abilities by taking into account their intelligence. We refer to people’s IQ to describe how smart they are, and as [..]
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