4 Ways to Boost Your Personal Brand on Social Media

    Perhaps you use a few social media platforms to connect with friends and are starting to use them for professional networking. What exactly do you need in order to boost your personal brand into an influencer position? Follow these four high impact steps to boost your personal brand on social media in the next … More 4 Ways to Boost Your Personal Brand on Social Media

14 Terrible Excuses for Not Starting a Business Today

   What’s holding you back? Hopefully not one of these all too common excuses. Excuses: we all have them. (Me probably more so than you.) And eventually, we all regret them — especially if those excuses keep you from following our entrepreneurial dreams. Like: 1. You don’t have the money. As Growthink founder Dave Lavinsky … More 14 Terrible Excuses for Not Starting a Business Today

Are Entrepreneurs Wired Differently?

Successful entrepreneurs are different from the very start. The most important manifestation of this trait is their having a different attitude, which I believe happens because they are wired differently.  French economist Jean-Baptiste Say, who started circulating the word “entrepreneur” around 1800, is quoted as having said, “The entrepreneur shifts economic resources out of an area of … More Are Entrepreneurs Wired Differently?

8 Ways to Establish Your Business Credibility

What trait separates successful entrepreneurs from those that fade into the sunset? Credibility. Why credibility? Think about the startup entrepreneur who is trying to convince a team of stakeholders and investors to pursue a new and innovative idea without a proven concept. Or the entrepreneur who runs into production problems and needs his business partners to … More 8 Ways to Establish Your Business Credibility

Need Inspiration? Here Are 9 Ways to Find It.

 STEVE TOBAK CONTRIBUTOR Managing Partner, Invisor Consulting Some people love routine. They’re perfectly happy getting up at the same time, doing the same things, eating the same foods, and working the same job, day in, day out. I guess it’s comforting to them. Not me. I thrive on variety. Newness. Challenges. Getting out and … More Need Inspiration? Here Are 9 Ways to Find It.

5 Big Questions to Ask When Your Company Is Going Nowhere Fast

 Entrepreneurship is a difficult path, and even if you start out optimistic, with a great team and a solid business plan, you may one day find yourself hitting your personal limit. Whether your business is struggling to grow, your team is starting to falter, you start to lose confidence in your direction, or you’ve … More 5 Big Questions to Ask When Your Company Is Going Nowhere Fast

The Truth About ‘Fake It ‘Til You Make It’

 There is so much B.S. online you would not believe. You’d be surprised to know how much of what people say about themselves is either embellished or complete fiction, especially among the entrepreneurial crowd. People exaggerate their knowledge, experience, accomplishments, and compensation. They call themselves #1 bestselling authors of nonexistent lists, professional athletes that … More The Truth About ‘Fake It ‘Til You Make It’