Entrepreneur

Via Entrepreneur : Entrepreneur and CEO Jonathan Snyder talks about the struggles and victories everyone with a great idea will encounter. In this on-going series, we are sharing advice, tips and insights from real entrepreneurs who are out there doing battle day in and day out. (Answers have been edited and …

Via Reason : Author Edward Lengel on how Washington’s business acumen shaped America. George Washington’s exploits as both a politician and general are well known, but should he be equally recognized as a businessman? According to author Edward Lengel, the answer is an unqualified yes. In his new book, First Entrepreneur: …

Via Channel News Asia : It was not so long ago that policymakers and the business community lamented the dearth of entrepreneurs here, with high-profile corporate leaders even joining hands to try to discover Singapore’s next Sim Wong Hoo. In 2002, the Singapore Overseas Network US Working Group submitted several radical …

Via Entrepreneur : Entrepreneurship comes with a host of challenges. Rewarding challenges, but harsh challenges nonetheless. Experienced entrepreneurs have to deal with this no matter how long they’ve been in business — trying to establish a brand, adjust to match or exceed the competition and keep your business profitable is a …

Via All Business : What do successful entrepreneurs have in common? What do they do that struggling entrepreneurs don’t? If only we could find the magic formula, we imagine, we could be just as successful too. Well, while there’s no magic formula to ensure business survival, a recent study, Xero’s Make …

Via All Business : Are you feeling good about 2016? I hope so! Entrepreneurs are naturally optimistic, and there’s a lot to be confident about in the coming year—everything from technological advances simplifying your business, to a strengthening economy making your customers more willing to spend. Here are five steps you …

Via Argus Leader : Entrepreneur Bob Elmen doesn’t take on a business venture without thinking it can succeed. And the same goes for his latest project, a book he recently wrote and published on Amazon. “We expect a lot of sales,” the 85-year-old said, smiling. But he’d still consider it a …

Via Fortune : If you build it, they won’t come, especially in health. That’s the biggest lesson I’ve learned to date, and something I wish I knew before starting Newtopia. Despite my love of the 1989 American drama Field of Dreams, which coined the memorable phrase, “If you build it, he …

Via All Business : You can’t just make a wish, blow on a seeded dandelion, and expect your business to grow. That’s what I usually tell entrepreneurs launching their first business, and the advice typically follows a protest about my fees for personal and corporate branding. My advice is sound—businesses don’t …

Via Inc. : As entrepreneurs around the world are looking ahead toward 2016, it can be helpful to reflect on a few of the most interesting trends from 2015. This year has seen the Internet-of-Things (IoT) officially grow up, mobile enterprise deployments become the norm and cognitive systems and machine learning …

Via Huffington Post : Darrah Brustein is a writer, master-networker, and serial entrepreneur with businesses in merchant services, networking, and financial education for kids. While I may not be quite under 30, I recently had the opportunity to participate in the Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia and share a couple days …

Via LinkedIn : By the time I was wrapping up my PhD in the mid-90s, I already knew that a career in academia wasn’t for me. That presented a challenge — back then, it was academia or bust for anyone studying political science. But whatever the professors were saying, it seemed …