Globalization is a hot topic. With Britain’s recent vote to leave the European Union and US Presidential candidate Donald Trump vowing to build a wall between the US and America’s third largest trading partner, globalization is a current buzz word on cable news talk shows, but it’s been a reality for entrepreneurs for years. But …
What Small Business Can Learn from Elon Musk
Elon Musk, slow down. You’re a great entrepreneur, but as any successful entrepreneur or small business owner will advise you: build one business at a time. This past week, Elon Musk, CEO of electric car maker Tesla, unveiled his vision of the future, called “Master Plan, Part Deux.” Not content to just concentrate on building …
Is Trump’s Small Business Owner Real?
When Donald Trump and Republican leaders wanted a “small business owner” to address the GOP convention, they chose Floridian Michelle Van Etten. Republican convention information touted her as running “an international multi-million dollar network marketing business.” Sounds great. But is Van Etten really a small business owner? Van Etten participates in a multi-level marketing program …
Would You Want Donald Trump as a Client?
In four months, Americans will decide whether they want Donald Trump to be their President. For small business owners, however, it’s customers who affect their daily lives far more than Washington politicians. So before you consider what Trump would be like as your President, consider this: what would Donald Trump be like as a client …
Is Globalization Good for Small Business?
Globalization is a hot topic. With Britain’s recent vote to leave the European Union and a US Presidential candidate vowing to build a wall between the US and America’s third largest trading partner, globalization is a current buzz word on cable news talk shows, but it’s been a reality for small business owners for years. …
Can Startups Save the World?
Can startups save the world? Can entrepreneurs successfully tackle today’s most important problems – such as climate change, poverty, lack of clean water, extremism – and make money too? President Obama and the rest of the participants at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit seem to think so. “The world has shrunk. It is interconnected. All of you represent …
This is the Best City for Women to Start Businesses
If you’re a woman, New York City is the best place in the world to start a business. That’s what Dell — in collaboration with the research company IHS and with participation from the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard — found out when it commissioned research on the best cities for female entrepreneurs to start and scale a high-growth business. In …
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America Needs Immigrant Entrepreneurs
This was a terrible week in America. A lone gunman – fueled by hatred – shot and killed 49 Americans and wounded 53 others who were happily celebrating life. In the aftermath of the horrific Orlando shooting, even though the shooter was American-born, bellicose, xenophobic, politicians blamed immigrants. To end tragedies like these, they urged, we …
7 People to Listen to for Small Business Advice
When you own a small business, everyone wants to give you advice. “You know what you should do,” your annoying brother-in-law Sheldon tells you at the family barbecue, “you should sell everything below your cost; customers will flock to you.” Right, and pretty soon, you’ll be out of business. Unsolicited advice comes from all kinds …
