Observe the world around you. Inspiration can be drawn from surroundings to spur on the next project. Rocco Basile can be considered a jack-of-all-trades artist. He specializes in the creation of many do-it-yourself projects from indoor to outdoor. He has taken the culmination of his years of experience to educate …
As an entrepreneur you have to sell stuff, and the only way you’ll do that is if you solve peoples’ problems. Jim Hunt is a financial advisor, and the CEO of VTA Publications. Having made a name for himself on the stock market, Jim is well versed in making safe …
Learn From ThemJim Hunt – CEO and Financial Advisor of VTA Publications
The thing I do over and over is reassess my goals, recommit, and make new goals. Cody Burdett grew up learning at the foot of his father, a 30 year professional in building with a degree in Construction Management. Wherever his father went, Cody was not far behind. Cody has …
I see myself as the end consumer and work backward from there. Australian-born Chris McPherson has an insatiable passion for wine. With over 13 years of experience, he has worked in varying positions in the wine industry from production to retail to hospitality, earning his WSET Advanced Certificate along the …
Do the hardest thing first every day, and you’ll move forward the fastest. Levi King is the co-founder and CEO of Nav, a free site giving business owners access to their business and personal credit data, tools to improve their scores and a marketplace that matches them to the best …
Build products that you are passionate about. Build products that you want to use yourself, or at least that someone close to you would want to use. Alex Cartmell, 24, is the co-founder and CTO of HopPlotter, an app that helps people discover and visit craft breweries. After graduating from …
Learn From ThemAlex Cartmell – Co-founder and CTO of HopPlotter
As an entrepreneur, there are a lot of problems you have to solve on a daily basis, but you can’t solve them all. I try to make sure that I get at least 80% there and don’t get bogged down. That last 20% can cost you 80% of your time. …
Learn From ThemUse the 80/20 rule in deciding what problems to solve
Today’s starter tip comes from Sharper Image (now RichardSolo) Founder Richard Thalheimer. If you can’t say at the end of the day that you did something that moved your idea forward, then you really didn’t achieve anything. You might be able to do that when working for other people, but …
We’re starting a new series, where every day in 2016 we post a piece of advice given by our interviewees. This advice is always meant to be short and actionable and there’s no reason why you shouldn’t be able to easily implement and test them in your business. Today’s advice …
Learn From ThemUse agile retrospectives to improve through experimentation