[quote style=”boxed”]Start sooner and take people up on their offers to help more often.[/quote] Brian Schmitt is the co-founder of TestMyMarketing.com, where small businesses and startups can submit marketing projects to leading marketing experts from around the country who then review, critique, and often rewrite submitted project copy, rearrange graphics,…
[quote style=”boxed”]Keep at it. Look at lots of different options and avenues. If you need to change direction, do. Above all, be passionate and believe in what you do. That natural enthusiasm will help bring others on board who support you.[/quote] Maggy Woodley is a mum of two, blogger and…
[quote style=”boxed”]Start with a conundrum. I think great ideas come from problems to be solved. As a scrappy kid from the very outset, I always understood ideas as methods to get around things that everyone else took as a given. Idea should not be rooted in practicality. First come up with…
[quote style=”boxed”]I think it’s best to start small and grow slowly, rather than trying to grow as quickly as possible.[/quote] In 1999, at the age of 24, Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay) sold LinkExchange, the company he co-founded, to Microsoft for $265 million. He then joined Zappos as an advisor and…
[quote style=”boxed”]The thing is that it’s not until much later that you often realize your greatest successes are largely due to some of the shit you went through. It’s like a great movie; without the adversity you simply miss out on the whole story.[/quote] Steve Gumm is a serial entrepreneur…
[quote style=”boxed”]Delegate! It’s very hard for entrepreneurs to do this, but let go of some of the control. It’s important that other people have a chance to be entrepreneurial within your business. Letting go takes practice, but keep practicing.[/quote] Julie Cole is the mother of six and a co-founding VP…
A couple of weeks ago my friend Steve Pressfield’s new book Turning Pro came out. I did get a review copy in the mail as well, but that’s not important because I had already bought it myself and gave the review copy to a good friend who’s turning pro. Oh and…
[quote style=”boxed”]I start my day by resetting my priorities and planning my schedule. I follow a modified version of the Franklin Covey system and have been doing that for about 15 years.[/quote] Jim McCarthy is the CEO of Goldstar, the world’s largest seller of half-price tickets online. He focuses on…
[quote style=”boxed”]When I have an idea that I am passionate about and believe can make this world a better place, I relentlessly work towards making it a reality.[/quote] Erin is an award-winning storyteller. Her production and outreach experience ranges from ABC and CNN to the Peace Corps and non-profits around…
[quote style=”boxed”]My main problem is with the manic, depressed-like nature of being an entrepreneur. You can be on the top of the world at 10:00 a.m., depressed as hell at 2:00 p.m., and then opening a champagne bottle by 8:00 p.m. It can definitely screw up your mind.[/quote] Sagee Ben-Zedeff…
Meet Sagee Ben-Zedeff – CEO and Co-Founder of Serendip Media