Spending a small amount of time each day to learn something seemingly unrelated to my business. John Turner is the CEO and Founder of UsersThink as well as the maker of QuietKit. UsersThink helps people get real user feedback on their landing pages and websites, by simplifying the whole process…
Sometimes it is okay to stand on the shoulders of giants so long as you know how they got there and you provide value or insight to better what was started. Justin Corliss is a devoted husband, business owner, amateur herpetologist and amateur arborist who operates a popular local tree…
Meet Justin Corliss – Tree removal and excavating business owner
Question everything, and seek deeper understanding of the motivations behind your company’s purpose, what your customers need, and what makes your team happy. You can always find ways to improve over the baseline. Zach Robbins is an entrepreneur, whose lifelong interest in advertising, data, and technology led him to found…
I try to spend an hour each evening collecting my thoughts, reviewing the pros and cons from that day and writing down action steps for the next day. I’ve heard this process described as “touch things only once.” I attempt to answer all of my emails that I haven’t addressed…
Always ask questions. No matter what it is, even if on the surface it has no relevance to my life, part of me habitually wants to know how and why. These questions quickly transfer into what this information can do for me, or my team. Productivity is the offspring of…
Lead by example, be a team player, and exercise accountability. Robin Lickliter is the senior vice president of events at Sparks, a global brand experience agency. Robin has been with Sparks for more than 10 years, and in that time, she’s established events as a full-service offering. She’s responsible for…
Amanda McClellan is Founder of Moms Making It Happen. Formerly, a middle school history teacher, Amanda quickly realized she was passionate about teaching in a much different setting. After being raised in an entrepreneurial household, her own entrepreneurial drive led to her discovery of Internet and social media marketing in…
[quote style=”boxed”]Read, learn, try, fail, read more, learn more, try again, fail, repeat. We’ve all seen the line drawn for a successful venture. It looks like a 3 year old child scribbled on the tablet.[/quote] Craig Kelley is the founder and CEO of Mokumax, the free Twitter Grader tool that…
[quote style=”boxed”]I schedule most of my meetings in the mornings, when I am able to think quickly on my feet. [/quote] One night, after a 3 a.m. phone call from the emergency room, Dr. Wei-Shin Lai had so much trouble falling back to sleep that she decided she had to do…
[quote style=”boxed”]I start every day with a to-do list and stay accountable to it. This is especially so if you are your own boss and don’t have someone to answer to – you need “something” to answer to. [/quote] Alycia Kaback is the founder and CEO of The It Factor Productions,…