Without integrity, you do not have anything despite your skill or experience level. The same goes for health. Without health, everything else fails. Building a transformative business starts with finding a gap in the market. Entrepreneurs who implement the right systems and culture — who imbue their businesses with…
Building something meaningful – whether it be a business, a relationship, your health, whatever – takes time. You can’t rush it because you want it now. Anne has worked in Higher Education for almost 20 years. She is passionate about helping people – especially students – grow and develop…
I recommend focusing on your customer, gaining their feedback and adjusting to serve them in the proper manner. Elaine Queathem is the founder of Savvy Coders. She has been involved with technology for her entire professional career. In 2009 she was working for a small software technology company and…
Don’t knock old school ideas. If it were not for old school there would be no new school. Nancy Friedman is one of the country’s leading experts on customer service, communications and telephone skills and the founder and President of Telephone Doctor in St Louis, MO. The Telephone Doctor…
I am persistent in the face of resistance. In entrepreneurship, perseverance and sheer grit are necessary traits. Mark Prendergast is the president of AB Mauri North America, a division of a global leader in yeast and bakery ingredient products. He is a senior executive capable of combining a strategic…
Enjoy learning from others and realize that you cannot have all of the right answers! Ronnie Fowlkes is an former member of the U.S Marine Corps and the St. Louis SWAT team. For over two decades, Fowlkes has actively taken part in the development and the delivery of top…
Always challenge everyone’s thinking and look for new avenues to explore, whether through my own company’s services or through partnerships.” Steve Pizzolato founded the marketing group AVALA a little more than 20 years ago. With 35 years of marketing experience — specifically with a focus on helping improve marketing…
Hire great people and trust them. Joe Egertson is the CEO of Sheer Logistics, which was founded in 2009 with transparency in mind. After 25-plus years in the transportation and logistics space, he and his partners aimed to form a company that could make processes simpler and serve both its…
I always think about the quote from legendary basketball coach John Wooden: “Never confuse activity with achievement.” Each day by 5 p.m., I identify three things to accomplish the next day that will move the business forward with regard to revenue, product usage and distribution, and fundraising — in that…
Don’t idolize innovation. If you instead work as a team to solve problems for your customers and the people who support your customers, you will be rewarded with success in the end — and you might just find you’ve done something innovative. Dan Geraty is the founder and CEO of…