Seven Ways to Positively Influence Customer Reviews
Your brand is the heart and soul of your business. Branding goes far beyond advertising, packaging, or logos. Branding lies at the very core of your business, of who you…
The Frightening Potential of Hackers Disrupting the Ballot
The foundation of our Republic is confidence that our elected officials are chosen in a fair and democratic system. If that system is called into question, the distrust could create…
Disaster Recovery: The Cloud Changes Everything
In a recent report, Gartner looks at the growing field of disaster recover as a service, and finds how this cloud-based approach differs from the more traditional approach to…
How a Group of Ecommerce Veterans Launched Hollar, an Online Dollar Store, and Hit $1 Million in Monthly Sales After Just 5 Months
Update, Nov. 3, 2016: Hollar announced on Thursday it has raised $30 million in a series B round, led by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers and followed by Greycroft Partners and Comcast…
7 Reasons Why 90% of Startups Fail and How to be the 10%
A former Navy SEAL sees the correlation between the worlds of entrepreneurship and special operations. They both have similar attrition rates. Managing fear is critical. And both can have very…
The Art of Chasing 2 Rabbits
Imagine you are in the forest rabbit hunting and you happen to see two at once. They both take off and you begin running after them. Hunting one rabbit is…
What Internet of Things Companies Should Do to Make Their Products More Secure
A high-profile cyberattack has put the growing Internet of Things (IoT) space on notice. Last month’s distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on internet services company Dynamic Network Services temporarily…
Is Luck Really a Four-Letter Word? This Cornell Economist Says No
“You’re so lucky.” It’s a terrible thing to say to someone who feels their success can be attributed only to their own hard work and tenacity. After all, which one…
Generating Discovery for Innovation
Just in case you haven’t seen the latest Star Trek movie yet, here is one of its key messages; “You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, an…
Overcoming Hurdles to Scaling Innovation
Crossing the Chasm To put it simply, everyone has good ideas — and some have great ideas. But the imperative of any innovation program is in its ability to…
Microsoft Teams: Is This the New Slack Killer?
Microsoft announced a new chat-based collaboration platform on Wednesday that might give Slack a run for its money. Currently available in preview for Enterprise and Business customers, the software giant’s…
AWS Dominates IaaS, Stumbles In Managed Private Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS) dominates the worldwide public IaaS market, is in tight competition in the PaaS market. But it’s an also-ran when it comes to the managed private…
5 Mistakes to Avoid During Exit Planning
At last, you are ready to sell your business. And that’s likely a welcome event: Selling an online business is an attractive prospect for many business owners; but if you’re the seller and…
Are Your Superstar Sellers Disguising Bad Management?
Pop quiz: You’ve got two sales managers, each with 10 reps on their team. Manager 1 achieves 100 percent of his goal every quarter while Manager 2 achieves just 75…
What Hollywood Can Teach Entrepreneurs About Life in the Spotlight
In many ways trying to make a name for yourself among the shiny glass offices of Palo Alto isn’t all that different from searching for fame under bright lights of…
6 Things Sales Professionals Should Never Do
Have you ever wondered what sets the best salespeople apart while others struggle to make it? It is just as important knowing the most important things salespeople should do to…
Busting the 5 Myths About Small Business Lending
The following excerpt is from the staff of Entrepreneur Media’s book Finance Your Business. With the growing accessibility of information online, modern entrepreneurs in search of funding to grow their…
5 Key Ways to Make Your Product More Useful or More Appealing to Customers
The following excerpt is from Richard Koch and Greg Lockwood’s book Simplify. There are five ways to make a product or service more useful: Vary performance — make more (or…
4 Steps to Reinventing Yourself After Hitting Rock Bottom
Hitting rock bottom — as energetic, smart and business-savvy entrepreneurial — types, this dreadful phrase is simply not in our vocabularies. But it happens — even to the best of…
Data Analytics Pros Don’t Feel The Love From C-Suite
Data and analytics initiatives may underpin every digital transformation initiative, but can these programs be trusted? A new survey from KPMG shows that even those running the programs don’t…