How To Have Your Most Productive Day

Have you ever asked yourself, “How am I possibly going to get everything done today?” Or maybe you’ve said to yourself, “Man, I was running around all day, but what did I really accomplish?” As an entrepreneur you will often find yourself asking how will I get everything done? Here’s a secret…

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Don’t Go Broke: 5 Ways to Validate Your Business Ideas

Coming up with a new product or business idea can be difficult. And it is even more difficult to have the confidence to make the jump and push through with that idea. You will ask yourself questions like “will anyone buy it?” or “will anyone care?”

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3 Biggest Wastes of Money in Marketing

I’m guilty. For a long time I spent money on marketing that never really worked.

In one of my first businesses, we redesigned our website, bought nice brochures, and went to tradeshows — SO. many. tradeshows. I hoped that the next thing we tried would be it. Maybe this time we’d capture the marketing “magic” that would drive sales and registrations.

Spoiler Alert: none of it ever worked — even though we had a great product.

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How to Get Media Coverage for Your Startup Business

As a boot-strapping founder, you don’t have the resources to spend on a public relations firm. So how can you gain the media’s attention? What makes a reporter want to write your story? How should you prepare for your first interview?

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