Articles tagged "Entrepreneurship"

How an Award Winning Food Blogger Used Trello, Todoist and Zapier to Grow Traffic 10x

It doesn’t take much to start a blog these days. Just find the perfect domain name, choose a WordPress, Squarespace, or Tumblr template, then pen a quick "Hello World!" post to announce who you are and what your blog is all about.

Work on Your Strengths, Not Your Weaknesses

Think of something you want to improve about yourself. How would you categorize the thing you chose: Is it a strength or a weakness? In all likelihood, you chose a weakness.

Preparing for success: Lessons learned from early mistakes in a small business

If you're anything like me, you've gone through a ton of business ideas and have spent lots of money getting started on them. I went to school for marketing and thought I would be a graphic designer after graduating.

We don't code. But we built our MVP for $100/month.

In the past, a lack of technical expertise created major barriers to entry for businesses. Let's be honest: as much as we all love our developer friends, their services are not cheap: anyone without those skills was at a disadvantage.

Media training 101 for small businesses

Great news: you just scored a big press interview to promote your business. The story will expose your brand to the perfect new audience and drive meaningful traffic to your website. So…don't blow it.

When launching a small business, fortune favors the bold

I started my business, Bloss Words, with one goal in mind: to provide professional ghostwriting and editing services. But while my aim was clear, I was missing something: a proper business plan.

3 Things You Need to Know Before You Start Your Own Business

There's a deep desire to own your own destiny—and starting your own business is one of the most obvious ways to do that. Your business can be anything, do anything, make and break its own rules. It's your chance to make your mark on the world.

How Zapier helped this founder keep engineers focused on product development

In the early years of my startup my co-founder and I faced a challenge familiar to many young tech companies: Our engineering resources were spread thin, with competing priorities and an ever-changing roadmap. Automation helped us

How a female entrepreneur helps other female entrepreneurs streamline their businesses

Pia Beck just turned 26, and she's already running her own successful business. Through , Pia helps other women do what she did: create the business and life they want—and leave an impact.

How a leadership development advisor went from corporate America to successful business owner

L. Michelle Smith is a writer. But she's also a speaker, a podcast host and executive producer, a consultant, a brand partner, and an executive coach. It's a lot to juggle, yes, but it's also what ended up saving her business.