Podcasts are trending right now because they are accessible, portable and listeners can listen to them whenever it is convenient. It’s different than video because you can take them with you without being tied to the screen. People listen to podcasts in the car. You can take the podcast with you when you’re working out in the gym or on…
In order to take the leap from entrepreneur to an enterprise, you must be willing to tear the pieces of your business apart and reconstruct them at a higher level that drives your growth. You must be willing to get out of your comfort zone and jump. Sure, it is scary, but these strategies will help you separate real fears…
If you’re an entrepreneur, raising capital is a big part of your job. Because small business grants provide resources for entrepreneurs, they’re in high demand, as you might expect. Small business grants for women are actually few and far between, and the ones that do exist can be quite competitive. But if you know where to look and understand the benefits available,…
Writing well is one of the most important skills you can learn for success in the business world. Knowing how to write well allows you to deliver your ideas with the power they deserve. Good writing also conveys a sense of your professional excellence to the world around you. In this course, you’ll master the simple, effective skills that drive…
The formidable entrepreneur is founder of Zollipops, a business that’s moved $2 million worth of lollipops that are actually good for your teeth since its founding in 2015. Like any busy CEO, her days are filled with phone calls, emails, handing out instructions to her staff of six, and pouring over profit-and-loss data. Not to mention, homework. The pint-sized powerhouse from Wolverine…
“We tipped the organization upside down,” he explained. “We now have the youngest and brightest teaching the oldest. Jack Welch, the formidable, former CEO of General Electric (GE), popularized the concept of reverse mentoring in 1999. In his pilot project, he paired 500 senior and junior employees, in hopes the latter would teach the former about technological advances and tools. In…
Anastasia Soare, founder of makeup company Anastasia Beverly Hills, has based her career on applying the golden ratio—used by the ancient Greeks and Leonardo da Vinci—to the eyebrows of her clients. That formula has earned her a pile of gold, enough to make Soare one of the wealthiest self-made women entrepreneurs in the U.S. A longtime favorite of celebrities and one…
Tory Burch loves the word ambition, but in the past her relationship with that word was a bit more complicated. The designer, who launched her company in 2004 by cold calling people from her kitchen table, now has an internationally recognized lifestyle brand that includes clothing, accessories, footwear and fragrances. And yet, back when she first started out as an…
