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There’s a business case for wanting to make a difference. March 31, 2021 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Most of us have heard about corporate social responsibility programs, but building a whole company around social impact is a relatively new concept. It fits in with the direction that the future […]
March 18, 2021 11 min read This story appears in the March 2021 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » “Software and snacks seems like a crazy combination,” Julia Collins admits. But in truth, it’s just the beginning of a crazy-big idea. Collins is the founder and CEO of Planet FWD. Its focus on software and snacks […]
February 5, 2019 15+ min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Today, many people today are looking to leave the daily grind for something that feeds their passion. People do not want to retire at the age of 60 (or older) to look back on life and feel they have wasted it. […]
2021 could be a boom year for e-commerce business owners who want to sell. With U.S. e-commerce sales up 40% in 2020, according to Digital Commerce 360, buyers are circling. Gary Huang, a seasoned e-commerce seller on Amazon and eBay and founder of the 7-Figure Seller Summit, a free community event now underway, says one of the […]
February 18, 2017 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Did you know that 1 in every 3 small business owners gets penalized by the IRS for payroll errors? Those fees and fines add up. When you add on the extra time and energy of figuring out the complicated payroll system, […]
January 18, 2021 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Success begets more success, but the current business and pandemic environment is also fraught with risks. In Q2 of 2020, Amazon reported skyrocketing growth of $ 88.9 billion in revenue, while online grocery sales tripled year-over-year. But the Jeff Bezos-led company also […]
By looking at how others have successfully shifted, we can successfully shift, too. January 12, 2021 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Even in the best of times, business leaders know that they will have to adapt their companies. That’s just the natural response to changing markets. The COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Understanding how and why businesses fail can help prepare you for success. January 3, 2021 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Have you heard that 90 percent of new businesses fail? Or that 50 percent of new businesses fail? Stick around in the entrepreneurial community long enough and you’ll likely […]
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Let’s all resolve to do these six things to make 2021 a much better year for our small businesses. Kalim – Adobe Stock By Susan Guillory If you’re up for a task—a really easy one—I’d like you to commit to making 2021 better than 2020. Easy […]
A whole lot of available corporate aide will be gone for good after midnight on January 20th. December 16, 2020 3 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. At the beginning of 2020 millions of small business owners were stunned when forced to temporarily close because of COVID-19, nor could they have imagined that […]
December 16, 2020 9 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In business, being the trusted authority in your space is the best way to earn your customers’ trust. Or is it the other way around? Do you become an authority in your space by earning the trust of your customers and […]
A look at ways we can level the playing field for small and medium-sized businesses that are suffering during the pandemic. December 14, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Small businesses are critical to local economic development, yet there are several barriers holding them back in the path to prosperity. As […]
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Many Americans know how important it is to support local small businesses after the prolonged economic hardship of the coronavirus pandemic. Over the past couple of weeks, I walked around my own community to find small stores where my family can do more of our holiday […]
Entrepreneurs with limited capital should focus on service-based business models. November 28, 2020 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It doesn’t seem like that long ago when The Lean Startup by Eric Ries took the world by storm. The book gave average people like me hope. It showed me and people across the […]
October 28, 2020 9 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. While people have engaged in some form of “side hustles” for centuries, the practice has gained much more prominence over the last two decades. Since the advent of the Internet, millions of 9-to-5 workers have put their extra time and resources […]