You know what they say: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, sell the lemonade, buy more lemons, make more lemonade, sell more lemonade, get a bigger lemonade stand, and so on.
Once your business starts making more than it spends, you need a plan to reinvest earnings, or the money left in your business bank account…
Very early in my career, I emailed an expert networker asking for some tips. Even though I was young and she was a friend, I knew that asking someone to provide their core services for free wasn’t a great approach and sometimes was considered offensive.
So, out of respect and for fear of ruining our relationship, I veered…
You think it’s hard getting to the top? Try staying there.
The accelerated churn rate of the S&P 500 indicates that at least half of today’s top U.S. companies will get replaced by someone new over the next decade. That is a mind-boggling market value of $13.5 trillion up for grabs. And the craziest part is who replaces the old market leaders…
Starting a business comes with multiple steps and processes that can overwhelm you. To make your life simpler, reference our checklist for starting a business below. It can help you if you don’t have the know-how to create your own startup checklist. Either way, having a physical list of items you can check off will make starting a business much smoother…
My business partner and I have operated a college admissions consulting firm, Top Tier Admissions, for almost twenty years. The first few months of 2020 were business as usual as we prepared a new class of applicants for the admissions cycle ahead. Then came March.
You know too well what happened next. Standardized tests…
Many of us are ricocheting between building our companies, family responsibilities, and a plethora of other things vying for our attention. Taking time for ourselves is third, fourth, or fifth place at best. I know my to-do list is running longer than a CVS receipt these days. Sometimes even self-care can seem like yet another chore to add to a list of responsibilities, especially in this day and age when “self-care” is often synonymous with costly…
Starting a new business is an equally daunting and exciting task. The world is changing rapidly, and this phenomenon has forced many companies to rethink their operations. For aspiring entrepreneurs who are starting new businesses, there is an opportunity to do things differently and be part of a new generation of business owners who will succeed in this environment…