The 13th Annual Smart Hustle Small Business Conference with Seth Godin takes place on Nov 8, 2018 - https://smarthustle.com/conference. We wanted to give you a taste of what to expect and MORE at this year’s conference by giving you a little summary of one of last year’s amazing presentations. In 2017, Becca Brown, a previous...
Fear. It comes in all forms and disguises. Whether it’s your heart racing before you jump off a diving board or the anxiety that hits before you launch a new business idea, everyone experiences it and everyone reacts differently to it. Watch and share this video of the founder of SmartHustle.com, Ramon Ray face his...
What challenges rank high among today’s small businesses? A major concern has been staying compliant with the maze of federal, state and local regulations. A recent survey conducted by ComplyRight spotlights the range of challenges and concerns for small businesses — and the results uncovered surprising, and consistent, vulnerabilities to legal actions and fines that...
Angie Ferrell and her husband Chris, owners of Sweet Rides Ice Cream in West Reading, Pennsylvania decided to open an ice cream business after a visit to the beach and watching a young girl selling ice cream from a bike. After a bit of research, they found that ice cream bikes were popular across England...
Michael Perry, the founder of Kit, the virtual employee app for small businesses acquired by Shopify in 2016, says there are three building blocks to entrepreneurial DNA: passion, curiosity, and focus. Now the Director of Marketing Technology at Shopify, Michael most recently led the team's efforts in launching Shopify Ping, a free mobile app that brings business conversations...
Chris McGoff is a business builder, best-selling author, investor, and advisor to business leaders throughout the world. He has founded, partnered, and invested in several companies in industries ranging from service and product companies to real estate and cloud-based solution providers. From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, from high tech start-ups to huge government bureaucracies,...
Branding is one of the most important parts of owning a business. Your brand is the face and voice of your company, and it’s what your clients think of when they hear your name. When your business has been around for quite a while, like mine, it’s beneficial to take a step back and...
In an informative interview with Ramon Ray, The Leverage Group's Fazil Musa They discussed 3 key things: The biggest challenges to building a tribe or community Balancing risk and reward Leveraging setbacks to launch a successful career.
“You can’t scale you,” says Nina Kaufman, small business champion, award-winning attorney, podcast host, and trusted thought leader. Knowledge and expertise based businesses are met with unique obstacles when it comes to scalability and sustainability. If you own a business and are the Chief Doer, listen as Nina shares her stories of doughnut holes,...
At SuiteWorld 2018, NetSuite's annual event for partners and customers, I interviewed Jim McGeever (President, NetSuite) & Jason Maynard (SVP Marketing, NetSuite). The big question I had was, when is it time to use (or invest in) an ERP platform such as NetSuite. Watch our interview and read the full summary below. As early as possible, advised,...
