Smart Hustle Magazine’s must-read in-depth feature articles focus on small business entrepreneurs and small businesses that have mastered the art of the smart hustle for overcoming challenges, making the most of scarce resources, finding resources and essentially finding success when it didn’t seem possible. We welcome your story ideas and nominations for featured entrepreneurs and companies.
By Featured, Marketing, Money, Your Smart Hustle

From Sailor to Entrepreneur. Captain Levy Turns Her Passion to Profit.

Captain Nitzan Levy is a sailboat captain who turned her love of water and sailing into a business, helping others who enjoy this passion do more of it through her sailing club, Sailors NYC. Sit back and listen to why Captain Levy got investment money, instead of a line or credit cards. Listen to how...

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By Featured, Operations, Your Smart Hustle,

From NFL Player to Coffee Shop Mogul – Lessons In Hiring, Franchising and Being the Best

NFL football players are some of the best athletes, but do they make great entrepreneurs? I interviewed, Shawn Bouwens who owns, with his wife, over 30 Scooter's Coffee shops. On why franchising? Shawn said, "Why reinvent the wheel". There's a case to be made for being an entrepreneur through franchising.  He said one of the...

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By Featured, Marketing, Your Smart Hustle

InsideHoops.com Founder Shares His 4 Tips for Content Marketing Mastery

On the occasion of the January 2018 Shankminds Mastermind, by Peter Shankman I interviewed Jeff Lenchiner, founder of the popular blog, Inside Hoops. He shared with me four quick tips for how every business owner can get the most out of content marketing. Listen to the interview below. 1. Build credibility 2. Set yourself apart in some way. Everything's...

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How A Turf Equipment Company Reinvented Itself with Recurring Revenue, Sales Teams and more.

Engineers are smart people. They're great at making cool products. However, to successfully grow a business, it takes a lot more. Listen to my discussion with Andrew Limpert, CEO of Firefly Automatix how he reinvented the company and started boosting sales and profits. We discuss the importance of building a sales team, upselling customers on other products and...

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3 Tips for Better Hiring Practices from Google’s Employment Experts

Hiring is an important, but very challenging experience for many companies, especially growing companies. In this interview Ramon Ray gets insights from executives at Hire (a Google app). I spoke with Meagan Hency, Product Marketing and Berit Hoffman, Product Lead. They shared 3 important tips related to hiring and careers and more. Have a career section...

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By Featured, General, Marketing

The Journey with Britt: How to Push Through the Inevitable Losses of Business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZxGBY6ay5M&t=5s Have you ever questioned how and if you should continue your business after a loss or failure?  The truth is, we have all experienced losses and it's inevitable in this entrepreneurial 'Journey'. For your dose of encouragement check out Britt's story on The Journey with Blue. [Smart Hustle resource - How to turn a passion...

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By Featured, Marketing

Los Ninos Services Wins Ramon’s Marketing Makeover with Staples

Los Ninos Services is a New York City company which helps children with special needs and they won Ramon's Marketing Makeover, sponsored by Staples. Los Ninos trains professionals in how to better work with these children and their families, and also offers services directly to the children, in their homes or at a center. One...

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By Featured, Marketing, Money

Loving the Word No! Ruth King Interviews Entrepreneur Ramon Ray on the Profitability Revolution

Join Ramon Ray and Ruth King for a fun and information packed interview. The Profitability Revolution has hundreds of videos sharing advice and insight HR, Sales, Marketing, Finance and more! Ruth and Ramon's discussion included: Can you ever stop hustling? How do you know numbers are your week point? What are benefits to marketing to...

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Depression, Branding and more. CapitalOne’s Justin McCullough interviews Entrepreneur Ramon Ray

Justin McCullough, Vice President of eCommerce at CapitalOne interviews entrepreneur and bestselling author Ramon Ray on his journey from depression, branding, getting repeat customers and more. Their discussion touches on: How to overcome entrepreneurial depression. Overcoming big mistakes in business and getting back on track. The power of mentorship and fighting self doubt. Ramon's 3...

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