Captain Charlie Plumb: Winning Through Adversity Lessons from A Navy Fighter Pilot and P.O.W Captain Charlie Plumb graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis and went on to fly the F-4 Phantom jet on 74 successful combat missions over Vietnam. On his 75th mission, with only five days before he was to return home, Plumb was shot...
New Social Media App Keeps Vets Connected and Offers a "Flare" for Support Social networking has become a popular way for friends and family to stay in touch, sometimes connecting with people they haven’t seen in years. For military veterans, traditional social media outlets can be a great way to find fellow veterans, but most people on...
5 Common Mistakes to Avoid as a Small Business Owner It is easy to ascribe mistakes in our personal lives to the motto “You live, you learn”. However, mistakes in business are not as easy to shrug off. Poor business decisions can have adverse financial and legal implications for your company, prematurely end your dream...
The FEARLESS: 3 Entrepreneurs Who Didn't Let Fear Stop Them In this issue of Smart Hustle Magazine we are proudly highlighting small business entrepreneurs who looked fear in the face and instead of letting it stop them, took the leap! They ignored the naysayers and skeptics and threw caution to the wind to start their...
7 Lessons for Every Entrepreneur and Advice from Those Who Came Before Us The path of entrepreneurship is one that can be riddled with many successes, many failures, many moments of self-doubt and many moments of personal satisfaction. It’s a roller-coaster that only the brave will typically buy a ticket for, but that also provides...
Smart Trends: The Sharing Economy, Wearable Technology and the Return of Customer Service Smart Hustlers get ahead by taking advantage of every opportunity, whether it’s a hot market trend, a new innovation, a program or person offering assistance, or a helpful website, book or app that makes us smarter. In every issue of Smart Hustle, we’re going...
Survey Reveals Small Businesses Optimistic About 2015 A new survey conducted by Xero, a Global leader in one accounting software, shows that small businesses are quite optimistic about 2015 based on the growth they found in 2014. According to the survey of 304 US based small businesses, 81 percent experienced revenue growth this year and nearly...
Is Content Really King When It Comes to Social Media? Our expert this issue is Bryan Kramer, a Social Business Strategist and CEO of PureMatter, where he’s led his agency to consistent growth over the last 10 years, ranking as one of Silicon Valley’s fastest-growing private companies by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Community Q: Everyone says when it...
4 Entrepreneurs Who Braved Stepping Into Uncharted Territory For those with a true entrepreneurial spirit and mindset, barriers are something to leap over, not stop you dead in your tracks. That applies even to those for whom the barrier is creating a business in and industry and market for which they have no experience or knowledge....
I've long dreamed of starting my own business. How do I make the leap? This issue our expert mentor is Michael Alden, business guru and author of the best-selling book Ask More, Get More. Michael overcame a traumatic childhood (born into poverty, his father, step-father and brother all were drug addicts, and his mother was...
