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5 Mentalities You Need To Raise Money

Raising money is hard. I can honestly tell you, it’s been the hardest part of my journey as an entrepreneur. Your chances of raising money from any given VC fund are less than 0.5%. So you need to be...

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15 Quotes on Passion To Inspire a Better Life

I am passionate about social media. I’m passionate about helping small businesses. I’m passionate about playing with my wife and kids. I’m passionate about watching baseball, and playing tennis. I’m...

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Facebook is Now Pay to Play. 3 Key Takeaways For Your Business

In the past few weeks, Facebook has made it clear that in order to reach your customers, fans, and anyone else that has “liked” you on their platform, you’ll have to pay for Facebook ads. “Organic...

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How A Local Retailer Competes With Amazon

I recently had the pleasure of talking to Darcy Lee, winner of our Likeable Love Story Contest about her small business called Heartfelt. Darcy’s story is one that truly stands out because in an age...

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10 Tactics To Build The Most Successful Family Company

Owning a business is difficult enough, but owning a family business? That can be doubly hard. Whether you’re bringing work home to your spouse who’s also your partner, teaching an older generation...

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How Serious Angel Investors Think About Startups

As I’ve written about before, fundraising is one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences any entrepreneur will face. There’s a lot of selling, a lot of vulnerability, and of course, some...

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If This Guy Made $1M Wearing T-shirts and Selling his Name, What’s Holding...

If this guy can make over $1,000,000 wearing t-shirts, selling his last name, and writing a book, what’s holding you back? Jason SurfrApp (formerly Jason Headsetsdotcom and Jason Sadler) has been...

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7 Business Lessons From Top Startup Successes

Building a startup is hard–really hard. I’m in my second startup now at Likeable Local, and I can tell you, from experience, there are a lot of unique challenges to building a startup from scratch:...

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10 Tech Companies Helping Humanity

I like making money. Who doesn’t? But for me, entrepreneurship means solving problems and trying to change the world at great scale. For me, business is an opportunity to help humanity. “Social...

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This Tiny Offline Retailer is Taking On Amazon, and Winning

“I don’t care how big Amazon is. I’ve got something they don’t have.” Darcy Lee is a one-woman force. I recently had the pleasure of talking to Darcy, the winner of our Likeable Love Story Contest,...

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The Secret Struggle We Need to Talk About

The secret struggle we need to talk about is an issue that’s very personal to me. It’s something we don’t talk about much, but it impacts the lives of millions of Americans every day–and for years it...

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7 Reasons You Should Consider Quitting Coffee Today

Today is National Coffee Day, but I’m celebrating differently than most–by telling you a little about my story. Thirteen years ago today, I was the No. 1 sales rep in the country for Radio Disney. I...

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5 Low-Cost Ways Your Small Business Can Scale Profits

The numbers on small business survival rates don’t lie. It’s not easy. Only half make it five years and only a third make it 10. Still, despite a few recessions, startups have grown by 49 percent since...

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4 Surprising Secrets to Work Life Balance

As an entrepreneur, writer, speaker and, most important, father, I often find it difficult to achieve the perfect work-life balance. I work hard to be home for dinner and homework and also at the...

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15 Quotes That Remind Us of The Awesome Power of Humility

At age 25, in 2002, I was the top salesperson in the country for Radio Disney. I was making great money. I was productive, successful and confident. I was also cocky, arrogant, and disliked. I was...

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From Beyonce to Gandhi, 17 Quotes to Help You Let Go

Despair. Anxiety. Fear. Struggle. These were all powerful emotions I felt 12 years ago today. You see, 12 years ago, in 2002, I was in love with a married woman named Carrie. We became best friends but...

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These 9 Actionable Metrics Are More Important Than Vanity Metrics

Even though small businesses and marketers are expected to collect and analyze data, many stop their analytics at the first, easiest step: Pageviews (or likes, or followers). These so-called vanity...

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6 Ways to Make Your Product into a Habit

Imagine never having to spend another dime on advertising. What if your business could bring customers back again and again without relying on costly paid messages? For most companies, constantly vying...

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5 Ways to Have Your Customers Fund Your Business

A long-held notion in entrepreneurial circles is that the way to start and grow a thriving business is to come up with a great “idea”, write a great business plan, raise capital from angels or VCs,...

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The 3 Barriers to Scaling Up Your Business

Five years ago, I joined an organization that changed my life, professionally and personally. Entrepreneurs’ Organization has helped transform and grow both of my businesses, and many thousands more,...

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