Eric T. Wagner
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Top Tips From Award-Winning Entrepreneurs
“Telling your story right is hugely important because at the end of the day, you’re selling a story — not a number.” – Michael Small, President & CEO of gogo, 2013 CEO Of The Year Illinois Tech [...] → Read More
Kjell A. Nordstro?m
“Failure is your best friend on the way to success.” – Dr. Kjell Nordstrom, Business Author & Associate Professor Stockholm School Of Economics, Thinkers 50 List Award → Read More
Jennifer Blumin
“Don’t focus only on your business. Keep your ears to the ground and be ready for constant reinvention. No sitting back on your fat laurels.” – Jennifer Blumin, Founder of Skylight NYC, 2013 EY [...] → Read More
Seth Goldman
“Don’t delegate at the beginning. The best way to get a handle on the business is to learn every aspect. If things go well, you’ll be able to hire people to take over the tasks where you don’t [...] → Read More
Michelle Marciniak
“Get a finance person by your side because you absolutely need to know your numbers.” – Michelle Marciniak, Co-Founder of SHEEX, 2012 EY Winning Women → Read More
Ali Brown
“Trust yourself. And remember making big leaps requires paradoxical thinking. When you have big goals, you often feel like you’re swimming upstream when everyone is pushing you back down in the [...] → Read More
Pat Riley
“You have to make your moment and get them to call your name. And to win, you have to go all in. Not half in. Not part way in. All in.” – Pat Riley, President, Miami Heat, 2012 Chuck Daly [...] → Read More
Top Tips From Award-Winning Entrepreneurs
“Connecting and collaborating are your most powerful keys to success as an entrepreneur.” “Ask powerful questions. When someone says ‘no,’ ask why.” “Rejection is a gift and failure is the best [...] → Read More
David Rubenstein
“You have to love what you’re doing. The best entrepreneurs have something to prove and it’s not about the money. And when you realize you’re not good at something, you need to try something [...] → Read More
Top Tips From Award-Winning Entrepreneurs
“You don’t have to be first to market, you just have to deliver and execute better.” – Jeffrey Sprecher, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Intercontinental Exchange, Distinguished Alumnus Award, [...] → Read More
Top Tips From Award-Winning Entrepreneurs
Millionaires. Centimillionaires. Billionaires.Every one of them gathered together at the ‘Entrepreneur Of The Year‘ gala hosted by Ernst & Youngand sponsored by The Kauffman Foundation For Entrepreneurship. Without further delay, here are some of the top tips by award-winning entrepreneurs. → Read More
Hamdi Ulukaya
“If you’re afraid of losing money, you will not make it to success.” “You must exist as a business with a better angle.” “Money is just a tool to make things happen.” – Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder of [...] → Read More
9 Ways To Immediately Improve Your Brand
I’m starting with the man in the mirror… I’m asking him to change his ways… Michael Jackson probably didn’t have entrepreneurial brand strategies in mind when he was crooning this song. Still, the lyrics dive right into the heart of branding. Yes--it all starts by looking in the mirror. That’s why I [...] → Read More
The 4 Levels of Competence -- With 2 That Entrepreneurs Must Avoid
Review these stages of mastery to figure out where you fit in and how to improve to be even better. → Read More
The 4 Levels of Competence -- With 2 That Entrepreneurs Must Avoid
Review these stages of mastery to figure out where you fit in and how to improve to be even better. → Read More
How To Break From Corporate America And Build Your Own Business
Julia Beardwood woke up one day--and like many chained to a corporate job, she bled unhappiness. But unlike many who yearn for change and don’t do anything about it, Julia took a different road. Call it a road of action. As founder and owner of Beardwood & Co., she reigns as an expert [...] → Read More
Against All Odds: How One Woman Built A $5M Business From Bankruptcy
Think you have it tough in business? Lisa Williams has it tougher. As Founder and CEO of World of EPI, Williams walked through the valley of business death. Bankruptcy. Loneliness. Depression. But now she sits with a $5M company poised to launch to the next level. But how do you start, grow [...] → Read More
Women Entrepreneurs: Without These Two Traits, You're Sunk
Hard to imagine it comes down to two traits. But I dare you to come up with a successful entrepreneur (male or female) who does not possess them. Steve Jobs had them. Sara Blakely has them. So does entrepreneur Kelsey Ramsden. As Founder and owner of four companies, Ramsden is set to [...] → Read More
Top 5 Tips: How Three Women Crushed The Entrepreneurial Barrier
Let’s face it, this is no longer a game for men only. Bold women step out everyday into the world of entrepreneurship. The likes of Kathy Ireland. Sara Blakely. Arianna Huffington. And Joy Taylor, Kelsey Ramsden and Lisa Williams are three such woman. As members of the 2013 EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women, they [...] → Read More
How Three Women Cracked the Entrepreneurial Barrier
Now they offer useful insights that other startup creators can mine to move forward with their businesses. → Read More