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Financial Fitness for Entrepreneurs
Often, founders don’t have formal training in finance—they’re “techies” launching the next Apple Computer or Netscape, professionals putting together advertising, management consulting, or human resources agencies, or super-salesmen types who’ve figured out how to sell a pizza or deliver a package faster, better and cheaper. Always, they’re intimately involved with their core product or service.…
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Learn from Fintech Startups In The Middle East
Fintech, i.e. financial services technology, was the startup buzzword of 2015, with the sector boasting of over US$3 billion in venture investments, which shouldn’t be surprising in the wake of a global economic crisis that highlighted the industry’s need for disruption. According to CB Insights, 19 fintech startups have joined the exclusive “unicorn club” of…
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3 Things Entrepreneurs Need to Understand About Blockchain Technology
The rapid evolution of the internet has reinvented what it means to be a business owner. In the same way that the digital economy has empowered tens of thousands of hopeful entrepreneurs over the last decade, blockchain technology promises to ignite a new generation of innovators. Though much of the fintech coverage is focused on…
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Lessons From Sun Tzu: How to Use Military Strategy to Build Better Habits
Sun Tzu was a legendary military strategist in ancient China and he is the author of the famous book, The Art of War. He was a master of “soft power” and the father of “agile warfare.” Whenever possible, he preferred to win without fighting or, at the very least, to win the easiest battles first.…
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Use This 5-Step Process to Set and Achieve Your Sales Goals
Now that it’s 2019, sellers, managers and leaders are busy setting goals for the year. Many tackle this with the SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound) goal framework. Good start, but not good enough. And SMART can also lead sellers down paths that don’t help. Actually, achieving your sales goals requires taking it to…
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‘Fast’ Furniture? This Founder Spent Years Forming Her Business Idea — and Launched When the Timing Was Right
Christiane Lemieux spent 14 years building a successful, beloved interiors brand called DwellStudio — but she knew that times were changing. Following the 2008 recession, Lemieux, who had bootstrapped the company since 2000, started to feel the weight of holding on to retail inventory. “It became a real liability,” she said. “I loved that business,…