By Michelle Van Slyke Gratitude can be overlooked as something personal rather than professional. Throughout my career, I have learned that the way leaders make people feel directly impacts their performance. It goes with the well-known saying that people will never forget how you made them feel. That’s why today, on World Gratitude Day, I’m sharing four benefits to embracing a leadership style of gratitude, the impact it can have…
How to Save Money for a New Business
How much does it cost to start your own business? Well, that depends. However, according to the Small Business Administration, most micro-businesses cost approximately $3,000 to launch, while most home-based franchises cost between $2,000 and $5,000. Yeah—I’d say that’s really conservative. In the scheme of things, that’s not an awful lot of money. But, considering…
Interviews Are a 2-Way Street: How to Make the Most of Them for Mutual Success
By Reenita Malhotra Hora Building a successful team is a tricky exercise. When it comes to hiring, you shouldn’t feel pressured to stick to one boxed solution. People are complex and multi-faceted, and they come with varying competencies. Hiring processes should be open to the different strengths people can bring. Interviews are a chance for…
Building Community Is Good Business
By Tim Murphy In decades past, advertising used to be the predominant form of businesses communicating with and attracting a large number of customers. While still crucial, today, advertising has taken a backseat to the attention a business or brand can receive by doing good for their community and those in it. That attention, when…
3 Reasons Why the Midwest Will Excel in American Defense Innovation
By Mike Seper The Midwest is refining the innovation process by bringing together academia and defense partners to solve national security challenges. Experiential learning opportunities are available to outstanding schools across the region with an educational infrastructure that supports engineering, innovation, and entrepreneurship students through intriguing interactions with national labs and defense technologies. Stimulating student…
Here’s How You Can Create a Highly Profitable Website
By Frank Wazeter Fundamentally a website is your most powerful tool because it’s capable of evolving as your business grows and because it’s a tireless worker. Nobody on the planet can work harder than a website because a website is available 365 days a year, 24/7. It doesn’t need to sleep, never gets sick, and…
Think of an Emergency Fund as Insurance
Dear Dave, I have decided it’s time to get control of my money. Your plan sounds workable, but I talked to some friends about it, and they think I would be better off using a credit card for emergencies. Can you explain why you advise saving a separate emergency fund? Leslee Dear Leslee, When bad,…
3 Tips for Overcoming Business Disappointment
By Aaron Price The pursuit of success in any field is often riddled with setbacks and obstacles, and many of the world’s great business leaders failed many times before finding themselves on a fortuitous path to glory. It’s no secret that plenty of well-planned endeavors fall apart mid-flight due to forces beyond one’s control. And…
Digital Marketers Should Be Aware of These 3 Email Security Threats
By Roman Daneghyan Global email users are estimated to reach around 4.6 billion in 2025, and digital marketers are reveling in that news. Email marketing continues to be one of the highest ROI [return on investment] communication channels in 2021, and that fact does not seem to change in the near future. In parallel to…
The Zero-Based Budget
Dear Dave, I have a good job and make pretty good money, but I’m tired of always worrying about my finances and being strapped for cash at the end of the month. I’ve heard you talk about getting out of debt and living on a zero-based budget, but what exactly is a zero-based budget? Edward…
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