It's hard to truly grow in business without a mentor. Business mentors provide a sounding board, helping to amplify your results. They help to guide you through the oftentimes-murky waters in the entrepreneurial world while you navigate the storms. They help to mitigate the risks that might occur when you move out past your comfort zone. If you've never considered a mentor in business, then…
In a point-and-click age, almost anyone can manage a decent photo. Heck, I know people using portrait mode on their iPhones trying to turn their tap-to-focus "skills" into a side hustle. But, if you want to start and grow a photography business and have a chance at making a name for yourself in the industry, you must look beyond the picture. According to IBISWorld, the photography industry…
The successful entrepreneur sets objectives and takes risks, is persuasive and persistent, honors commitment, seizes opportunities, and always seeks information. We all know this! This is entrepreneurship 101. But, of course, the devil lies in the details: how do you work on yourself both organizationally and psychologically to harness the right behavior that will get you where you want to go? Most…
There’s a lot of competition out there -- for everyone, in every industry. Unless your company is fortunate enough to create its own industry, or to become so ubiquitous that its name becomes a verb (i.e. “google it”), you’re going to encounter some stiff resistance from other companies that do similar things to you. So how do you stand out and ensure that your brand…
Every entrepreneur begins with a vision: how to solve a real-world problem by creating a product or service to transform people’s lives in a meaningful way. That vision evolves as it’s brought to life. And in that process, it's shaped by its creator's deeper understanding of the challenges and the opportunities which, for that creator, stand between seeing an opening…
Fear, uncertainty and self-doubt are all raw feelings people experience when they consider the idea of starting their own business. It's scary. No doubt about that. Entrepreneurs of all ages and with various levels of experience face internal questioning when taking on a new endeavor as they bring their own unique idea out of their head and into reality. As an entrepreneur, there is added pressure…
