6 Critical Mistakes to Avoid While Starting Your Business
The truth is many entrepreneurs skip over essential aspects of their business in the beginning, thinking they aren’t important. Here’s where the scary part exists! When you skip important aspects of your business in the beginning…you don’t always see the damage that you’re doing. You just think you’re being efficient, right? In reality, you could be leaving detrimental holes in the foundation of your business that can affect your future success. Let's dive into 6 critical mistakes to avoid while starting your own business. 1. Not validating their idea So many entrepreneurs go full speed into launching a business idea that they never...
The 6 Stage Framework to Launching a New Business
Put simply, this is a modern method for fresh entrepreneurs to build their business smarter, faster and cheaper. By following a systematic process, you can put ideas into action much easier. It’s time to get rid of feeling stuck or overwhelmed with the idea of building a business. I’m here to give you a push in the right direction....the push forward! What’s that saying, “if you wait until you’re ready, you’ll be waiting forever?” That’s my mindset in a nutshell. Don’t let fear, stress or confusion hold you back. There will be plenty of time for improvement and perfection along the...
Our 8 Favorite Tools for Starting Any Business
Many ladies have asked us what tools we use to start and run our businesses, because let's be honest, in this day and age the amount of technologies out there can be overwhelming! Here are the 8 platforms that we use on a weekly basis and a brief description for what makes them great. WORDPRESS In most cases, we recommend Wordpress websites because they are open source coding and give you the room to scale your website features as your business grows. Plus, you have full ownership of the site (versus other options where you more or less lease space on their platform)....
6 Powerful Ways to Put Your Passion Into Action
Most of us entrepreneurs are extremely passionate about our ideas, but many of us struggle with how to put things into action. Building your business successfully is all about having the right mindset. My goal is to help bring focus to the business building process, so that you can stop worrying and start doing. I want you to embrace a new kind of mentality. One that will give you the confidence and clarity you need to take smart steps toward building the business of your dreams. As you know, the entrepreneurial path is never easy. I strongly believe that you...
Top 3 Mistakes I Made Starting My First Business
The entrepreneurial bug has been inside me since I was little. I’ve always said that it’s both a blessing and a curse at the same time. Taking risks, making decisions on faith and feeling like everything you've worked so hard for could all crumble beneath you at any moment...it isn’t for everyone. I started my first “business” at the ripe age of 11. By leveraging my ink stamp collection, I decided that I could sell personalized handmade greeting cards. I created a small sample portfolio and took it around the neighborhood door-to-door. My first sale was with a sweet old...