4 Key Tenets Of Employee Wellness That Drive Business Success
By Melissa Thompson. This article was republished with permission from our partners at Forbes. It’s easy to feel like the term employee wellness is a buzzword. A lot of businesses vaguely reference it...
View Article5 Ways Small Business Owners Can Grow In 2017
By Preston Pysh. This article was republished with permission from our partners at Forbes. In the world of business, it is all about growth. Coach Lou Hotlz famously said, “in this world, you’re...
View ArticleSocial-Listening: 5 Ways To Really Engage With Your Social Media Audience
By Mike Templeman. This article was republished with permission from our partners at Forbes. What do you consider social media marketing? For most businesses and brands, the answer is simple: an...
View ArticleHow Entrepreneurs Can Build A Better Power Network, One Dinner At A Time
By Cari Sommer. This article was republished with permission from our partners at Forbes. As J. Kelly Hoey recently wrote in her book, Build Your Dream Network, “To get things done in this...
View Article3 Ways To Avoid Burnout In Business
By Chris Myers, the Cofounder and CEO of BodeTree and the author of Enlightened Entrepreneurship. Job stress is a slippery slope. In a short amount of time, you can go from working just a few minutes...
View ArticleAn Entrepreneur’s Sci-Fi Guide To Managing Fear
There are many differences between employees and entrepreneurs, but chief amongst them is a sense of existential fear that is unlike any other. As soon as you go from signing the back of the check to...
View ArticleHow To Build Your Brand On Instagram: 8 Steps To Double Your Following
By Cheryl Conner. This article was republished with permission from our partners at Forbes. With more than 600 million users a month, the once little and lowly Instagram platform has become a powerful...
View Article3 Things Business Owners Can Learn From Uber’s Scandal
Uber has, to put it lightly, had a rough couple of weeks. First, hundreds of thousands of people deleted their Uber accounts after the company eliminated surge pricing around JFK airport when taxi...
View ArticleThree Reasons FinTech Is Failing
By Chris Myers, co-founder and CEO of BodeTree and the author of Enlightened Entrepreneurship. When it comes to Fintech, it appears as though the bloom is finally coming off the rose. Once the hottest...
View Article3 Steps Fintech Companies Need To Take In Order To Survive
By Chris Myers, co-founder and CEO of BodeTree and the author of Enlightened Entrepreneurship. I’m of the belief that the financial technology sector is failing to live up to its considerable hype due...
View ArticleThe Future Of Small Business Lending Is Flexible
The small business lending market can be confusing and competitive—especially for small business owners. Despite there being more than 30 million small businesses operating in the U.S. today, there are...
View ArticleListen Up: BodeTree CEO Chris Myers Joins “From Founder To CEO” Podcast
From Founder To CEO BodeTree CEO Chris Myers joins the From Founder To CEO podcast this week to discuss the transition from founding a company to running a company. Chris has written numerous articles...
View ArticleWhy Trump’s Plan To Defund CDFIs Would Be Disastrous For America’s Small...
Perhaps unsurprisingly, President Trump’s first budget blueprint, released on March 16th, has attracted the usual mix of outrage, confusion, and support that we’ve all become accustomed to over the...
View Article5 Tips For A Modern SEO Research Strategy
By Mike Templeman. This article was republished with permission from our partners at Forbes. With each update to Google’s search algorithm, approaches to SEO keyword research become outdated. Despite...
View ArticleWhy Humility Is So Important In Life, Leadership And Business
It’s no secret that Uber has had a couple of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad weeks. From sexual harassment scandals, to allegations of a covert operation designed to avoid the regulators in key...
View ArticleThree Overlooked Negotiation Skills For Entrepreneurs
Much has been made as of late about the art of negotiation. From politics to popular business media, entrepreneurs and business leaders are bombarded with the message that hard-line, zero-sum...
View ArticleThree Undeniable Truths About Leadership
Much has been written about what it takes to become a successful leader. There is no shortage of books, courses, and columns like this that purport to share the secrets of success. If the concept of...
View Article6 Reasons Your Freelance Business Should Have A Newsletter
By Abdullahi Muhammed. This article was republished with permission from our partners at Forbes. I know many freelancers for whom email marketing is a big question mark. Is it worth the effort? Could...
View ArticleThree Things That Should Be On Every Entrepreneur’s End-Of-Quarter To-Do List
Spring is finally here, and it’s hard to believe that the first quarter of 2017 has come to an end. The end of a quarter presents a natural opportunity to pause, assess, and reflect on the state of...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs: Remember, Its Never Too Late To Change Direction
I’ve always enjoyed the Easter season. For me, it’s a time for reflection and renewal and serves as a reminder that it’s never too late to start anew. Much is said about the value of the “pivot” in...
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