Haralee Weintraub is the founder and CEO Haralee.com Sleepwear, a sleepwear company for women suffering night sweats due to menopause, cancer treatments, humid climates or just a high internal thermostat. What got you started? In my former career I had been traveling 30-40 weeks a year. I left working as an executive for a Fortune ... ...
I had to shake my head. They were rolling out yet another process to make their company better. It would allow them to track quotes, track their hit rates, measure how fast quotes flowed through the system, and ensure that all information was received before a quote was started. On the surface that all sounds ... ...
Jonathan Simkin is the 23 years old CEO of Swoop That, a company that he started with some friends his senior year of college. They help students save money and time when buying textbooks, and created a unique process for buying books – students select their courses, and then our system returns all the required ... ...
I knew it was wrong. Oh, I’ve gone down this path before. You said all the right things. You promised me the world. All I needed to do was trust you – you’d never do me wrong again! Our business had a major bid to submit, and we were running behind. The RFP (request for ... ...
David McKeegan and Carrie McKeegan are entrepreneurs running a business that specializes in tax preparation for Americans living abroad, Greenback Expat Tax Services. They are Americans who have been living abroad since 2002: first in Barcelona as international MBA students London in the world of marketing and finance at big banking institutions Rio De Janeiro ... ...
I’ve been thinking a lot about small things lately. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not thinking small, I’m just noticing the impact that little things have. And as important as they are, they are of Technorati Tags: Coincidence,commercial energy assessment,commercial energy audit,Consulting Business,Coworkers,energy assessment,Energy Audits,Energy Consultant,Entrepreneurship,Hobbies,Improvements,industrial energy efficiency,Kick In The Butt,Lack Of Motivation,Life balance,Loose Sight,Lot,Moving,Paradigm ... ...
Persistence is an important trait. Every guru tells you that you need to stick with it until you succeed. Every expert tells you that success comes to those that stay in the game the longest. This is something that we all have experienced. I know that I personally look back with pride on the times ... ...
For years I’ve focused on learning the external self-help skills. How can I communicate better? How does my body language support my message? What does his body language tell me about his thoughts on my proposal? How can goal setting make me successful? I know, I know, all of the “gurus” tell you that you ... ...
For years I’ve been saying that smart businesses focus on growing sales, not on cutting expenses. “You can’t cut your way to profitability” is one of my favorite sayings. In business, a dollar earned is roughly equal to a dollar saved since taxes are based on your profits, not income. Essentially, you are taxed on your income (sales) minus expenses. Sales and expense control are roughly worth the same. The problem is that it is easier for most people to focus on expense control that on top end (sales) growth. And after you hit the obvious expenses, you spend more and more time on things that save you less and less money. It is the 80/20 rule in reverse, where you find 80% of your savings from the first 20% of expense cuts. Also, you...
Gratitude is at the core of all success. Yes, you need to have a vision of what you want, but unless you are grateful for what you already have, you will never achieve your goals. This is mainly because of three things: If you are not grateful for what you already have, why would anyone ... ...
