Starting a business

fail-well-lauren-long — Is There such a thing as ‘Fail Well’? Absolutely! most experts including millionaire and TV celebrity Dragon/Shark Robert Herjavec agree that entrepreneurs will fail many times before they find a product/service that hits the mark and is successful. But Lauren Long knows how to fail well. Lauren Long knows this […]

How to Fail Well and Still Become a Successful Entrepreneur

1 Nov, 2016 in Inspiration / Inspiring stories of women entrepreneurs / Leadership / Small Business / Strategy Tips / Success / Women Entrepreneurs / Women Entrepreneurship tagged entrepreneurship / female entrepreneurs / how to become an entrepreneur / inspiration / Pivoting for success / Starting a business / women entrepreneurs / womenentrepreneurs by Elaine Slatter

DSC_0149 Charlotte — Charlotte Anderson, Owner, Alpha Health Services I grew up in a family of business minded people. I was surrounded by MBA’s, business owners, presidents of companies… it was all I knew. My parents worked in business, my grandparents worked in business, and I always thought I would work in business… […]

Starting a Small Business: Alpha Health Services

23 May, 2016 in Inspiring stories of women entrepreneurs / Small Business / Strategy Tips / Success / Women Entrepreneurs / Women Entrepreneurship tagged Alpha Health Services / Charlotte Anderson / Physiotherapists Toronto / Starting a business / Starting a small business / Toronto / Toronto physiotherapist by Elaine Slatter

License It red vehicle vanity plate to illustrate official authorization, approval or certification for a patented or copyrighted product — Expand Your Business With a A License Agreement You’ve just opened a business and have been operating less than 5 years, but are convinced the way to grow your business is via franchising. Whether you are a restaurant, pet store, or have a developed an exciting piece of software (think […]

5 Reasons Why a License Agreement Might Be a Way ...

5 Apr, 2016 in Strategy Tips tagged Franchising versus Licensing / License Agreements / Starting a business / why should I license my trademark? / women entrepreneurs by Elaine Slatter

Writing a Book of Authority — 5 Reasons Why You Should Write a Book of Authority If you are a business coach, a nutritionist, a personal trainer, a physiotherapist or any other kind of professional, writing your own book establishes you as an expert. Did you know that less than 2% of people that say they […]

5 Reasons Why You Should Write a Book of ...

6 Feb, 2016 in Inspiration / Leadership / Small Business / Strategy Tips / Women Entrepreneurs / Women Entrepreneurship tagged a book as an entry to additional revenue streams / author a non-fiction book / book of authority / cold calling sales tool / Starting a business / womenentrepreneurs by Elaine Slatter

Instructions for success in an organization written on sticky notes — A guest post by Linda Spencer CPA/CA Your Road to Success Now’s the time to build your plan, your road to success for 2016. You can’t afford to wait until the new year to plan it. It’s not too late to check in with your business plan for this year […]

8 Steps to Create Your Road to Success

10 Dec, 2015 in Inspiration / Social Media / Women Entrepreneurs tagged Starting a business / women entrepreneurs by Elaine Slatter

3D Global Local Crossword on white background — A guest post by Serena Schwab, CEO of Tigris Events The A,B,C’s of How to Become An Entrepreneur Are you an entrepreneur? Or do you hope to become an entrepreneur someday? If you answered yes to either of these questions, read on. There are a few basics you should know! […]

How To Become An Entrepreneur?

7 Dec, 2015 in Inspiration / Leadership / Small Business / Strategy Tips / Success / Women Entrepreneurship tagged advice for women / advice for women entrepreneurs / business / entrepreneurship / how to become an entrepreneur / small business / Starting a business / startup / success by Elaine Slatter

walk off the earth 3 — Pivoting Your Business For Success For popular indie band Walk off the Earth (W.O.T.E.), the time to pivot was 2012. According to Marketing Magazine, early that year Walk Off The Earth was $60,000 in debt. The band had been around for several years, often driving for 20 days, performing […]

Pivoting Your Business For Success

10 Sep, 2015 in Social Media / Strategy Tips tagged Pivoting for success / Social Media Marketing / Starting a business / W.O.T.E. Marketing by Elaine Slatter

social media — How To Use Facebook Groups To Increase Traffic And Engagement Many articles about Facebook discuss how to increase engagement, traffic and filling the sales funnel via a business Page, but not so much is written about how to use Facebook groups for business. Most business owners struggle with maintaining an […]

How to Use Facebook Groups for Business

10 Sep, 2015 in Social Media tagged Facebook / Facebook Groups / Facebook Groups for Business / Starting a business by Elaine Slatter

women in discussion — 5 Tips – Setting S.M.A.R.T Goals When setting goals, if we choose S.M.A.R.T goals, they are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time based. This means the goals are very clear and easily understood. Both in our personal lives and business career, it is important to have goals, because without goals, […]

Setting S.M.A.R.T Goals

6 Sep, 2015 in Strategy Tips tagged organization / Starting a business / startup strategies / women entrepreneurs by Elaine Slatter

7K0A0184 — Yes, Entrepreneurial Education is as Close as Your Computer Can Entrepreneurship be taught? Yes, there are many courses you can take to get an entrepreneurial education. Have you every heard of a MOOC? This is short for “Massive Open Online Course”. There are several platforms that provide MOOCs […]

How to Get a Free Entrepreneurial Education

6 Sep, 2015 in Strategy Tips tagged Coursera / Free Education / free online courses / MOOC Education / online courses / Starting a business by Elaine Slatter

Amy Mifflin — Amy Mifflin, Houston, Texas Business: CEO of Global Collaborations http://www.global-collaborations.com/ We are highlighting successful women entrepreneurs in our posts, and we have lots of interesting stories to tell! Our first successful woman entrepreneur story comes from Houston, Texas. Introducing Amy Mifflin. Amy worked in the energy first in the utility […]

A Successful Woman Entrepreneur Story

6 Sep, 2015 in Blog / Leadership / Strategy Tips / Women Entrepreneurship tagged Starting a business / women entrepreneurs by Elaine Slatter