Unless you work as an executive (or a senior manager), you won’t have access to most of the internal conversations shaping the direction of a larger business. Startups and small firms (< 20 people) may be a bit different since the entire team is small enough and every person matters. But if you plan to build a different type of comp...
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What’s the Next Big Thing in Personal Productivity?
Aside from all productivity frameworks and tools out there, virtual assistant services are on the rise. While digital productivity tools are precious, they lack the human element. A virtual assistant, on the other hand, brings a personal touch. They can understand nuances, make judgment calls, and even provide feedback or suggestions b...
Can You Be Both a Web Developer and a Digital Marketer?
As a rule of thumb, web developers do web development and digital marketers spend their time on marketing. It’s common to see web developers with 20 years of experience who have never had any exposure to marketing (except for working with marketers within an organization). Marketers traditionally don’t write code since it’s usually ...
How Would You Start if You Want to Create a Mastermind Group?
Mastermind groups aren’t meant to push your business further. It’s about others. Successful mastermind groups revolve around successful people who hang out together OR industry leaders forming them to coach, educate, inspire. So there are practically two options: If you are a regular Joe, check out your network of peers who a...
Why Do Entrepreneurs Prefer Starting a Business Over Investing in Existing Ones?
Investing in an existing business requires solid additional capital and gives you limited control over operations, business goals, internal policies, and growth strategy. Unlike a startup, where you craft every detail, here you adapt to pre-set systems. Even with a majority stake, altering entrenched processes can be daunting. This limita...
How Do You Prepare for a Talk?
According to several studies, effective presentations are 38% your voice and 55% non-verbal communication. Only 7% can be attributed to the content. Knowing these, how do you think should you prepare for a talk? The best way to prepare for a talk is to practice. I know that most of my colleagues practice a talk ahead of time, but I’ve o...
Why Is It Necessary for Software Developers to Understand Business Problems?
When I was 6, my mother bought us our first computer. She got that arranged through the owner of a small software development shop that was in charge of their accounting software at her work (a manufacturing plant). His favorite joke was: “I am the best programmer among accountants and the best accountant among programmers.” As fun...
How Do Most Business Advisors Spend Their Day?
There are different categories of business advisors out there depending on the type of business engagement (and their availability or schedule): Industry experts who offer advisory services as an added value proposition Business advisors employed full-time (or working as full-time contractors for 3/6/9 months) Full-time advisors wh...
What Unusual Qualities Should Entrepreneurs Have?
Entrepreneurship is promoted as an exciting adventure and that tends to revolve around all of those positive, noble, magnetic skills or qualities of successful business owners. Therefore, most of the media world stresses on a multitude of admirable qualities or some personal development goals that everyone would strive to achieve with no ...
Pros and Cons of Using a Page Builder With WordPress
What are the pros and cons of using a page builder with WordPress? Let’s start with the “Pros”: Easily bootstrap new landing pages.Create dynamic and appealing sections with no code.Create content spread across multiple columns (unlike the full-width WYSIWYG editor).Cheaper and faster than hiring developers. And here’s why p...