I Do you remember “The Tortoise and the Hare,” one of Aesop’s Fables, written by the ancient Greek storyteller and slave? In this seminal tale, an arrogant hare ridicules a slow-moving tortoise. The tortoise challenges the hare to a race, which is readily accepted. When the race begins, the hare jumps out to a huge […]
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In the summer of 2016, Facebook announced the “Stories” functionality for Instagram. Social media marketers quickly pegged Instagram Stories as a “clone” of Snapchat’s core feature. Facebook has since ramped up with even more clones for Messenger (Messenger Day), WhatsApp (WhatsApp Status) and Facebook proper (Facebook Stories). According to Business Insider, Mark Zuckerberg needs only
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So, Ilona Viluma runs a company called “Gigi Bloks.” It’s an educational children’s toy that encourages kids to build all sorts of cool stuff: like castles, walls, tables, dinosaurs, birds, and more. Even though she primarily sold through retail stores, she wanted to start selling Gigi Blocks online. The problem? People just weren’t buying. The
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In the United States, ecommerce is mature and sophisticated. That is not the case in Saudi Arabia, where it’s new and challenging. Hamza el Bayed is co-founder of a Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ecommerce company called Ora La Moda, which sells fashion apparel. I recently spoke with him about the hurdles — and the opportunities —
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One of the biggest factors holding back new and aspiring entrepreneurs is the fear of failure. The reality is that the vast majority of successful entrepreneurs have, at one point or another, failed at some kind of business challenge. Personally, I have had more business failures than business successes, and even in the successful businesses,
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The first year is always the hardest. The first year of trying to get back into shape. The first year of learning a language. The first year of learning a new skill. For us, it was the first year of launching our company. While this wasn’t my first time starting a new business, I’ve learned
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WILKES-BARRE — Kris Jones likes to refer to himself as a “serial entrepreneur,” and this week his latest venture received national acclaim. Jones, 41, of Jackson Township, recently appeared on “Planet of the Apps” — Apple’s first original programming — and he and his business partner, Damon Wayans Jr., walked away with $1.5 million in
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4 Podcasts Every Entrepreneur MUST Listen To The life of an entrepreneur is definitely not an easy one. Whether you’re leading a blossoming business or running a side hustle, there’s a huge learning curve to paving your own path. Thankfully, there are an abundance of tools available to help entrepreneurs find success (this site included 😉). Business-oriented podcasts
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Podcasts have quickly become one of the most exciting and anticipated ways to consume and deliver content in the world today. This is also in part to Apple now heavily pushing podcasts through their iPhone and iTunes stores. With everyone having a mobile device on them at all times, it’s never been easy to listen
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