[ad_1] Saudi Arabia-led OPEC launched a price war in late 2014 that sent oil prices spiraling lower, forcing dozens of American shale companies into bankruptcy. Lilis Energy, a tiny shale driller that took on too much debt during the boom years, quickly ran out of money and nearly went out …

[ad_1] In today’s world, nearly everything can be measured by metrics: Facebook likes, Twitter followers, YouTube views, etc. In a world of big data, metrics drive our behavior, but in sixteen years in business, “metrics” is a word I’ve come to hate. Although metrics can be great in determining ad …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » Your business is growing and it’s time for you to hire an employee or two. You blanket the internet with job listings, ask your friends and family for …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » If you think your boss is tough, be happy you don’t work for television personality Steve Harvey. Harvey — who stars in the upbeat daytime talk show full …

[ad_1] In recent months, there have been far too many examples of people leading companies who don’t actually back up their words with meaningful action. From Thinx founder Miki Agrawal to Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington, audiences have seen just how easy it is for leaders to say one thing and …

Close the Generational Gap with a Smarter Social Content There’s a common assumption that social media adoption has plateaued as we approach the mid-2010s, but in fact, 15 brand new people start using social for the very first time every second. And as of January 2017, approximately 2.8 billion people around …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » If you’re an entrepreneur looking to amass wealth, then perhaps the best people to learn from would be the founders of Alphabet, Sergey Brin and Larry Page. They started …

[ad_1] The best way to increase traffic is to provide visitors with compelling and relevant information. You can pay a service to send you visitors, but�if they’re not interested, they’ll only leave anyway. You also want to have a cleanly designed, easy to navigate website to make their purchasing experience …

[ad_1] Every company needs a mission. More importantly, that mission should reflect a company’s core principles and values. Things can go awry, however, when organizations fall into the trap of a product-focused mission statement. Apple has struggled with its identity since the death of Steve Jobs in 2011. The company …

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: In the new podcast Masters of Scale, LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman explores his philosophy on how to scale a business — and at Entrepreneur.com, entrepreneurs are responding with their own ideas and experiences on our hub.This week, we’re discussing Hoffman’s theory: You need to raise more …