[ad_1] A year ago, I made a trip to the far reaches of Canada’s Yukon territory to do some digging in the dirt with the miners featured on Discovery‘s no. 1 series Gold Rush (airing Fridays at 9). After unearthing a couple of flakes of gold, I assumed the miners …

[ad_1] You may have heard me say in the past that people are ready to buy when they are ready to buy–not when you’re ready to sell to them. This is correct, but does that mean you are at the mercy of the prospect to make a sale? Of course …

[ad_1] Currently, LinkedIn boasts more than 467 million members in over 200 countries. When used correctly, LinkedIn’s InMail is an incredibly powerful tool for laser-targeted B2B marketing. While using InMail to get your message in front of a receptive audience sounds great, unless you know what you’re doing, you can easily …

[ad_1] In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Jason Balin of Hard Money Bankers welcomes guest Glenn Younes of Corner Unit Media, and together they break down the five social media platforms you need to use with your business today. The first is the most obvious one: Facebook. Both Balin and Younes …

[ad_1] Developing a robust brand is essential in today’s highly connected, cutting-edge digital landscape. Just ask the celebrities that lose millions of dollars in endorsement money due to adverse press or damaging allegations only minutes after the unfavorable news breaks. A year ago, Chipotle Mexican Grill experienced a food safety …

[ad_1] B2B sales can be incredibly rewarding and lucrative — if you know what you’re doing. Unfortunately, most salespeople in this field make the same few mistakes again and again. When everyone around you is making the same missteps and blunders with B2B selling, it can be extremely difficult to …

[ad_1] The field of marketing is incredibly broad and encompasses a wide variety of skill sets, from SEO and coding to website design and social media. Furthermore, marketing for a startup business is much different than marketing for a traditional, corporate company. When startups look to hire a marketer, they’re going …

[ad_1] The following excerpt is from Mark J. Kohler and Randall A. Luebke’s book The Business Owner’s Guide to Financial Freedom. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes | IndieBound Wall Street doesn’t understand the small-business entrepreneur. Your business is of no interest to them. Unless …

[ad_1] Raising capital is no easy task. Over the past five years, I’ve had to do it multiple times — for a management buyout, for our first accelerator fund and for the purpose of supporting more than 100 of our own startups. Related: 9 Top Venture Capitalists Share Their Best Advice for …

[ad_1] When it launched in 2006, fashion brand Nasty Gal was the envy of startups everywhere. It quickly grew from an eBay store into a $100 million business, but the excitement was short-lived. Because the brand focused more on marketing and advertising than on addressing its business issues, cash flow …