[ad_1] You can throw all the money you want at your marketing campaign — spend tens of thousands of dollars on branding, landing pages, funnels, Facebook, sales letters and postcards — but the single-best new customer is still a referred new customer. According to a study conducted by The New …

[ad_1] On this episode, Entrepreneur Network partner Mark Fidelman interviews Konica Minolta North American CEO Rick Taylor about the release of new product Workplace Hub, which uses technology to create IT solutions. Taylor and Fidelman break down how the product came about, what problems it solves and how Konica Minolta …

[ad_1] Great businesses are built upon a foundation of great relationships. Do you ever wonder how some people seem so natural and at ease in relationships, while others really struggle to maintain them? Is it a difference in temperament, like introversion or extroversion? It could be, but as a psychologist, I …

[ad_1] Anyone can build a boat, but without the right plans, proper tools, and focused maintenance, it will sink. The same goes for websites. There are over 1 billion websites online, however, many have been sunk, abandoned, and left wallowing in the digital depths due to a lack of strategy …

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[ad_1] Not many people can claim they’ve truly shaped popular culture, but George Lucas can. His creation, Star Wars, didn’t just render an entire fictional universe, it has earned about $6.6 billion across 17 theatrical releases (adjusted for inflation) since 1977. It’s also a full-fledged cultural phenomenon. The franchise has brought more than $32 billion to retailers through related novels, video …

[ad_1] Four years ago I began to notice that my business’s cash flow would, like clockwork, experience two rough periods during the year. The first was between December and February and the second from July to the beginning of September. Specializing in producing short promotional videos known as “sizzle reels,” …

[ad_1] This story appears in the March 2017 issue of Startups. Subscribe » Every entrepreneur has the moment — that time when hard work finally pays off, when a long-desired opportunity presents itself and the entrepreneur has to decide how to react. Related: 8 Great Entrepreneurial Success Stories The moment can be stressful, and for …

[ad_1] This story appears in the May 2017 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » The most compelling thing about KIND’s Manhattan headquarters isn’t the Bar Bar, where staffers grab a lineup of free snack bars, but how the company got there at all. Founder Daniel Lubetzky, the son of a Holocaust …

[ad_1] “I’m glad I’ve been handsomely paid for my efforts but I truly would’ve done it for free,” rocker Bruce Springsteen writes in his critically acclaimed new memoir and bestseller Born to Run. Springsteen, one of rock’s brightest stars for 41 years (and still going strong), is obviously referring here to …