[ad_1] So you’re looking to improve your online reputation. Perhaps you discovered a negative result showing up in your Google results. Or maybe your business is suffering from a critical review. Whatever the case may be, you decide you need the help of an online reputation management (ORM) firm. But …

[ad_1] We don’t have to look far past our smartphones to recognize that a great idea can change the world. But in this digital age, when everyone seems to have an idea, it can be challenging to get a project off the ground. Crowdfunding sites like IndieGogo and Kickstarter popped …

[ad_1] If you’re a small business owner looking for financing, your personal financials will play a big role in your loan application. Lenders will look at your personal credit score and ask for a personal guarantee to back their capital. For them, your life isn’t entirely separate from the health …

[ad_1] Women entrepreneurs run 30 percent of all small businesses, and together employ 7.9 million people and generate $1.4 trillion in sales (as of 2015). Needless to say, these are pretty staggering numbers. All that success is wonderful. However, there exists an underlying issue that is keeping women from being …

[ad_1] As a female founder of LOLA, a venture capital-backed feminine care brand, the question I get asked most often is about fundraising — what’s it like, as two female founders, to pitch your business to a predominantly male investor community? I figured it was finally time to share. Here are …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » Engagement is a major problem in the workforce, and employers are trying everything to fix it. Companies are looking at professional development programs, new perks and benefits, and other strategies to re-engage employees, but …

[ad_1] This week, Mark Zuckerberg posted a lengthy open letter on his Facebook page about his vision of the company’s future, in which he explained his intention to build a global community. “For the past decade, Facebook has focused on connecting friends and families,” Zuckerberg wrote. “With that foundation, our …

[ad_1] Franchise Players is Entrepreneur’s Q&A interview column that puts the spotlight on franchisees. If you’re a franchisee with advice and tips to share, email franchiseplayers@entrepreneur.com. Amy VanderMolen loved helping friends and family sell items on eBay. She’d been doing it since the late 1990s. So, she reasoned, why not make …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » Asking great questions regularly can drastically transform your life in many amazing ways. Doing this also encourages you to pause and think more deeply. What’s more, asking the right questions stimulates creative thinking that …

[ad_1] For a startup to get through the teething stage and gain recognization, it must have its own unique system. It must consider as all-important such activities as hiring, training and the outsourcing of development, plus such elements as brand, structure and values. Related: 5 Things Small Businesses Should Outsource Along the way, …