[ad_1] Gatekeepers are the bane of every salesperson’s existence. The assistant who answers every phone call you make to your CEO prospect; the administrator who repeatedly “takes a message” from you; the office manager who seems to guard your prospect’s schedule like a bank vault. These dreaded gatekeepers can keep …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » Whether you are looking to create a fully developed ecommerce store or a portfolio website to showcase your art pieces, you need only 24 hours to get your website up and running. Really! Related: 4 …

[ad_1] Some entrepreneurs spend months trying to raise more money than they actually need to achieve proof of concept. Many get stuck on the grand vision of their company’s future instead of deploying the resources and assets at their disposal. I call this entrepreneurial brain freeze. When I started my …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » Starting a business is an exhilarating endeavor. The prospect of offering a new product or service to the world, designing one’s own future, and creating a legacy are why many people step into the …

[ad_1] Businesses fail every day. In fact, statistics show that the majority of new companies will fold within a few years. Why is that? What are the most common reasons for these flops?  Naturally, interested parties have generated a variety of studies and statistics regarding the factors for success and failure among …

[ad_1] Crowdfunding made its much-awaited debut last summer to great fanfare. The new Regulation Crowdfunding rules enacted in May 2016 — designed to facilitate small-scale investment into private businesses — permit securities crowdfunding under the JOBS Act of 2012 such that anyone, not just accredited investors, can acquire an equity stake …

[ad_1] In this video, Entrepreneur Network partners Jason Balin and Chris Haddon discuss the importance of saving money and why you should rethink what business is really about.  Whether you’re an individual or a business — money is a big part of everything in life. It’s vital to be saving …

[ad_1] Small and medium businesses lose a whopping $80.6 billion each year as a result of human error or theft, according to accounting, payroll and payments software company Sage. Sage today released its sixth annual Payments Landscape report. It includes the results of a poll of more than 2,000 U.S. consumers …

[ad_1] Linda McMahon, the co-founder and former CEO of WWE selected to be the new leader of the Small Business Administration, said this week that she believed one of the key ways to help up-and-coming entrepreneurs pursue their ideas was to better educate them about money management. “I have kids …

[ad_1] Forget Google Glass. How about Snapchat Spectacles? As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Snapchat has developed its first hardware product, a pair of smart glasses that record 10-second bursts of video with just a tap, much like the company’s ephemeral app.   News of a Snapchat gadget made the rounds earlier …