[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, …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » Congrats! You’ve completed The Goal Standard’s fourth week, the second Fight Stage. Don’t back down now, as the finish line is in sight. This week was all about getting past obstacles, persevering and learning …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » When I first looked at the data from Insureon’s Small Business Outlook 2017, I wasn’t sure if I liked what I saw. Sure, 82 percent of the more than 1,000 small-business owners we surveyed …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » Remote working. Telecommuting. Working from home: It’s extremely popular, no matter what you call it. Millions of Americans now classify themselves as remote workers, and both employers and employees are benefiting from these relationships. Related: Office, …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » In a world where entrepreneurship is so large and only getting larger, you need to stay on top of all the latest tools available for your small business’s success. Ever since the first Internet …

[ad_1] According to a 2014 Gallup poll, companies, 82 percent of the time, appoint the wrong person to a management or leadership position. That’s a staggering number.  And yet it’s not inconsistent with either my own experience or other statistics that we see — such as one, this time from a 2015 Gallup poll, …

[ad_1] President Trump is probably saying: “TGIF.” Headlines claim the White House is in “chaos” after an extremely turbulent week. But there’s one big thing going right for Trump right now: The U.S. economy. A slew of economic data came out this week. Almost all of it was positive. Americans …