[ad_1] Facebook recently hosted the first-ever Women in Product conference, which united hundreds of women who work in product management throughout the technology industry. The conference’s overarching mission? To build a community while promoting diversity in technical roles. Related: 3 Reasons Product Managers Are the Secret to Unstoppable Startup Growth On the …

[ad_1] Instagram is looking for more ways to monetize the platform and the astounding consumer reach it has. The photo-sharing app (hasn’t it become much more than that, though?) announced that it is experimenting with video ads within Stories with some of the biggest global advertisers. Of course, those posts …

[ad_1] “Powerful people give freely, buying influence rather than things.” — Robert Greene A little more than a year ago, I decided to start growing my personal brand. I knew when it came to business in this super-connected world, there was one key thing to remember — people need to …

[ad_1] I’m going to (try to) steer clear of the surrounding politics, but suffice it to say the United States (and to some extent the world) is trying to understand our new “reality.” As is the case with a handful of other technology companies, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick was asked to …

[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 …