Business Insider 24 Incredible Lessons Learned From Being In Business |The Suitcase Entrepreneur Warning – this post is important to you, it matters to me and it’s epic. So important I’ve turned it into a free manifesto you can get right here. Sometimes I have to pinch myself when I sit back and realize I’m living the dream. My entire life fits into my suitcase and I can pack up and live anywhere I want, while still getting to run my business from just my laptop. There’s not a day that goes by when I don’t consider myself one of the luckiest people on earth. So how did I get so lucky? When I started my business I was definitely prepared. And I had the opportunity – I’d just worked myself out of a role as cofounder of a cool tech startup because my business partner recognized, before me, that I was in love with my blog, more than our business. How This Business Began Even though I started this blog in late August 2009, it wasn’t until May 24th 2010 that I said to myself `This is it Natalie, it’s time to become a fully fledged entrepreneur and start your own business’. #1. #2. #3. #4.
Adversaries Into Allies 10 TED Talks for Entrepreneurs | The Educated Entrepreneur's Blog A fellow entrepreneur gave me a slight nudge today that motivated me to post today’s blog. I think you will certainly find value in it as it incorporates some of the best minds of the 21st century. Remember….. The secret to learning as an entrepreneur is to mix equal parts of inspiration and perspiration. Hard work without a vision is futile, while a great idea without execution is similarly worthless. Seth Godin on Standing Out: What makes you so special? Like this: Like Loading...
How to Run a Business and Still Care for Your Family I met a guy who was a busy executive at a startup in Silicon Valley. His family, a wife and three young kids, lived several states away. He lived in a hotel during the week, worked every evening, and flew home every weekend before returning to the office on Monday morning. Not a very dedicated family guy, right? On the contrary. His family had discussed the arrangement of him being away mid-week, and they re-evaluated it twice a year. I went away from the conversation impressed. Priorities are not just a question of time, in other words, they are also a question of focus and intention. This is what I am living for. This is what matters. I will select these values and allow them to be my compass. The way this is lived out may be different than how other people live, or it may even be totally unique. Image: Paolo Tags: balance, Entrepreneurship, family, intention, priorities, Work
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How to Manage Your Time and Business On the Go Like a Boss Are you trying to run your business on the go, but feel like your floundering? Did you know frequent travel or moving around can be detrimental to your daily routine? More importantly, it can hurt your business if you aren’t prepared. Trust me I’ve done this for years now and I know how hard it can be. When I first started out, finding a balance between travel and managing my business was a constant battle. Tasks would fall between the cracks, deadlines were always a last minute rush and to say I was overwhelmed would be an understatement. After a little more time, I started to find my grounding. If you are struggling to travel and build your business then this one’s for you. Click play below or watch this video in YouTube to find out my top tips for managing time and running a business on the go! Can’t see this video? Share this on social media in one click: “Run your business, don’t let it run you.” Check out these resources to help you further:
Curated News and Advice for Entrepreneurs » CLASS OF 2013: Here’s What Billionaires Want You Graduates to Know About Success, Wealth and Happiness Forbes has laid out a list of the best graduation advice ever given — BY BILLIONAIRES! There are of course a few of the normal platitudes – “Live each day as if it’s your last,” says Steve Jobs, which was actually probably the only cliche part in an otherwise stellar Stanford commencement speech in 2005 . But we’ve compiled some of the best — occasionally contrarian — advice below, with links to as many of the actual speeches as we could find. Happy graduation, Class of 2013! And just because we love you — check out Business Insider’s list of graduation advice from leaders like Maria Shriver, Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington and T. Oprah Winfrey to Duke Class of 2009: REINVENT YOURSELF “People love makeovers, because the physical results are always so astonishing. Michael Dell to the University of Texas at Austin Class of 2003: NEVER BE THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE ROOM “Try never to be the smartest person in the room. J.K. “So why do I talk about the benefits of failure?
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