Take Stock and Share Results with a September Reboot As vacations come to a close, kids go back to school and workplaces return to more typical routines, September can often feel like a second chance at the start of a new year. Such transitions provide a feeling of “then” and “now” that make them a [...]
What Corporate America Wants and Needs from Diverse Suppliers Like You The trendline for spending by Fortune 500 companies with smaller, diverse suppliers is definitely heading up. The Billion Dollar Roundtable, created in 2001 to recognize corporations with at least $1 billion in spending with women- and minority-owned suppliers, has increased its total diverse supplier [...]
Founders Feature Q&A: Caroline Reed, Founder and CEO, CREED Consulting Services 1. In a few sentences tell us a little about your business -- the clients you serve and the services you provide. We are a boutique full-service advertising operations consultancy. We help advertisers execute marketing campaigns on time and budget without compromising the quality [...]
Present Your Business With Professionalism to Build Corporate Contacts Landing a large client is an important growth step for many start-ups and can provide a satisfying sense (financially and psychologically) that both you and your business have “arrived.” Small companies that supply large corporations tend to experience significant revenue and job growth. In their survey [...]
Steps Every Founder Should Take to Protect Intellectual Property The expression “intellectual property” can sound lofty and abstract enough that you might think it only applies to high-tech companies with specialized software or inventors of unique equipment. But, if you own a business, it applies to you. By taking a few straight-forward steps, you can [...]
When to Trust Your Gut and When to Second-Guess Yourself Successful entrepreneurs are often credited with incredible instincts that enable them to capture opportunities others miss. It’s true, you likely have a keen business sense and well-honed professional intuition that help you make decisions more quickly. But your “intuition” is likely the result of accumulated [...]
Pivot Purposefully Launches to Change Women’s Lives Pivot Purposefully is our just-launched non-profit arm of Monica Motivates focused on providing holistic, engaging and high-impact entrepreneurship education for formerly incarcerated women. Our goal is to help them become business owners. With four years of successful entrepreneurship under our own belts, we did not want to wait [...]
Founders Feature Q&A: Tobi Brown, Founder of Curated Brilliance® 1. In a few sentences tell us a little about your business -- the clients you serve and the services you provide. Curated Brilliance® is a high-touch consultancy that supports entrepreneurs, event producers, and influencers. We partner with our clients to create impactful marketing and [...]
A Great Reason Not to Pretend You Have All the Answers It can feel frightening to admit shortcomings and share vulnerabilities in a professional setting. But leaders who emphasize transparency, honesty and a genuine assessment of their own strengths and weaknesses not only engage in more constructive workplace behaviors themselves, but inspire them in those [...]
Smaller Suppliers Can Offer Unique Advantages Although large companies often look to other large companies to procure goods and services, a growing desire to diversify the supply chain is prompting many organizations to cast a wider net. As a small business owner, you can bring unique benefits to multinational corporations, such as greater flexibility, streamlined [...]
