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In 2011, Hamilton Powell sold a couch on Craigslist. By 9:00pm, a man in a van showed up with $400…

What’s the singular driving force behind the success of unusual entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey,…

Poor inventory management can lead to overstocking which eventually affects your profitability. To increase profits, better manage your inventory. Here’s how!

Perhaps the most frequently asked question by entrepreneurs is this; “How do I get funding for my business?” Without any…

Entrepreneurial FOOLISHNESS: How To Become A Better FOOL In Business. The difference between successful entrepreneurs and the unsuccessful ones is this; the successful ones know the areas where they are complete Fools and the areas where they are complete geniuses.

What Will You Do Differently In Your Business This 2014?

I would like you to chew on this question for a while. This year will most likely end up just as last year did if you don’t deliberately make up your mind to do something’s differently in both your life and your business.

Things will not change unless you change some things. In 2014, something’s gotta change!

All your list of New Year resolutions isn’t going to nail it. What you need is to ask yourself this question and relate it to some specific aspects of your life and business. Answer the questions and just do it!

So it’s that time of the year again, when so many giveaways will be generously shared by your friends, family…

Unusual entrepreneurs will always depend on other people to help them in their quest to change the world and profit…

As a leader, you’re responsible for your team. You need to help your team run efficiently, and you need to…

This is a guest post by Damian Wolf. Smart business owners have discovered that the best method of survival in…

Entrepreneurs are humans and all humans are prone to mistakes. As the saying goes; “no one is above mistake.” But…

I have always been fascinated by greatness; that special realm of human existence where achievement blends with fulfillment and creativity…

As more and more businesses are leveraging the internet to find, attract, convert and retain profitable customers, it’s now very…

Being average would have been great if there weren’t many people in that space. The average space is already crowded, there’s little or no room for you. The more you try to be like everyone else, the less visible you become. Being average is the closest alternative to extinction!

When you are like everyone else your existence don’t matter; whether you are present or absent, no one bothers. Why? Because there are so many others just like you to cover up for you. Who needs another average product, service or company when they are already crowded by many? Average is abundant, extraordinary is scarce.

Growth in business as well as in life rarely happens overnight, as a matter of fact, it’s not the giant steps that count as much as the little consistent efforts focused on continuous improvement in some key areas of your business. Below are 5 of these key areas to focus on improving that will guarantee sustainable growth in your business.

Between the conceptualization of business a idea or the recognition of a business opportunity and the actual execution of the idea or the pursuit of the business opportunity, there is a gap. This gap is caused by fear, those inner demons that rare up their ugly heads as you embark on your entrepreneur’s journey. I refer to them as entrepreneurial fears and they are quite a handful of them.

Johan Nel is the South African CEO and founder of Umuntu Media, Africa’s leading online publishing platform. The name of…

Since publishing my first e-Commerce post and also sharing the case study of how I made close to a million…

In this fourth edition of the Unusual Entrepreneur Interviews for 2013, I have with me today, Jenny Blake the founder…

Without proper financial management processes and practices, your business is inevitably heading towards a self-inflicted financial crisis. Learn how to avoid this!