Think outside the box. Take risks. Turn obstacles into success. We’ve all heard these motivational platitudes before. So, why do so many of us struggle to actually apply them to our daily business lives? Related:  Our mindset dictates what we believe to be possible both in life and business. Yet the way we think can either be our greatest asset or our biggest detriment. It’s easy to […]

You get paid to think. But because thoughts are invisible, they’re hard to improve: that’s why you need to write them down. Then you have a snapshot of your mind on the page, which you can enhance at will. But you’ll need the right tools first.  With the 7 tips in this article, the only limit to your thinking is effort and practice. Writing is […]

Question: What is entrepreneurship? Illustrate your answer with suitable examples from your home country. Nowadays, entrepreneurship places an important determinant of development in the society and regarded as the “rock stars” in the business world. According to Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), entrepreneurship is defined as: ‘any attempt to create a new business enterprise or to expand an existing business by an individual, a team of […]

Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion, ‘The Great Khali’ today announced his entry into India’s rapidly growing fitness industry with the launch of The Great Khali Gym and Fitness Club, a chain of luxury gym and fitness centres.  The new entity was launched at the Franchise India 2016 show being held in the National Capital. Dalip Singh Rana or ‘The Great Khali’ has partnered with Franchise […]

Most people haven’t heard of a scrappy little ski company called , but we gave it a lot of space in this issue — a story about founder Cyrus Schenck. I bet you’re wondering: How did Schenck pull that off? I’m going to tell you. Why? I owe it to you. Magazines like Entrepreneur are designed to help readers navigate their world, and we do that in journalistic […]

An acquisition in any business ecosystem garners a lot of attention from media and industry folks. But what happens in the pre and post acquisition/merger phase is something only an entrepreneur and his team can elaborate! One of the most high-profile mergers/deals this year has to be that between Roadrunnr and TinyOwl.  Speculations were rife about the funding situation and operational challenges at both these […]

When CNBC approached me to be one of three hosts and investors for , I was excited to sit on the other side of the fundraising table and test next gen products designed for the outdoor space. On the show we put new outdoor products to test as the entrepreneurs behind the creations pitch me, NFL linebacker Dhani Jones, and the Co-Founder of Boost Mobile […]

You may have seen that the . But even though female entrepeneurship is growing – up 30 percent since 2007 — there is still work to do. Currently, women only make up 37 percent of entrepreneurs, and if we look at how women participate in entrepreneurship, we see that they are lagging in many key categories. I reviewed my firm’s last three years of transactions – we help online entrepreneurs sell their […]

In the process of building our company, , I’ve realized there are three different mindsets – going in the right direction, not now and being wrong — I’ve adopted that have been vital to my success. By adapting these mindsets, I have learned to sell a great product and lead a high-performing team. For those entrepreneurs just getting started, here are the three mindsets more […]

The following excerpt is from Entrepreneur’s book . Buy it now from  |  |  Erica Zidel knew that trying to raise funds for her startup would be a full-time job. She worried that chasing after would distract her from building the best product she could. So rather than sweat the investment game, she spent years holding down a day job while bootstrapping her new company on the side. […]