Category: Running a Business

9 Congressmen Who Are Also Business Owners

9 Congressmen Who Are Also Business Owners

Many members of congress are quite wealthy. While some of them have family money or married into a sizable fortune, a good number of members of the House of Representatives and United States Senate made their money after starting a business. In fact, some of them still hold their businesses to this day! Here is a list of nine wealthy members of congress and the self-employment that helped them reach the top tiers of wealth. Darrell Issa - California Darrell… Read More
Throw a Party, Learn a Skill, and Design a New Website: 8 Ways to Make the Most of a Slow Summer

Throw a Party, Learn a Skill, and Design a New Website: 8 Ways to Make the Most of a Slow Summer

Summer is coming. For many small business owners, a change of seasons means a slowdown in business as customers and clients focus on time with their kids, or leave their wallets at home for weekends in the sun. Here are eight ways to ensure a happy, productive summer: 1. Tackle the hard stuff first. Summer is the perfect time for finally getting to those projects that have been haunting you all year. The fact that you've been putting them off—however… Read More
How to Get Certified as a Minority-Owned Business

How to Get Certified as a Minority-Owned Business

In 2012, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that there were 8 million minority-owned businesses in the U.S. That's a huge number of business owners looking for opportunities to achieve the American dream and make it as a successful entrepreneur. If you own one of those businesses, becoming certified as a minority-owned business allows you to access certain government and private-sector programs that can help support your efforts. Here are three certifications/qualifications that can help minority business owners get support for their… Read More
Here’s Where CEOs of the World’s Biggest Companies Got their MBAs

Here’s Where CEOs of the World’s Biggest Companies Got their MBAs

Have you ever wondered if there was a correlation between advanced degrees and entrepreneurial success? According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, many workers who held jobs in a business-related field who also held a master’s degree saw a significant wage premium over those who just held bachelor’s degrees. Marketing and sales managers saw a 38% wage premium, while financial managers saw a 41% wage premium. General managers and executives also saw a wage premium. To see how… Read More
The Best 5 Alternatives to Quickbooks in 2022

The Best 5 Alternatives to Quickbooks in 2022

If you’re like many business owners, you didn’t start your business so you could spend hours each month dealing with finances. Yet financial management tasks–invoicing, entering expenses, and juggling cash flow— probably take a good amount of your time. Accounting programs can help ease some of that burden by making those tasks easier and more streamlined. For most business owners, accounting software = QuickBooks. Intuit has created the most popular accounting program in the US by far. But for some… Read More
How to Be a Terrible Leader (Hint: It’s Easy)

How to Be a Terrible Leader (Hint: It’s Easy)

They say that leaders are born, not made, but a couple of decades at the helm of multiple companies has taught me otherwise. I've made every leadership mistake in the book and probably invented some new ones along the way. In spite of that--and in spite of being a born introvert--I managed through trial and error to arrive at a place where I feel confident in my ability to motivate, guide and love a large, diverse group of people. There's… Read More