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5 professions that produce great entrepreneurs
Unless you founded a lucrative chain of lemonade stands at the age of five, chances are, you’ve had jobs in your life other than “entrepreneur”. Lucky for you, there are relevant skills and lessons to take from every position, no matter how small.
5 essential things to remember when building your dream team
The key to building a thriving startup? Building a thriving team.
5 critical needs of high-performing teams
When Google spends two whole years studying the secrets of team effectiveness, there’s probably something we can all learn from the findings.
The 5 characteristics of emotional intelligence in leadership
Have you ever known someone who was highly intelligent, yet struggled socially and seemed to get in their own way when it came to their career progression?
4 ways to tell if you should be an entrepreneur or a business builder
You might think that people who start and run businesses are similar people with similar things driving them. That perhaps the difference between a startup founder who achieves venture success and someone who works on their business solidly over many years is difficult to pin down.
4 ways to combat entrepreneurial loneliness
When you start a new venture, it's a frantic and ever-changing journey of launches, stretch goals and (hopefully!) rapid growth, all of which require you to be the driving force for success.
Common denominators of the most successful CEOs
Warren Buffett pioneered Berkshire Hathaway. Jeff Bezos changed our shopping experience with Amazon. Steve Jobs revolutionized technology with Apple.
4 tech triumphs on the way for business in 2018
With the way technology progresses and reinvents the world as we know it, at breakneck speed, it’s both exciting and intimidating to imagine what even the near future will hold for us.
4 tech startups that are changing the world (in all the right ways)
The tech industry, unsurprisingly, continues to go absolutely gangbusters. Just a quick scan of the daily news and business blogs with your morning coffee each day would give you an indication that the world is on a perpetual, sustained leap forward in what we can achieve with technology. And startups are taking full advantage and innovating at cracking speed.
4 signs you're overdue for a culture transformation
Grumpy colleagues, projects getting derailed, lack of communication across teams and departments… we've all been there, right?
4 reasons kindness is a crucial ingredient in the startup recipe
How much have you thought about kindness lately? To a busy entrepreneur, perhaps it doesn’t mean a whole lot outside of it being something warm and fuzzy that you experience every now and then. The truth is, however, that kindness may be one of the most untapped commodities in business.
3 ways to stop organizing your startup to death
“Order, order!” might work for a judge in a courtroom. But, in a startup workspace, it’s the opposite scenario that will see your business thrive.
3 ways being an entrepreneur can make you a better person
Self-improvement may not always be the most obvious goal, but perhaps it should be. In our Fingerprint for Success (F4S) research, the attitudes of the most successful entrepreneurs also tend to make you a pretty well-rounded human being. Here’s how.
Teamwork vs collaboration: 3 important skills to improve both
So, you've doled out perks like flexible work, home office stipends and more PTO, yet you're still struggling with employee performance and retention? This makes sense. BambooHR research from September 2023 revealed that employee happiness is lower than it ever was during the COVID-19 pandemic.1
3 big business ideas that sound terrible on paper (but actually work)
As anyone who has ever tried will tell you, starting a business is not easy. However, launching an entirely new product or service, in which the immediate market need is not obvious, is close to impossible.
3 Key strengths and areas to improve: Ace your next interview
Wondering how to discuss your strengths and areas for improvement in your next interview? Let's explore how to frame your capabilities and growth areas in a way that showcases both your achievements and self-awareness.