For many companies, boosting employee morale and maintaining a high level of engagement and motivation among team members during the dark winter months can be quite a challenge. And with a growing remote work environment, it is even more difficult to make sure your team stays engaged and productive, while also ensuring they make time … Continue reading 11 Ways to Boost Employee Morale and Productivity During the Cold Days of Winter

By Kendra Martin There are so many different articles on how to be successful when starting a business. Most of them, in my experience, are either too long or they are outdated. I am a millennial female entrepreneur—I don’t have the patience for lengthy documents and I think that most of what worked for a … Continue reading Don’t Make These 6 Big Mistakes When Starting a Business

If you made any New Year’s resolutions this year, how many have you already broken? Resolutions are often made but then quickly forgotten. What if you resolved this year to focus on one important thing: to improve your sales? Here are some helpful sales guidelines you can follow to get better sales results. Sales guideline … Continue reading Improve Your Sales This Year by Following These 3 Guidelines

As a woman, I was heartened by the recent historic breakthroughs of the glass ceiling in two major institutions in our country: the election of Kamala Harris as the first female Vice President of the United States and the appointment of Kim Ng as the first female General Manager of a Major League Baseball team, … Continue reading It’s Time for More Latinas to Break Through the Glass Ceiling

What can great former U.S. presidents such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy teach us about leadership? Today’s business leaders can learn a lot by studying the wisdom and “management style” of some of our most admirable past presidents. George Washington: Ethical entrepreneur There’s no better place to start … Continue reading Leadership Lessons from Great Past Presidents

If you’re looking to expand your business, franchising your business could be a great option. Growing a company by franchising can offer many benefits—but you need to be aware of the drawbacks, too. To determine whether or not you should franchise your business, we asked members of Young Entrepreneur Council the following question: What’s one … Continue reading Important Factors to Consider Before Franchising Your Business

Hiring the right employees is critical to the success of any business, particularly startup companies. Good employees can present new ideas and motivate other employees to work hard. They are dedicated, conscientious, trustworthy, and do not need to be micromanaged. Conversely, hiring the wrong employees can slow down or impede the progress of your business … Continue reading Guide to Hiring Employees