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62 entrepreneur resources to accelerate your success
The essential resources of entrepreneurship are the tools business owners need to operate efficiently and achieve business growth fast. Educational resources can help you learn from other's experiences.
Masooma Memon
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.
Catie McHugh
The ultimate onboarding process — here's what 7 teams have in common
A good onboarding process isn't just 'nice to have' — it can boost new hire retention by 82%.Being a new hire can feel a lot like being the new kid in school. You’re thrown into a fresh group of peers, without knowing anyone, and you often find yourself in that dreaded mid-day moment of, “Oh gosh, who will I eat lunch with?!”
Amy Rigby
15 quotes that really reflect startup life
It's true - startup life is pretty crazy! Each day is different, with more twists and turns than an Agatha Christie novel. We've dug around for fifteen quotes that really resonated with us on this wildly wonderful journey. Enjoy!
Catie McHugh
The World Happiness Report: The places where entrepreneurship is the key to glee
The World Happiness Report is a unique global study, analysing six key factors that contribute to the happiness of a country’s citizens, including how people evaluate the quality of their working life.
Catie McHugh
Why perfectionism is destroying your success (and health)
It’s pretty natural for aspiring entrepreneurs to want, (heck, expect!) everything to be perfect when running a successful start-up.
Jo Foster
Is the coaching leadership style the “best”? What the research says
If you’ve ever been on a sports team or watched a sporting event, you’ve seen the power of coaches. They always seem to know what to say when a player is about to give up, can deliver a rousing pep talk that spurs their team to victory and possess the skill to take an athlete’s talent to the next level.
Amy Rigby
How to deal with a micromanager with less stress
We’ve all known that one coworker. The one that never leaves you alone.
Michael Metcalf
How to deal with a narcissist boss (without losing your mind)
You’ve just been the target of one of your boss’s self-absorbed, self-centered and I’m-always-right tirades again. It feels as though all the blood has drained from your body, you’re shaking, and you feel sick. “How to deal with a narcissist boss?” you wonder in silence.
Bev Campling
Beyond agile working: This is the future of high-performing teams, according to the CTO of Semantic
In Snowbird, Utah, in a small resort nestled in the mountains just east of Salt Lake City, a conference gathered together in 2000 made up of the senior software engineers and architects from a number of development companies, driven by a shared set of problems that they had found that were endemic to their operations. Their belief was, at the time, that software development processes had stagnated because building software was treated the same way as the construction of an aircraft carrier or a massive convention center.
Kurt Cagle
6 must-listen podcasts for entrepreneurs
If work and life get in the way of keeping abreast of everything in the entrepreneurial world, there are some great podcasts you can tune into while on the move that will not only keep you on the cutting edge, but inspire and enlighten you along the way.
Catie McHugh
What is a four day work week and does it really work?
With an ever-changing workplace, increased levels of burnout in the workplace, and the onset of the great resignation, companies around the world are considering adopting a four-day workweek.
Marlee
Five fictional entrepreneurs we could all learn from
Sir Richard Branson. Steve Jobs. Warren Buffett. Arianna Huffington. They're all wildly successful entrepreneurs, and they're also very much real people to draw inspiration from as you navigate your own business path.
Catie McHugh
Team effectiveness: The 5 conditions (and how to measure it)
Is team effectiveness the white whale of modern work?In some ways, absolutely yes. There are entire sections of bookstores dedicated to team-building, communication, and collaboration -- and yet, from the stats above and anecdotal evidence within organizations, it feels like many haven’t quite achieved team effectiveness yet.
Ted Bauer