Entrepreneurship

How to Turn an Underperformer Into One of Your Strongest Employees

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / May 24, 2019

When your co-worker underperforms, you have the option of looking the other way. But when you’re the team leader, you’re in a different position. As a manager, you’re expected to deal effectively with underperformers — either by letting them go or helping them improve. Easier said than done, right? However, with the proper mix of patience, guidance, and tact, you can manage your direct reports to success and…

Didn’t Start at the Bottom? Here’s How You Can Still Lead Like You Did

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / May 22, 2019

Are good business leaders born or made in the trenches? Early work experience forges how a person will lead. For many successful CEOs, starting out on the company’s bottom rung has been an invaluable opportunity for learning. For example, David Cote started out at General Electric as an hourly employee when he was 21. By age 33, he’d worked his way up to a midlevel financial planner role…

Top Collision Speakers We’re Looking Forward to Seeing and Hearing

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneur Interviews• Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / May 19, 2019

Top Collision Speaker’s We’re Looking Forward to Seeing and Hearing This Week! The Collision Tech Conference is one of the leading tech conferences of its kind. In fact, the Toronto-based event is the fastest-growing tech conference in all of North America — now with over 25,000 attendees. Each year, Collision features some of the top faces in technology, allowing attendees to engage with industry leaders. Plan to…

12 Best Motivational Speakers to Capture Your Audience

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Career Advice• Entrepreneurship / May 11, 2019

Whether you’re looking to engage your audience, employees, customers, or family and friends, it boils down to communication. When you can effectively speak with others, you’re aligning your objectives, goals, and values with theirs. You’re also letting them know why and how they’re important within the bigger picture. Needless to say, this is an important area everyone should strengthen. One of the best ways to achieve this is…

4 Business Tips You Didn’t Know You Learned in High School

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Career Advice• Entrepreneurship / April 18, 2019

You thought “promposals,” undercooked cafeteria pizza, and hallway passes were things of the past. And hopefully, those unfortunate realities are indeed behind you. But to become a successful entrepreneur, it turns out you have to relive at least some of your high school experiences. Despite the challenges of being a teen, those years taught you valuable lessons that you can use as a corporate leader. From discovering and…

How to Fight Your Need for Instant Gratification to Help Your Business Succeed

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship / April 15, 2019

Your brain is locked in a never-ending battle between now and later. This tug of war is why you eagerly tackle nonessential tasks instead of pressing ones. You might know that a deadline is looming, but it feels so good to remove something from your to-do list that low-hanging fruit lures you away from more urgent matters. Simply put, we’re all wired to crave instant gratification. Researchers at…

Bad at Taking Risks? 4 Tips to Be Bolder

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship / April 7, 2019

Fear is a company’s food: It comes in many flavors, but it must be swallowed for the business to live. The trouble is that many of us learn to be picky eaters from an early age. Although we’re curious about what happens when we put our hand on a hot stove, we don’t attempt it — we know we risk hurting ourselves. While our early risk aversion protects…

The 3 Biggest Mistakes Business Owners Make When Selling a Company

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship / April 5, 2019

When you’re a business owner, the sale of your company can be one of the most bittersweet experiences of your professional career. But if you expect to enjoy more of the sweet and less of the bitter, it’s crucial to avoid committing certain all-too-common mistakes. The Three Mistakes You Want to Avoid Selling a business is a challenge. It doesn’t matter how big or small, successful or unsuccessful,…

How to Hack Your To-Do List

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship / March 30, 2019

If you’re overwhelmed by your list of duties, blaring music might help. It turns out that tunes can make you a more productive worker. To be sure, if you need to really concentrate, you’ll have to go light on the lyrics to get the full mental-boosting power of melodies. You might want to turn to songs between — rather than during — lengthy tasks. However, you can be…

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