Finances don’t have to be a constant source of stress on your entrepreneurial journey. Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! August 29, 2020 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When you think about the sheer number of components it takes to build a business, your mind starts to race. There are the structural elements, such as the type of business, products and services, the marketing, client fulfillment and more. As an entrepreneur, your focus might tend to be on what you need the most right now. An informal poll of entrepreneurs would probably point toward a discussion of prospecting…

August 28, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Just when you thought you had this whole leadership thing pinned down, a global pandemic completely changed the game. Now, instead of interacting with your team face-to-face, you’ve gotten used to seeing your employees smiling faces from a screen. And what’s more, you also have to adjust how you manage and motivate them from afar. Understandably, there’s going to be a learning curve. But, many leaders are continuing to fail their remote teams by committing the following six mistakes. 1. Lack of clear goals, direction, or priorities. “As with any team, virtual or colocated, a lack of clear…

August 26, 2020 8 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. “And who stays with your son in the afternoon?” the nurse had asked, furiously pecking away at the keyboard as she captured all the answers to her questions at that annual physical checkup. What is he eating these days? Does he nap in the afternoon? When is he starting school full time? “With our nanny,” I had replied, helping him put his shoes back on. “Not with you?” the nurse had asked, surprised.  “Umm, no, I work and so….” “Ohhh.” A long pause. Her eyebrows arched high, and a judgmental smile slowly crept across her face. “The doctor will see you now. You can…

August 23, 2020 9 min read This story originally appeared on The Successful Founder It might seem incredible that an unsolicited email from a startup founder to an investor they’ve never met could result in a response, let alone a multimillion-dollar deal, but it does happen. I know because we’ve made investments this way, including one of the most valuable companies in the Storm portfolio, which came to us through a cold email. In this post, I’ll explain the qualities that can make a cold email successful—at least for me. Target your email appropriately If you’re thinking about blasting out a mass email to every investor you can find an…

August 21, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. San Francisco, New York, Berlin, Singapore –– each of these major global cities relate in that they are major hotbeds of innovation. These cities hustle and bustle for a reason: critical meetings on the state of the nation’s future were being conducted, entrepreneurs and idea makers were putting their heads together to invent new technologies, and whiz kids met over cups of coffee to discuss startup ideas.  There is something about the physical environment and face-to-face interaction within such ecosystems that enables humanity to formulate and execute game-changing innovations. Yet, in a step toward making remote work…

Each month, 15 million edits are made to Google Business Profiles, the information a business can use to update their customer information. Last week, Google announced it is making it easier for a business owner to post updated information at one location — and have the information appear on several locations. (For instance, a post on Google Maps will also update information on a Profile Page.) “Today, we’re making it easier to update a company’s Business Profile directly from Google products you already use,” says Tom Pritchard, product lead, Google My Business. “Now you can create posts, reply to reviews, add photos and update business information right from Google Search…