One of the best places to find mentors is in your business’ investors. Investors are typically high networth individuals who’ve already experienced business success on their own. Their experience, knowledge and skills can help you avoid pitfalls and make the right decisions in every turn of your business. ==> The Money v.s. The Expertise When…
Mentorship relationships don’t always have to be formal relationships. Sometimes they can be as simple as “if I have a question, can I send you an email?” relationships. While individually these relationships might not change your life, having a whole rolodex of these kinds of mentors can make a big difference. So how can you…
While some mentors will come and help you out for free, other mentors will be “paid.” Usually for startup companies, these kinds of mentorship opportunities are compensated through equity rather than through cash, as most startups don’t have all that much cash on hand. If you’re working with such mentors, how much equity is a…
One unique form of mentorship that’s open to entrepreneurs is incubators. Incubators combine traditional investing with a streamlined mentoring process to help take beginning entrepreneurs to a successful exit. What is an incubator? Is incubator mentorship right for you? Let’s take a look. ==> Incubator Basics An incubator is a business coaching program run by…
A mentoring relationship should be rewarding for both sides. If only the mentee is getting something out of the relationship, chances are the mentor will soon opt out. It’s common for mentees to think that they have nothing to give back to their mentor. That simply isn’t true. Though you might not be able to…
Deciding whether or not email marketing is a good idea for your business can be a difficult process. The concept of email marketing is very simple to understand the process of determining whether or not it is right for your business can be significantly more complicated. This is because you have to consider a number…
Even if you are already running a successful business, you may be surprised to learn your business can benefit greatly from orchestrating an effective email marketing campaign. An email marketing campaign and a number of different advantages including the ability to reach a worldwide audience, a variety of different marketing options at your fingertips and…
Savvy business owners realize the importance of email marketing even if they do not know how to run an effective email marketing campaign. Simply stated this means a business owner may realize it is imperative for him to run an email marketing campaign to help him meet the needs and expectations of his target audience…
Email marketing can be a very effective way to reach a target audience around the world. However, your marketing efforts may not reach their full potential unless you invest some time, energy and money into evaluating your email marketing strategy. During this evaluation you may determine whether or not the email marketing is helping you…
Email marketing is not just all about unsolicited emails with advertisements making outrageous claims. Unfortunately the abundance of spam which inundates Internet users each day has caused many to formulate a negative opinion about email marketing but savvy Internet marketers who understand how to market successful enjoy an advantage over the competition by turning to…