How do you celebrate big employee milestones at your company, like 5 or 10 years? 1. Take Them Out to a Nice Meal I insist on taking team members who achieve a large milestone out for a nice meal. If it’s a larger milestone, we splurge and get them a gift. It doesn’t...
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10 Features Most Mobile Apps Could Do Without
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13 Tips for Using Video for Your Startup
What is one tip (or warning) you have for an entrepreneur who wants to start utilizing video as their primary tool for educating customers on their website? 1. Be Irreverent Nobody will sit through a boring video. Make sure that your video is both captivating and...
12 Tips to Craft More Effective Copy for Your Startup
Content marketing is the marketing strategy du jour, but it’s hard to tell your business’ story honestly from the inside. What’s your most effective advice for entrepreneurs who want to write customer-facing copy that WORKS? 1. Write Like You Talk As advertising man...
10 Startup Hiring Challenges (And Tips to Overcome Each)
Question: What is one common issue that you have faced with startup hires and how have you rectified the situation? Question by: Nina Can’t Adapt to Startup Style “Team members, especially those from more traditional industries, may not be used to the change and fast...
Q&A Over the Merger of Digital Publishing & Social Media
Paradise Publishers, the creator of Free-eBooks.net, is launching Foboko.com, a free, revolutionary digital publishing platform that offers the first social writing experience, on August 2nd. Foboko will merge social media and digital publishing to fulfill the popular...
The 10 Best eBooks Entrepreneurs Should Be Reading This Summer
It’s that magical time of year again, when we’re all miraculously awarded an additional 20 hours per week to do whatever we want. That might not be true, but we are about to welcome the warm summer months, when people feel reinvigorated to pursue their personal and...
Been There, Haven’t Done That: How to Avoid Discouragement When Launching a Product
Launching a product can sometimes feel like being the last kid picked to play kickball. You can’t instantly grow 6 inches, you can’t improve your 50-meter dash time immediately, and you can’t absorb 20 IQ points from the brainiac standing next to you. Rather than...