10 Reasons Entrepreneurs Should Have a Pension Plan

BY JOHN RAMPTON

Thinking about settling down or retiring? Here are a few things you should think about before making the leap.

Are You a Venture or a Debt Entrepreneur?

BY AMI KASSAR

This decision is far more personal and emotional than rational.

17 Ways to Know You Were Born to Be an Entrepreneur

BY JEFF HADEN

It can be hard to explain to non-entrepreneurs why you choose such a challenging journey. Here's what to tell them.

Design Your Business Around Your Life--Not the Other Way Around

BY Stephan Aarstol

As an entrepreneur, you've probably heard it many times: "There's no such thing as work-life balance."
The widespread myth is that if you want to make it as an entrepreneur, you have to log 16-hour days in a windowless basement without coming up for air. But a startup is like a wild horse that will tear you apart unless you have a strategy to tame it.

How to Start a Podcast – Pat’s Complete Step-By-Step Podcasting Tutorial

By Pat Flynn

By Pat Flynn on October 22, 2012

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Starting a podcast has been one of the best decisions I have ever made for my brand. Ever.

Since starting The Smart Passive Income Podcast in July of 2010:

• The show has surpassed 9,500,000 total downloads. (as of August, 2014)
• The podcast has become the #1 way people who read my blog found out about me – that’s above search, social media and links from other websites. (See survey results)
• I was contacted by a Hollywood producer who listened to my show to consult as the social media director for a $10M independent film (See IMDB)

Niche Site UPGRADE – Security Guard Training Headquarters

By Pat Flynn on October 7, 2014

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Over the course of the next few months, I’ll be posting several blog posts around a very specific theme:

Increasing the income on my two major niche websites. 

Both SecurityGuardTrainingHQ.com and FoodTruckr.com are now generating a respectable INCOME ONLINE, FoodTruckr more recently with the launch of its first product in August – a book – as detailed in mylatest income report.

Are You Really Listening to Your Customers?

OCTOBER 3, 2014

I attended a panel discussion "Engagement: The Key to Winning" during this week's Advertisingweek conference in New York City. My friend,Jeffrey Hayzlett, was guiding a discussion about what's considered real customer engagement. He observed that even with all the datacompanies collect about their customers, businesspeople often don't listen to some of the most obvious feedback provided. Thencustomers stop doing business with the companies.

Finding the Positives in Your Failures

BY CHRISTOPHER MYERS

Some of the best lessons are born out of moments of adversity.