9 Questions Entrepreneurs Should Ask Before Investing in Commercial Real Estate
Is commercial real estate (CRE) a good investment for entrepreneurs? There’s no one-size-fits-all answer. While CRE can provide investors with better returns than residential properties (an average of six percent to 12 percent annually versus one percent to four percent in residential properties), they also require more of an initial cash outlay.
Entrepreneurs need to …
10 Ways to See Your Brand With Fresh Eyes
The following answers are provided by members of Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched BusinessCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.
1. Let Someone Else Do the Looking
“It’s really difficult …
10 Habits to Stay Cognizant of Your Brand’s Competition
The following answers are provided by members of Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched BusinessCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.
1. Sign Up for Their Newsletters
“I sign up for …
Boost Your Brand’s Email Conversions With These 5 Tips
A professional email is just the first step to generating new leads and sales for your personal brand. In order to be successful there must be a way to capture your reader’s attention and compel them to want to know more.
How is your email communication with your subscribers? By implementing a stand-out email that …
What are We Trying to Do Here?
Do you ever ask yourself this question?
Do you ever ask yourself this question about your company?
Do you ever ask yourself this question about your life?
Not to get too philosophical
But, these are questions you can and should be asking yourself. If you aren’t asking yourself these hard questions today then in five, …
Is Recruiting Your Competitors’ Sales Employees Profitable?
With relative frequency, our recruiters come across organizations that believe it to be an advantageous strategy to recruit from their competition. This is understandable. On the surface, the strategy appears to carry merit. Employers assume that those who have experience in a field will need less ramp-up time, less handholding from management and will have …
The First Impression in an Interview
“Nobody impresses me for the first sixty days on the job.” This was a saying that all of those working with me in the corporate world would hear me say over and over. I wanted to express that there’s a difference between the impression a job seeker leaves initially—even as early as during the interview—and …
Use Being Different to Your Competitive Advantage
Most people are very concerned about being different or knowing the least of everyone in the room when it comes to meetings. Sales professionals use the circumstance to their competitive advantage.
Our reluctance to speak is partially due to the fact we don’t want to reveal our seemingly lower level experience. The other part is …
8 Tips for Designing a Conference Room That’ll Wow Clients
A meeting room can leave a strong impression on clients. It can either help them come up with fresh, creative ideas, or it can distract them with how uncomfortable and stuffy it is. If you want your clients to remember the former rather than the latter in your next meeting, here are ways to infuse …
Pokemon Go Style Job Hunting
It is very strange to find similarities between a mobile app game and job hunting but interestingly, there are many! Below are some lessons Pokemon Go can teach you about job hunting.
Go Outside: You need to go outside to catch Pokemon. It is the same with job hunting too. You need to go outside,…