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Lessons in Military Leadership for Entrepreneurs

May 14, 2015 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9 pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with @theRealKiyosaki. Robert T. Kiyosaki is best known as the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad. This is the #1 personal […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @theRealKiyosaki, leadership skills, military leadership, Robert Kiyosaki

How to Reset Your Business to Reach Personal Success

April 30, 2015 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9 pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with @jakenawrocki. As a recognized expert in motivational speaking and life transformation concepts, Jacob Nawrocki has reached over a half million people with his top-rated podcast […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @jakenawrocki, Jacob Nawrocki, small business leadership

5 Tips to Renting Office or Retail Space

March 23, 2015 By Melinda Emerson 5 Comments

If you’re in the early planning of starting your first business, do you know where you’ll set up your company? You may be using a home office or kitchen table for your company activities now, but if you plan to expand, hire staff, or meet with clients, at some point you’ll want to consider renting […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, How to Start Tagged With: office space, rent office space, rent retail space, retail space

How to Set Your Small Business Resolutions for 2015

December 29, 2014 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

I just love setting New Year’s resolutions for myself personally and for my business each year. But many people think resolutions are a waste of time. Why is that? Likely because they’re going about it all wrong. Here, we look at tips for setting the right kinds of resolutions so you can actually accomplish them! […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Grow Your Business Tagged With: new year planning, sales planning

Is 2015 the Year You Become Your Own Boss?

January 1, 2015 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

If you’ve been thinking about starting a small business for months or even years, I have one question for you: Is 2015 the year you’ll FINALLY Become Your Own Boss? You’ve been reading blogs, stalking potential competitors online and dreaming about signing your own paycheck, but you haven’t taken the plunge into entrepreneurship just yet. […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Business Inspiration Tagged With: become your own boss in 12 months 2nd edition, launch a business, start a business

Do You Have Resolutions or Resolve in 2015?

January 2, 2015 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

It’s now January, and rather than spend your time make resolutions that you may or may not keep, how about you resolve to do something different in 2015? You are one idea away from being able to do anything you want, but you need to make the decision to do it.  I rarely hear bad […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, How to Start Tagged With: become your own boss, social media ninja, win a vip coaching day with Melinda, Youtube video contest

How to Create an Effective Vision Board

January 8, 2015 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9 pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with @motivationmama. Denise J. Hart, the Revenue Reinvention Strategist, is the CEO of the Momentum Institute for Women. However, this wasn’t always the case. […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @motivationmama, Denise J. Hart, small business planning, vision board

How to Handle a Pay-Raise Request From an Employee

March 3, 2015 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article Who doesn’t want to be acknowledged as a fair boss to his or her employees! It took years of hard work for you to attain this position, build a team and generate the most you could, for your organization. But isn’t it a human tendency for a person to desire more? Asking for a pay-raise is […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Guest Articles Tagged With: handling employees, small business tips

Is Business School Relevant for Today’s Entrepreneur?

March 10, 2015 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article In the modern entrepreneurial economy, business schools are poised to change. Gone are the days when a place at business school was an automatic ticket to a high-flying job. Although the number of students attending business schools is on the rise, the writing is on the wall for the majority: graduates have to […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Guest Articles Tagged With: @ashjaiswal, Ashish Jaiswal, business innovation, business school

How to Work With the One You Love

February 12, 2015 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9 pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with the creators of @grownzone. Alfred A. Edmond Jr. @Alfrededmondjr and Zara D. Green @Zaragreen are the authors of Loving in the […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @AlfredEdmondJr, @grownzone, @ZaraGreen, business relationships, love and business

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