Education and Career

To a new business owner the words “Exit Strategy” are akin to “quitting.” The majority of new small to medium business owners are so wrapped up in the passionate phase of growing and scaling their businesses, getting out doesn’t even cross their mind. They have a romantic notion that they...

The bad boss. We've all had them. Sometimes we've been them. Sometimes we've done our best and people still didn’t like us. A business isn't just made of up office space, chairs, desks, and electronic equipment. A business is a living, breathing organism made up of individuals with their own...

There’s a common impression that awards don’t really matter. The phrase “award-winning” is so ubiquitous it’s practically invisible. SEO strategist Adam Sherk’s created a list a few years back of the 100 most overused marketing buzz words ranked by usage in press releases. “Award-winning” was number 11. Business writer and author Jeff Haden asserts that...

Led by the University of Vienna, Austria has 9 universities among the best institutions in the world, according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2019. Performing at the top of the 2 Austrian Varsities, University of Vienna was ranked 143rd, moving up from last year’s 165th, the...

Running a business means that you have to work through a lot of challenges. One of the challenges is to work through your pregnancy. Since your business is completely independent of your situation, then you need to make sure that you run the business the right way even if you...

There are so many events throughout the year that require you to exchange gifts with your loved ones and Christmas is also just around the corner. Figuring out what to gift to your friends and family is a hectic task because most of the times you do not know what...

Taking the initiative to break free from the compulsions of an everyday job and try to establish something of your own and learn all the best businesses to start before you invest your time-and-money is challenging. An entrepreneur would be defined in a dictionary as - “a person who is...

Despite media buzz to the contrary, employers do value women and there’s evidence all around that they’re making great strides in major diversity initiatives and leadership training. Still, too few women are actually at the top of organizations. To be fair, though, this is not only due to long-held institutional...

Hiring is important — that much every business owner can agree on. It’s especially important for a growing business because it’s not like you can do all the heavy lifting on your own. You require the right people in the right roles to keep building and moving forward. Get it...

Inefficiencies in an organization are costly, with some studies saying as much as 20-30% of potential revenue is lost annually. This is also a shame for the loss of opportunities to improve operations and expand. Inefficiencies can lead to a reduction in the quality of work, or product, and of...