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Entrepreneurs share about growing from 10 to 50 employees

Entrepreneurs share about growing from 10 to 50 employees

Growing from 10 to 50 employees was a MAJOR change for PCS. I cannot emphasize that you must begin to view your company differently, with a more strategic view, supported by infrastructure. For instance, we started tracking time off, which we never did previously. We...

Entrepreneurs share about selling a business

We started our first business in 1997 with $100 and sold it to Intuit for $20 million eight years later. From beginning to end, the process was about 6 months. Intuit approached us in March and the sale took place in November of the same year. We went back and forth...

Entrepreneurs Share About Growing From 1 to 10 Employees

Entrepreneurs Share About Growing From 1 to 10 Employees

When you first start a business, you are basically doing everything—from the things that you may be good at which may have given you the confidence to start run with the idea in the first place, to the seemingly limitless list of things that you had no idea needed to...

Entrepreneurs share how long their MVP ACTUALLY took to launch

Entrepreneurs share how long their MVP ACTUALLY took to launch

Digital Health Review's MVP is currently live and actively getting used after almost 18 months in the making. When I first had the business idea, my approach to building the MVP was broken down so much that it took a long time for me to find the right audience and for...

Entrepreneurs share their best tips for success

Entrepreneurs share their best tips for success

The biggest piece of advice I would give to an aspiring entrepreneur in 2021 is to make sure that you are in love with the problem you are trying to solve, not the solution you have in mind itself. Being an entrepreneur is not easy. You're going to face your highest...

Entrepreneurs Share Their Top 3 Goals for 2021

Entrepreneurs Share Their Top 3 Goals for 2021

Organize our projects in Monday.com so we have a real plan of what we will accomplish when, as well as a roadmap of how we will get there. This will eliminate a lot of back and forth communication, unnecessary emails, will ensure that everyone is working efficiently,...

Entrepreneurs share about their personal brand

Entrepreneurs share about their personal brand

When you think of Nike, Apple, Bill Gates, Donald Trump - you have a collection of words describing these people or companies. When you think Oracle, Emerson, or Hexel you really don't have anything to say because you probably know nothing about these Billion dollar...

Entrepreneurs share about taking their first salary

Entrepreneurs share about taking their first salary

The first time I took salary in my company is when I incorporated Active IT Solutions back in 2010. Having a structured pay schedule was the most difficult concept to adjust to. When I was a sole proprietor, I would pay myself whenever I wanted/needed, so the shift to...

Entrepreneurs share about pivoting their company

Entrepreneurs share about pivoting their company

Jump is a talent attraction platform that helps businesses find their ideal candidates quickly and easily. Before COVID, our clients were exclusively law firms, and the jobs we offered were very white collar/professional services focused. But when COVID and lockdown...