Taproom Coffee — 3 Startup Tips
To wrap up our video series with Jonathan Pascual, owner of Taproom Coffee, we asked him for 3 startup tips he would offer to an entrepreneur looking to start a business based on his experience. He...
View ArticleGreen Heart Construction — Buying an Existing Business
Pat Sullivan first came to work at Green Heart Construction in Atlanta as an employee – working on the company’s various contracts with the US Army. After a year in the business, though, the owners...
View ArticleGreen Heart Construction – Finding Customers through Referrals
Pat Sullivan, co-owner of Green Heart Construction in Atlanta, GA, discusses the ways in which his company finds new customers. As a construction company, doing quality work goes a long way towards...
View ArticleGreen Heart Construction — Hiring and Retaining Employees
Pat Sullivan, co-owner of Atlanta’s Green Heart Construction discusses his strategy to find, hire and retain skilled employees in this 3 minute video. Pat has always placed an emphasis on attitude over...
View ArticleGreen Heart Construction — 3 Tips for Business Owners
In the last video of our series with Green Heart Construction, co-owner Pat Sullivan talks about the things he’s learned from his time as a business owner and discusses the advice he’d give to other...
View ArticleGeoff Wilson – Getting Started as a Young Entrepreneur
Geoff Wilson is the President and Founding Partner of 352 Inc., a digital product design firm. Geoff started 352 in college. “When you’re young it’s a fabulous time to start a business,” says Wilson....
View ArticleGeoff Wilson — Managing Business Growth
Obviously, 352 Inc.’s Geoff Wilson was happy to have a growing business, but that brought an entirely new set of challenges along with it. “If you’re a sole practitioner… you have a background or...
View ArticleGeoff Wilson — Fast Failure in Business
Celebrating failure is becoming more and more accepted among entrepreneurs, but Geoff Wilson of 352 Inc. cautions entrepreneurs that the key is not to fail, but to fail fast. Don’t let failure just be...
View ArticleGeoff Wilson — Finding New Customers
A steady flow of new customers is vital for any business. Geoff Wilson of 352 Inc. calls them the “lifeblood” of any business. “You can’t be successful in business without having a mechanism for...
View ArticleSmall Business Stories: Geoff Wilson on a Passion for Growth
If you ask people what you need to succeed in business, you’ll hear a lot of talk about passion. You need to be passionate about your business, you need to love what you do, and so something you love....
View ArticleSmall Business Stories: Simms Jenkins, the Accidental Entrepreneur
Not every entrepreneur starts out expecting to be an entrepreneur. Simms Jenkins is the founder and CEO of BrightWave Marketing for 12 and a half years now, but says, “I’m one of the more accidental...
View ArticleSmall Biz Stories: Learning What NOT to Do, with Simms Jenkins
Working for a series of startups during the dot-com era, Simms Jenkins learned a lot about what not to do, lessons that have helped him make BrightWave Marketing more successful. “I’m not a huge risk...
View ArticleSmall Biz Stories: Milestones of a Growing Business
As human beings, we have a tendency to look for milestones, progress points we can mark and celebrate when we reach them. Business is no different. Simms Jenkins of BrightWave Marketing says that there...
View ArticleSmall Biz Stories: Who and When to Hire
The hiring process, knowing who to hire and when to hire, is different for every business. Simms Jenkins of BrightWave Marketing says that while experience has helped him get better at identifying who...
View ArticleSmall Biz Stories: How to Find New Business
Finding new business is vitally necessary for every business. But as Simms Jenkins of BrightWave Marketing points out, businesses don’t always have to use the same formulaic approaches to finding and...
View ArticleSmall Biz Stories: Branding for B2B Business
If you think branding isn’t important for a B2B business, think again. In the past, a lot of B2B marketers didn’t pay as much attention to branding, but in today’s market where it’s easy for people to...
View ArticleSmall Biz Stories: The Evolution of a Brand
Brands don’t stay the same. They change and evolve over time, responding to both external and internal factors. Simms Jenkins of BrightWave Marketing says that his brand has been influenced by many of...
View ArticleSmall Biz Stories: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?
There are many different paths to becoming an entrepreneur, and the question of whether you can teach someone to become one is an important question for encouraging the growth and spread of...
View ArticleSmall Biz Stories: Enjoy the Entrepreneurial Ride
“Be flexible. Whether you’re the type of person that has a 14-page business plan, or a napkin with an early stage logo and that’s all you want to do, you have to be flexible and ready to take big...
View ArticleNOWaccount: Preparing for Growth
For a small business owner, growth is very exciting—and also frightening at the same time. Many businesses fail because they bring on more growth than they are able to process or handle. In this video,...
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