Five questions you need to answer to avoid costly mistakes in your start-up
Good information helps you make good decisions. Backtracking, paying fines, and marketing in the wrong place can be devastating to a start-up. As you are in your first years of business, It is wise to make every minute and every dollar count. Good information helps you make good decisions. #startup #decisions Click to Tweet If corporate […]
So You’ve Started a Business, Now What?
Having a successful business requires more than a website and a PayPal account. It requires a plan, a community, and a change in mindset. You have to have a plan. It’s not sexy but it’s the truth. You will hemorrhage time and money if you wander aimlessly from one project to another. A plan often feels […]
How to Build a Business You Love
Practical Advice for the Emerging EntrepreneurExperts will tell you how to build a business that makes money, but most don’t tell you how to build a business you love. Experts will tell you how to build a business that makes money, but most don’t tell you how to build a business you love. Click to […]
Network with Intention
Find the right people and find them quickly.Networking is important in corporate life, but you are an entrepreneur now. Now, networking becomes vital. Many new entrepreneurs make the mistake of going out and joining as many networking groups as they can — choosing volume over quality.It’s essential to network with intention so you don’t end up investing […]
5 Things No One Tells You About Running Your Own Business
Business leaders who idealize ownership set the new entrepreneur up for failure. It’s easy to feel like you are the only one who isn’t getting it when no one is telling you the whole truth about how it all works. Entrepreneurship isn’t for the faint of heart — and it isn’t impossible. Knowing what to expect […]
Three Things That Hijack Your Focus and What You Can Do About It.
Rabbit holes. Rabbit holes everywhere.As a business owner there will always be a million and one things on your to-do list. That list is going to require focus. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” Jim RohnHere are three focus killers you want to watch […]
Sandra Hughes Featured on Stria Media
Sandra’s featured on the Stria Media website. Check out Kevyn Burger’s article “The Entrepreneurial Solution: Inspiring New Paths for Older Workers.” About Stria Media Stria brings together the most important ideas, people and news from the longevity market. Our reporting and events deliver a foundation of understanding and insight for longevity professionals. And our client services help partners create powerful content […]
Thinking of Starting a Business? Here Are Three Things You Need To Know
The internet has turned everyone into entrepreneurs.Unfortunately being an entrepreneur doesn’t guarantee business success. Running a successful business — one that consistently pays your mortgage and builds a retirement fund — requires more than a website and a PayPal account. It requires planning and taking the time to research, dive deep and figure out your niche, positioning […]
New Book Focuses on the Tools & Support to Start Your Own Business
Sandra Hughes, mentor and business strategist at Life Reinvented®, has released her first book, Reinventing Your Life: Your Guide to Finding Fulfillment in Starting Your Business. Hughes, with 30 years of business building experience from corporate to entrepreneur and advisor to non-tech start-ups, created this guide to provide aspiring entrepreneurs with the tools that larger […]
Why We Celebrate National Small Business Week
This week we celebrate National Small Business Week to recognize the contributions that small business owners and entrepreneurs make to our economy. Did you know that small businesses create two out of every three new jobs in the U.S.? There is nothing small about small business! I chose to focus my business on serving new […]