Success Strategies: Page 2

Thought Leaders

Why This One Skill Will Define Your Entrepreneurial Success After Age 35

Public speaking isn't just a communication skill — it's the key to raising capital, building high-value networks and accelerating business growth after 35. Learn how to develop this ability in 2025.

Growing a Business

The Risky, Messy and Unstoppable Power of Saying 'Yes'

Success doesn't come from playing it safe. It comes from showing up, saying yes, and figuring it out as you go.

Starting a Business

I Built a $20 Million Company by Age 22 While Still in College. Here's How I Did It and What I Learned Along the Way.

Wealth-building in your early twenties isn't about playing it safe; it's about exploiting the one time in life when having nothing to lose gives you everything to gain.

Growing a Business

10 Habits That Separate Rich and Successful Founders From Wannabe Entrepreneurs

Successful entrepreneurs adopt rich habits. Unsuccessful entrepreneurs ignore their habits.

Marketing

AI Won't Replace Marketers — But It Will Replace Lazy Ones Unless You Learn to Use It Strategically

Most marketers are using AI wrong — and it's not just wasting time, it's exposing who actually knows how to do the job.

Leadership

What Strong Business Partnerships Can Teach You (If You Let Them)

Borrowing brand equity is easy, but earning customer trust takes operational depth.

Living

I Used to Think 'Better for You' Meant No Fun. Here's What Changed My Mind.

Better doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to start. One choice, one swap, one moment at a time. The future deserves it (and so do we).

Starting a Business

How to Develop the Mindset for a Billion-Dollar Success, According to Raising Cane's Founder

Todd Graves was turned down by every bank in town when he started. Here, he sits down to share his mentality on success, leadership and building a billion-dollar brand.

Starting a Business

The One Real Problem You Must Solve to Make Your Startup Succeed

Some of the most successful startups didn't start with a business plan. They started with a problem. More specifically — a personal pain point.

Franchise

How This First-Gen College Grad Went From Franchisee to Brand President: 'I've Been in the Trenches'

Susan Valverde built thriving franchises in economically disadvantaged areas. Now she's leading other franchisees to success.

Business Models

How I Turned a 'Dying' Business Losing $500,000 a Month Into a $45 Million Cash Machine

"Boring" businesses often deliver better returns than VC-funded disruption plays, with less competition and clearer paths to profitability.

Business Culture

Stop Rewriting Your Corporate Strategy and Mission Statement — Here's How to Start Living It

Companies love to roll out refreshed strategies and shiny new mission statements — but if nothing really changes on the ground, what's the point?

Leadership

Is Your Greatest Strength Actually Sabotaging You? Here's How to Find Out — and Fix It Before It's Too Late.

Common wisdom says to lean into your strengths, but as a psychologist, I've seen how often that becomes a problem.

Leadership

Marcus Lemonis Became Famous for Fixing Businesses — Then Faced the One Problem He Couldn't Ignore

He used to pour on the love. Now it's time for straight talk. Is this the evolution of leadership?

Thought Leaders

Need More Confidence? These 12 Bestselling Books Will Help Improve Your Self-Esteem

Self-esteem can be hard to come by and even harder to maintain. To give yourself a boost, try these authors' words of wisdom.