Radio Recap: From Blog to Business
Imagine you could turn your lifestyle blog into a steady income that eventually allows you to quit your day job. It might be the ultimate dream but there’s no easy path to get there. Out of the estimated 70 million blogs out there today, 95% are abandoned and more than half aren’t bringing in any [Read More]
Radio Recap: Vetrepreneurs
Military training is said to be excellent preparation for a career in business leadership. Veterans bring entrepreneurial qualities like discipline, perspective, leadership ability, and handling pressure under fire as some of the most important skills necessary to run a business. There are currently more than 3 million businesses run by veterans in the United States, [Read More]
Radio Recap: Personality Researcher Dr. Brian Little
Internationally acclaimed scholar Dr. Brian Little is a personality researcher and psychologist. He’s a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at Carleton University and is a former professor at McGill, Oxford, and at my alma mater Harvard, where his course on personality won him the Favorite Professor award continuous years in a row. Known for his boisterous [Read More]
Radio Recap: Creative Technologist Andrea Lauer
Andrea Lauer is a costume, set designer and stylist with Broadway credits like ‘American Idiot’ and ‘Bring it On: The Musical.’ Andrea’s also a multimedia artist working with clothing and interactive and responsive technologies. Her recent fashion meets tech credits include the Museum of Mathematics and NYU’s Poly Tech Game Lab. She’s been nominated for [Read More]
Radio Recap: Back-to-School Tech & Etiquette
It’s the end of the summer, which means back-to-school time is upon us once again. And according to the National Retail Federation, which has been conducting its annual Back-to-School and Back-to-College surveys since 2003, 2016 back-to-school spending is set to reach $76 BILLION dollars, up from $68 billion in 2015. Shoppers will be spending an [Read More]
Radio Recap: Flexible Income for Women
Fashion brand Stella & Dot is a social selling company that creates flexible entrepreneurial opportunities for women through its mission to democratize entrepreneurship. Stella & Dot sells its wares both online and through its tens of thousands independent, in-home sales reps dubbed "stylists." Founded in 2003, Stella & Dot has paid out over $300 million [Read More]
Radio Recap: Food Tech
Food tech encompasses everything from middleman restaurant delivery to lab created plant-based meat. While the bulk of food tech funding has gone to food delivery startups—which raised nearly $5.5 billion last year and include two of the most well-funded food startups, China’s Ele.me and Germany’s Delivery Hero—other startups are also tackling unique food tech categories like [Read More]
Radio Recap: Corporate Responsibility Expert Susan McPherson
Susan McPherson is a serial connector, cause marketer, angel investor and, in this day and-age of business, most importantly Susan McPherson is a corporate responsibility expert. Susan also founded and hosts the bi-weekly Twitter #CSRChat and is the founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies—a communications consultancy focusing on the intersection between brands and social good. Here's [Read More]