Stephen T. Jurvetson (born March 1, 1967) is an American businessman and venture capitalist. Formerly a partner of the firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), he was an early investor in Hotmail, Memphis Meats, Mythic and Nervana Systems. He is currently a board member of SpaceX and…
Guilherme Peirão Leal (born 22 February 1950 in Santos) is a Brazilian billionaire entrepreneur. He is the co-chairman of the board of directors and owns a 25 percent stake in, Natura, Brazil’s leading manufacturer and marketer of skincare, solar filters,…
Enjoy your holidays? I get it! This is a crazy time of the year even when you are not a creative entrepreneur!! How can you enjoy your holidays when you are shipping out orders every day, trying to wrap presents…
Fear is a strong motivation to do nothing rather than stepping out. Moving past fear can be difficult as it often means changing the way we are thinking and acting towards a particular situation. If you feel this way, you…
As a special time so close to Christmas, I wanted to break away from the business articles for a time to share one of my favorite Christmas stories: I Believe I believe in the magic of Christmas and the holiday…
Nothing excites me more than living a life of passion. One of the reasons why we sold our wholesale and retail online businesses is because my passion was to expand my Wholesale Business Coaching and Consulting. What can you do…
Most producers who read my newsletters are small business owners. You are the folks I focus on in my articles, whose strength and resilience I admire, and who I wish to help grow your businesses. Despite the craziness with Black…
I was reading a friends blog post, who is dealing with doubt, when I was struck by the following quote in her article: “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will” ~Suzy Kassem Very true words that reflect on every…
Elizabeth Bowen, (7 June 1899 – 22 February 1973) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, notable for some of the best fiction about life in wartime London. Of her several works, her final novel, Eva Trout, or Changing Scenes (1968), won the James…
With Christmas right around the corner and with many of us rushing retail orders and packages out the door as fast as we can, I thought I would share this unique Christmas gift list with you. The Best Christmas Gifts…
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Malcolm and I are empty-nesters — with our kids being gone or celebrating Thanksgiving elsewhere. Rather than eating alone, we typically attend our town’s community dinner on Thanksgiving. Of course, we miss being…
Yesterday, I attended the 2018 ‘Women in Business’ Expo sponsored by the local joint Chamber of Commerce in my area. Being a sparsely populated area, the attendance was about 100 woman (include a few brave men) — most who were…