When was the last time your inbox was empty? Sometimes I feel as if I spend the entire day just answering emails, without ever finding the time to get to more important projects and tasks. When it comes to email, there’s an inherent pressure and urgency to the task. It’s easy to feel as if […]

We sat down with CogniTea founder Alex Kravets for this edition of Do What You Love – a series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind startups and small businesses. Seven months ago, the 25-year-old Boston native and co-founder of I Am Hungry and Zaang decided to create an all-natural alternative to coffee and energy drinks. He […]

Workers Compensation Insurance Worker’s compensation (“WC”) insurance is one thing that founders seem to stress about quite a bit. I thought it would be useful to do a very basic guide to WC coverage to ease the tension. Here we go: Do I Need To Have Workers Compensation Insurance Who needs worker’s compensation insurance? The […]

Throughout my career I have often found myself creating proposals for prospects who were not the sole decision maker. In many cases internal stakeholders like HR, Accounting or Operations had a say. When that was the case, I had trouble winning the business. After one such disappointment I sat down with the prospect, a woman […]

A good job is hard to find, but every entrepreneur knows a good employee is even harder to keep. As an entrepreneur, one must ensure his or her company is staffed with people who look forward to coming to work every day for more than a paycheck. Through the years, I found that it was […]

They say that opportunity doesn’t knock twice. The truth is that opportunity may never knock on your door. It might only be a tap on the back window. We often narrow our view of opportunities to our own comfort zones or fields of expertise, but this causes us to miss out on a world of […]

Ever since I wrote about how to get started with freelancing, one question I keep getting is: “how do I get my first client on-board?” It isn’t always easy. After all, with countless consulting groups, agencies and other freelancers out there, not to mention networking events and personal connections, getting your name out there and standing […]

Truth be told, startups and freelancers have a lot in common. By all rights you should have a great working relationship together, given your shared “entrepreneurial spirit” and that common bond of going mile-a-minute and juggling multiple balls simultaneously. However, it’s exactly this crazy environment that can often drive a great client-freelancer relationship right down […]