Ashley Merrill

December 15th, 2020

Nine Business Leaders Share The Biggest Mistakes They Made As A New Boss

It’s a myth that successful leaders never make mistakes – even the best leaders have slip-ups from time to time. It’s crucial to learn from those mistakes so they aren’t repeated and equally important to be transparent with your employees when remedying the situation. 

December 3rd, 2020

Nine Simple Ways A Young Founder Can Demonstrate Their Industry Thought Leadership

When you’re young and inexperienced, stepping up to a leadership position can be more difficult than usual. Without a strong standing in their industry, a new entrepreneur may not be able to navigate the terrain as easily as others. However, these leaders can still bring fresh perspectives and ideas to the table.

October 26th, 2020

10 Women Share The Biggest Career Risk They Ever Took (And Why It Paid Off)

Taking risks is always intimidating. It can be scary to leave comfort and safety behind and leap toward a potentially difficult and life-altering decision. But anything worth having rarely comes from taking the easy path.

October 5th, 2020

15 Entrepreneurs Share the First Hires They Made for Their Business and Why

September 30th, 2020

10 Unique Habits To Increase Your Productivity

With the sheer amount of productivity hacks and life hacks on the market today, it's easy to get overwhelmed. Even with all of these, it can be hard to figure out which ones work and which ones are just myths.

August 31st, 2020

15 Important Questions to Ask Yourself When Developing Your Company Mission

June 29th, 2020

16 Ways Leaders Can Stress Less and Adapt to Opportunities

Stress is common when you’re in a management position. With countless tasks to complete, employees to manage and business operations to oversee, it’s no surprise many leaders end up feeling overwhelmed at one point or another.

June 18th, 2020

14 Effective Methods for Improving Discipline in the Workplace

Professionals, regardless of their work environment, sometimes find their focus flagging. If you're someone who has to deal with divided attention between multiple tasks, the amount of effort you put into a job will start telling on your psyche before too long. To deal with this situation, you'll have to figure out how to retain your focus and discipline within the workplace.

June 10th, 2020

Six Effective Ways To Gauge Employee Happiness

Over the years, multiple studies have shown that employee happiness is a crucial factor in developing a successful business. Employees who are happier tend to be more productive and also stay with the company long term.

June 8th, 2020

How to Make the Most of Self-Discovery Practices: 15 Proven Strategies

Entrepreneurs can be so busy in today's business world that they lose sight of themselves. Introspection has an essential place in an entrepreneur's mindset. Understanding one's goals and motivations can help one come to terms with what one wants out of life.

June 4th, 2020

15 Low-Cost Ways to Grow Your Small Business

May 7th, 2020

Seven Strategic Approaches To Assessing Quarterly Accomplishments

Moving into the second quarter of the year, entrepreneurs should be well aware by now that the only way to ensure that their company gets more efficient is to examine its performance in the previous quarter and see where it can improve. Performance evaluation is much more than just assessments that focus on a small core of metrics.

April 15th, 2020

Eight Time Management Tips For The Busy Entrepreneur

A famous adage that many young entrepreneurs know is that there are never enough hours in a day. If you feel like this, the problem is probably not with the day, but with how you utilize the time available to you.

April 15th, 2020

10 Female Entrepreneurs Share How They Access Resources And Support Other Women In Business

Every business owner hopes to succeed in their venture. Access to the right resources plays a huge role in that success -- but barriers do still exist, especially for female entrepreneurs.

March 9th, 2020

Eight Ways To Build An Empowered Customer Community

Many a company had to reinvent themselves and especially their customer interactions in order to stay in business. Listening closely to your target audience is often the first and best step your organization should take when planning a major shift.

February 5th, 2020

The Seven-Step Process For Entrepreneurial Decision-Making

You can't make the right decision every time, but you can learn from your past successes and failures.

January 16th, 2020

Time Management Tips: Focus on Brand Growth or Competition?

January 8th, 2020

10 Practical Ways To Conquer Self-Doubt As An Entrepreneur

As an entrepreneur, you’ve likely encountered various risks and obstacles while juggling a myriad of responsibilities. With all these challenges, it’s common for self-doubt to strike at some point in your career. However, it's important to not let those negative perceptions and fears get the best of you. Many members of Young Entrepreneur Council have felt the sting of uncertainty throughout their careers -- and they’ve figured out how to conquer it. Read on for their best practical tips for banishing self-doubt and growing from the experience.

December 16th, 2019

Seven Effective Ways To Implement Data-Driven Decisions

A business can learn a lot from data. Business intelligence is the methodology that takes data and derives actionable results from it. When a company utilizes those suggestions, it can lead to higher efficiency and productivity. However, there has been a reluctance in some businesses to give data-driven results a chance. Many feel as though data can't provide the 'human element' that leads to positive change.

December 9th, 2019

11 Risk Management Tips For New Business Owners

Risk is often inherent in business, especially when you’re running your own. However, there are steps you can take to manage that risk. As highly successful entrepreneurs in their industries, the members of Young Entrepreneur Council have learned a lot about effectively mitigating risk and minimizing its impact on their businesses. We asked them to share some practical tips for new business owners who are also new to risk management. Read on for their best answers.

November 15th, 2019

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13 Great Methods of Expressing Gratitude

October 2nd, 2019

4 Questions to Know If Entrepreneurship Is Right for You

The path of an entrepreneur isn't easy by any means, but it can be incredibly rewarding.