Suneera Madhani

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When strong, successful female founders share their journeys and experiences, they inspire and encourage girls, their teams and other women to do the same.

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Once your company has achieved financial success, you may find yourself in a position to give back to your community. By donating time or money to a good cause, you’ll not only become a more socially responsible company, but you’ll also feel more fulfilled as a business owner and potentially strengthen the loyalty your clients feel for your organization.  Before you make any kind of charitable donation, it’s important to ensure you’re choosing the right recipient. To help, we spoke with 10 members of Young Entrepreneur Council about what leaders should look for or be wary of when deciding where to donate. Read on for their tips for identifying the best organizations or causes to support.

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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. To inspire you to take that "big chance" you've been dreaming about, we asked 10 members of Young Entrepreneur Council about the biggest career risks they’ve ever taken. Below they shared their stories about what happened and what they learned from following their instinct.

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When launching a startup, business owners often receive a lot of advice from everyone around them. As a new entrepreneur, it can be difficult to parse through it all and determine what truly applies to your business.  With all the noise around you, you might be left feeling more overwhelmed and confused than before. To help you identify the right (and wrong) tips, we talked to members of Young Entrepreneur Council about common pieces of startup advice they disagree with. Here’s what they flagged as unhelpful insights you don’t need to follow when launching your company.

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Have empathy for your team as well as yourself.

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It's often said that a happy employee is a motivated, productive one. If your team members are feeling good about themselves and their work, they’ll bring that positive energy into everything they do. That's why it's so important to keep a close eye on your overall team morale. We polled a group of Young Entrepreneur Council members to find out how they keep tabs on the general sentiment among their team members. Below, nine of them share their best and most effective approach.

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At times it can be difficult to turn off our emotions -- especially when it comes to separating personal feelings and work. While it’s perfectly normal to have negative feelings in the face of difficult work situations, wallowing in these emotions for too long can affect your job performance as well as your overall well-being. Whether you’re dealing with low confidence, adversity or rejection, building a thicker skin can help you make it through whatever professional challenges you're facing. Below, 10 members of Young Entrepreneur Council share some tips to help you brush off feelings of negativity and press onward.

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Recent events have made it so that managers and owners are learning how to conduct business in new and innovative ways. Managing a company in a crisis goes beyond logistical decisions. It reaches into trying to predict outcomes based on incomplete information. This precognition might seem like an exercise in futility, but there are still constants in the chaos. Certain things always follow the same rules, and it's by focusing on these unchangeable points that managers and owners can gain perspective on how to navigate any crisis. These eight members of Young Entrepreneur Council share their advice on what any business leader should know to manage a company in a crisis successfully and explain why these tips are so important.

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Pivoting requires having a fearless mindset and facing challenges head on.

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Businesses run on money the way engines run on fuel. Knowing how to effectively save money, especially when a business first gets started, is a great way to build capital to help the company grow. Funding is usually one of the most significant hurdles for a new business to overcome. Unless the company already has an angel investor, this stumbling block might be the one that dooms the enterprise in the long run. However, with a little bit of know-how, an entrepreneur can implement effective methods to save money, even in the early days of a company's operation. Below, seven professionals from Young Entrepreneur Council describe their proven methods for saving money while trying to get their business off the ground.

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Remember, hindsight is 20/20.

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Events are perfect opportunities to expand your startup’s brand and give you a leg up on your competition.

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Keep an eye on your data and keep refining it, and you’ll see more conversions in no time.

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Take time to define your brand's story.

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You already took the leap and started your own business, so the “playing it safe” mindset has no place in your company.