If you had to choose one job description for our latest BizSugar Contributor of the Week, Hesham Zebida, that job description would probably be community builder. In fact, it was Zebida’s passion for community building that led to his founding of Famous Bloggers, his first online business, two years ago. His purpose at the time, Read more about Hesham Zebida: Working at “Working Together”[More…]
If you had asked Rachel Strella in June 2010 what she did for a living, she would have told you she worked in marketing. In fact, it was a totally random exchange with a business friend confused about how best to use social media to market her business that convinced Strella it was time to Read more about Rachel Strella: Story of an Accidental Entrepreneur[More…]
We’ve all heard people say that losing a particular job may have been the best thing that ever happened to them. But for BizSugar Contributor of the Week Carolyn Higgins, president of Fortune Marketing, it might just turn out to be true. When Higgins was let go from her job selling Marketing Automation Software solutions Read more about Carolyn Higgins: From Layoff to Living the Dream[More…]
What’s better than gaining top entrepreneurial advice for yourself and your own personal ventures? How about finding a way to share that incredible insight with others in a very visible way? Welcome to Tim Jahn’s world! Tim is the co-founder of Entrepreneurs Unpluggd, which he describes as “a unique media and event company that brings Read more about Tim Jahn Gives an Intimate Look at Entrepreneurship[More…]
All small business owners must get acquainted with marketing, but for Fiona McEachran it was a match made in heaven. “I’ve always loved marketing, since I first heard the concept in 1999,” said McEachran, our BizSugar Contributor of the Week. “So when my property business in London closed due to the GFC, I returned to Read more about Fiona McEachran: In Love With Marketing[More…]
Our latest BizSugar Contributor of the Week brings something unique to the table, a business model more entrepreneurs might consider to maximize their writing abilities. When Stephanie Chandler left her Silicon Valley job in 2003, it was to enter small business with the opening her own bookstore. The move had two major impacts on Chandler: Read more about Building a Small Business From Your Writing Talents[More…]
When David Siteman Garland launched his online community and TV show, he had very few fans. “Back then only my Mom, Dad and dogs watched,” Garland said. “Now, over 250,000 peeps tune in to the show for fluff-free, uncut, uncensored interviews with a wide variety of successful entrepreneurs.” David’s television show and Website The Rise to Read more about David Siteman Garland: Building a Community[More…]
When we think of BizSugar members, it’s hard to come up with a more enthusiastic or energetic one than our latest Contributor of the Week. Let’s hear it for Isabelle Mercier Turcotte, who goes by the job title of catalyst and co-founder over at LeapZone Strategies as well as host of LeapZone TV. Here’s a look at Isabelle in Read more about Catalyst and Founder Makes BizSugar Contributor List![More…]
While improving personal finances is certainly the motive behind why many entrepreneurs and small business owners start their ventures in the first place, for BizSugar Contributor of the Week Tom Drake this was the case in more ways than one. Drake is the founder of Drake Media, an online publisher responsible for a variety of Read more about Personal Finance Inspires this Contributor of the Week[More…]
How do you use BizSugar to benefit your small business? Our latest BizSugar Contributor of the Week Ivan Widjaya joined the BizSugar community in May 2010 and may have some suggestions for you. Since then he has been an active member of our community regularly contributing and sharing content on a wide variety of small business related Read more about Contributor of the Week Ivan Widjaya On BizSugar Tips[More…]