How to turn your passion into a business

5 Daily Tasks Successful Entrepreneurs Never Put Away

Check out these five tasks your successful colleagues accomplish every day and put them on your daily list as well.

Nobody wants to be a failure. Of course, eager pull towards success cannot be put in one row with instinct of survival, however, I doubt anyone underestimates its importance in personal life and business - especially for those who prefer to take control of themselves.

How This Online Design Company Got Google Ventures Funding -- On The First Pitch

Umaimah Mendhro (oo-my-ma mend-ro) is one of the few entrepreneurs who can say she won funding on her first pitch. It sounds like a lucky break, but she’s been piecing together an ambitious plan since childhood.

Mendhro’s earliest memory is wanting to build and lead a large, multi-national company. Harvard also figured prominently in her childhood aspirations, even in the face of geographic disadvantages.

5 Ways a Culture of Excellence Boosts Your Bottom Line

As you grow your business, it’s easy to focus on results you can sink your teeth into. Materials, products, profits, and revenue…without these you have no business. As a business owner, however, it can be difficult to watch your bottom line flatlining or dropping without a tangible reason. You have the product or service. The inventory of supplies is well-stocked. So what is going on?

One of the leading causes of small business failure is complacency. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more businesses fail each month than the 543,000 that get off the ground. It is the companies who focus on building a culture of excellence and teams that continuously drive forward that succeed in the long term.

GM and Lyft Will Test Self-Driving Taxis Within the Next Year

The duo also plans to make Chevy Bolt cars available for Lyft drivers eventually

General Motors and Lyft’s self-driving taxis will begin testing in the not-too-distant future.

On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal published some details shared by Lyft director of product Taggart Matthiesen about how an upcoming pilot from the companies will likely work. It could involve a self-driving Chevrolet Bolt, a GM-made  GM 1.56%  electric car due out later this year, Matthiesen said.

6 Questions to Answer Before Starting Your Project Plan

So you’ve asked enough questions and feel that you have acquired all of the possible information about the project that you’ll need to craft a plan, it’s time to get serious. Chances are, you’re feeling fully prepared and ready to dig into the hows and whens of the project. It’s so easy to jump right into your project planning tool of choice to create what looks like a well-thought-out plan. If that’s your process, that’s fine! Just be sure to think through every possible scenario before you put the time and effort into a formalized document. If you don’t, you’ll have to go back through your work and make adjustments, and we all know that could end up taking more time than you bargained for. So why not start with a simple sketch to map out and communicate your ideas on process, deliverables, dependencies, and timing? It can take you as little as 20 minutes and will help you to sell your ideas to your team before delivering something that feels “written in stone.”

30 Motivational Quotes to Help Realize Your Entrepreneurial Dreams

A little extra motivation and inspiration can sometimes help you push through difficult times and remain focused on the end goal. A positive mindset goes a long way.

Read the following quotes to help you reach your entrepreneurial dreams, regardless of what they might be. Use them as motivation to achieve happiness as well as success.