Matthew Toren
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Matthew Toren is a serial entrepreneur, mentor, investor and co-founder of YoungEntrepreneur.com. He is co-author, with his brother Adam, of Kidpreneurs.org, BizWarriors.com and Small Business, BIG Vision: Lessons on How to Dominate Your Market from Self-Made Entrepreneurs Who Did it Right (Wiley).
Whether you are brand-new to your position or have been experiencing a difficult time interacting with your employees, you must realize that respect is not something that automatically comes with the position, but it must be earned. This is a mistake that many new managers or bosses make as they think that merely being in […]
Continue reading“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” said James Howell, way back in 1659. Who are we to argue with Mr. Howell? Every entrepreneur must take time to assuage the inner self and if you want to burn an hour or so here or there, you will find many game sites on […]
Continue readingThe choice of the correct web content management system can be critical to your aspirations. As margins are so thin these days your site design, appearance and rendition can often make the difference between success or failure. The website is your shop window to the world and it fully reflects your professionalism. You have but […]
Continue readingHave you noticed that Google appears to want to challenge Microsoft more and more as time goes by? Remember when Microsoft Office used to be the only game in town at one time and the ubiquitous Word software was on everyone’s screen? Today, Google Docs has a suite of word processing and analytical programs that […]
Continue readingYou know the drill: keep your blog up-to-date, write interesting and informative blog posts and make sure that you submit them to the bookmarking sites. Bookmarking is indeed a very important part of social media and Internet marketing and a way of spreading your sage wisdom to the world. There are a very large number […]
Continue readingIt appears as if Bill Gates is not much of a techno “geek” after all. Of course it may be that he favors the technology behind the various online platforms, software packages and applications, but that he does not care to interact with them. As far as Facebook is concerned, Mr. Gates delivered a notice […]
Continue readingHow many hours did you work last week? What about the week before, and the week before that? Yes, we know the life of an entrepreneur seems to revolve around work from dawn to dusk and it doesn’t stop there. When was the last time you took a vacation? Seeing as you are probably way […]
Continue readingLinkedIn is one of the staples of the professional business world. The network is purported to have more than 8½ million members, all professionals from around the world in no less than 130 industries. It is held in very high regard and recruiting managers use its platform to head hunt their next superstars. It is […]
Continue readingMarketers who do not pay attention to the buying habits and general activities of the teenager of today do so at their peril. Teenagers may not have the buying power necessary to cause marketers to salivate, but they represent the adults of tomorrow and some of the amazing trends that are emerging from the world […]
Continue readingFor a product that is such an integral part of our life today, don’t you think that it is surprising to see the demise of the automobile as we know it, almost before our very eyes? It is probably fitting that for a country credited with inventing the automobile – or certainly bringing it to […]
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