Category: Business

15 Traits of Failing Entrepreneurs You Should Avoid

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You’re reading Entrepreneur India, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. Several years ago, we rented an office in a co-working space. Most networking and training activities happened on-site or in partner community spaces, crowded with self-proclaimed entrepreneurs. Working regularly from coffee shops for nearly a decade now also gave […]

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The Right Way to Use Compensation

I was the fourth employee hired at HubSpot. I’d met the two cofounders when we were all pursuing graduate degrees at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. They’re smart guys with a big mission: to help companies transform their marketing by using online content to draw potential customers to their websites—a practice known as “inbound” marketing. […]

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What Every Leader Needs to Know About the Rule of 7

I’ve written before about the importance of corporate culture, how to define it, and how to enforce it to help your company reach peak performance. Culture is the line a group draws that separates the behaviors they stand for, advocate, and tolerate from the behaviors they will not tolerate. This line is always present and is being drawn and enforced […]

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4 Reasons You Should Take Your Company Abroad

Forget everything you think you know about taking your business overseas. It’s not just for big businesses, and it won’t break the bank. In fact, it’s a smart and impressively cost-effective way to reach new levels in your niche. Branching out of the United States can allow entrepreneurs to break into untapped markets and expand their companies in […]

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