Overwhelmingly, media coverage of team building, hiring, training, etc. is often geared towards the issues faced by HR at Fortune 500 sized companies. Even when it’s positioned as advice for small business owners it is often coming from an executive or consultant working primarily with giant corporations. We think it’s far more relevant to hear…

We asked some brilliant entrepreneurs, artists and creatives to reflect on lessons they’ve learned at prior jobs. We’ve shared highlights below. Jim Crye Before I became a personal trainer I was a high-school teacher for 17 years. I also was a semi-pro level rock musician for several years. Being a musician was my dream since childhood,…

We asked leaders who’ve made remote-work effective at their organizations to share their stories, lessons, and insights with us below. Melanie Paez Nine years into training and coaching coaches on top of being a coach for executives and other entrepreneurs, I’ve been able to see that most people in my industry are able to work remotely.…

There are so many varied experiences when it comes to starting a business. From what we’ve seen, there is no one, right answer. Some people found success by writing a business plan, spending months or years perfecting the idea and only then approaching their first client while others found their first client before they had…

We believe that success can mean different things to different people – not everyone wants the same thing, what drives happiness and fulfillment for one person doesn’t necessarily predict what will for another. That said – if we simply think of success as being effective at achieving one’s goal – whatever those goals might be…

Almost every entrepreneur has had to decide whether to take the leap now or wait– perhaps they wanted to acquire more capital, experience or connections. Given how common this predicament is, we asked some successful business owners to reflect back on whether they wish they had started sooner or waited for a better time. Madaline Feine …

Doing things differently often leads to outsized results and so we connected with some of the most inspiring leaders and trailblazers we know and asked them to go into detail about what they do differently relative to others in their industry. Ashlyn Carter One of the biggest ways I diverge from the industry standard is by…

Helping more people thrive doing what they love or are passionate about means helping more folks learn from those who came before them and so we asked successful entrepreneurs, artists and creatives to tell us what they would do differently, knowing what they know now, if they were starting over. Symiah Saulsberry If I had the…

We asked some very talented folks to tell us about the most innovative thing they’ve done in their career. Peter OSullivan Companies have more software and data than ever. But these systems are frequently overwhelming managers and not supporting the expert decision-making they were hired to make. Additionally, AI is becoming more and more important to all…

Growing and scaling a business is hard and we wanted to hear from business owners who have successfully scaled a business. Below, you’ll find our conversations on scaling with some very talented and insightful folks. Tony & Maria Pilato When people look at Elite Tabletops today, they might assume we found success overnight. But our journey—from…