By Jan Pinnington My neighbor is a very successful restauranteur who owns 14+ restaurants throughout the state of South Carolina. His restaurants run 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week. Recently he shared a little secret with me that seemed to emerge from his mouth as more of a humorous fact rather […]
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Why “What” You Do Means Nothing to “Why” You Do It
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By Jan Pinnington In 1977, a young, athletic, teenage Canadian boy changed the world with his heroic efforts and invincible desire to beat osteogenic sarcoma, a form of aggressive bone cancer that started with a malignant tumor in his right leg. At the age of 18, Terry Fox had his leg amputated six inches above […]
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Why I Fired My CPA
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By Jan Pinnington Not all business relationships are mutually beneficial, and sometimes, no matter how much you may like the person you are working with, there comes a time when saying goodbye is the right thing to do. Working through my incubator, I was given a list of local bookkeeping and CPA contacts to help […]
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5 Ways To Fund Your Business Without a Credit Check
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By Jan Pinnington Recently I ran into a little financial challenge with my business. It’s one of those exhausting hurdles that’s never fun but hopefully someday, when looking back, will be just another funny story of “remember when … ?” In my case, I needed to raise an enormous amount of money (six-figures huge) to […]
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5 Life and Business Lessons I’ve Learned From My Mom
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By Jan Pinnington Life has a way of steering you in the right direction if you take a moment to listen. My mom’s advice has come back to me in ways I could never have even imagined. I now affectionately refer to my mom as my “wise sage” and appreciate any and all insight she can […]
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How an Incubator Can Help Grow Your Small Business
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By Jan Pinnington Back in 2011, when I first starting teaching my daughter and her friends how to cook from my home kitchen, I never imagined the potential for turning my itty bitty passion into something life changing for myself, or for others. Fast forward to the end of 2015, and as I look back […]
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Love Him or Hate Him … 5 Things Every Entrepreneur Can Learn from Donald Trump
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By Jan Pinnington Love him or hate him, Donald Trump, our nation’s wacky outspoken real estate investor, TV personality, business author, and now presidential candidate (with really bad hair), has some words of wisdom that every entrepreneur can learn from. Expectantly, when someone is a billionaire, (that’s billion with a “b” and 9 zeros behind […]
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6 Ways to Deal With Negative Online Reviews
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By Jan Pinnington Imagine a world where everyone is always smiling and happy and full of uplifting kindness toward one another. It’s a place that I would like to think exists, but unfortunately, we don’t live in Pleasantville. No matter how genuine we are as entrepreneurs, chances are we will rub someone the wrong way. […]
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36 Free & Effective Marketing Tools That Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know About
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By Jan Pinnington According to the American Marketing Association‘s Board of Directors, “Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large”. The essence of great marketing is this … intimately knowing your target market, understanding their needs, and offering […]
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My Open Casting Call Was Exactly The Shark Tank Experience I Imagined
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By Jan Pinnington The self- employed are never far from the television when the investors are swimming in the Shark Tank. It’s become an addiction for those passionate entrepreneurs looking to take their businesses to the next level with a little help from the Sharks. I am no exception, finding myself glued to the television […]