Learning More Languages Could Benefit Your Business

Kizzy D. Blount

by Mike Szczesny, owner and vice president of EDCO Awards & Specialties No matter how small your startup may be, you can depend on one thing: Sooner or later, you’re going to deal with people from outside your country. This means vendors, suppliers, manufacturers, investors, employees, customers, and other stakeholders. […]

A Simple Guide to Software Integration for Startups

Kizzy D. Blount

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Your product is your company’s primary selling point, but it doesn’t have to be the only feature. In fact, when companies open up their products to integrations with third-party software, they unlock an entire world of possibilities. In the years since releasing […]

Rethinking Retirement for Lower Real Rates of Return

Kizzy D. Blount

The recent research paper, “Long-run Trends in Long-maturity Real Rates 1311-2021,” from economists Kenneth S. Rogoff, Barbara Rossi and Paul Schmelzing shares a fascinating observation: Over the last seven centuries, long-term interest rates have trended down at a slow, steady, pace. The research provides economists and policy makers with new […]

How to Engage Employees Through Core Values

Kizzy D. Blount

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Whether you run a start-up that focuses on a single market or own a large business that operates worldwide, defining the company’s mission and values is the fundamental thing needed to communicate its reason for existence, connect to customers and organize the […]