by Molly Jay | Aug 1, 2023 | Education, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Mentoring, Starting a Business
Take a second to answer the below questions. Are you human? Does your heart beat? If you answered yes to both questions, chances are you stink at both sides of interviewing. And you’re not alone. Interviews are unnatural. They aren’t normal for human physiology....
by Molly Jay | Jul 6, 2023 | Entrepreneurship, Mentoring, Networking
We’re halfway through the year and now is an important time for business owners to reflect and set a course for the remainder of 2023. It’s easy to get bogged down worrying about the challenges facing the economy, but as with all turbulence, a little empathy and...
by Molly Jay | Jun 1, 2023 | Access to Capital, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Starting a Business
I usually quote George Carlin, but here’s a recent banger from Harvard’s Kennedy School: Although nearly 40% of all privately held firms in the United States are founded by women, only 2% of U.S. venture capital financing is allocated to female-founded firms. Read...
by Molly Jay | Apr 30, 2023 | Entrepreneurship, Retirement
If your business is locally loved and has a lot of community goodwill, an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) can be an excellent exit strategy as you plan for retirement. Your employees helped you build your business and will serve as trusted custodians of it going...
by Molly Jay | Apr 1, 2023 | Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property
Not only technical masters of their craft, writers—great writers—have a deeply intimate relationship with words. When I read Hemingway, I damn well know I’m reading Hemingway. Dickens, Plath, King, Wilde, Tartt, these utterly distinct and nuanced writers are wholly...
by Molly Jay | Mar 2, 2023 | Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Rebuilding a Business
A common perception is most entrepreneurs are gamblers by nature. While I think this is true, there’s more nuance to it. Most successful entrepreneurs aren’t betting on a game of pure blind luck like roulette. You’ll find them perhaps at the Blackjack table, a game...