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With Rugby’s Eagles Sevens Grounded, Alev Kelter Is Preparing To Soar Again U.S. rugby star Alev Kelter thought she had 2020 carefully planned in January. Coming off the women’s sevens team’s best season ever, she wanted to be at her best and help the squad go into the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 primed to win their first medal.

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Good Entrepreneurs Don’t Set Out to Disrupt Copying is perhaps the strongest force in the world. We are so predisposed to copy that it infiltrates our most innovative institutions, even the self-proclaimed hub of innovative thinking, Silicon Valley. Of course, those of us in Silicon Valley don’t call ourselves copycats, we call ourselves disrupters.

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What can we ‘entrepreneur’ today? When the COVID-19 pandemic led to the shutdown of businesses in the Gunnison Valley, local contractor Matthew Kuehlhorn knew he was going to have to be creative. As an entrepreneur he has built his business, Kooler Homes, from the ground up over the last several years. But when Public Health Orders, both locally and at the state level, threatened to shut down his operation, he moved quickly — he found federal documentation which listed building trades as essential businesses and presented it to health officials.

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Why entrepreneurs need annoying sideline critics It must be wonderful to be a sideline critic. You can easily find the defects in other people’s work or products, point them out in an annoying way, and instantly feel unique and smart. As long as you don’t have to go through the messy process of delivering on your feedback and actually fixing things, you can freely enjoy the moment and bask in your smugness.

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3 Steps for Taking Personal Development to the Next Level Open your mind to change your perspective Long before creating Monetize Your Mind, Hughes was going through an emotional rollercoaster. Many of his peers told him to look into personal development, and after hitting a series of lows, he opened his mind and gave into it. Seek a mentor you can count on When you start on the path to personal development, see if you can get yourself a mentor who is close to having achieved what it is that you want. They would not only be able to guide you on the ins and outs of reaching those goals, but they may also expose you to other brilliant minds that could collectively inspire you to be that much better. Educate yourself on what keeps you up at night What is it that keeps you up at night? Maybe it's how to win over investors. Maybe it's how to get more leads. Maybe it's how to establish thought leadership or how to loosen up in business settings. Regardless of the subject, become a master on it so you can get greater clarity.

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Every Entrepreneur Should Be an Expert in This One Thing As an entrepreneur, you wear many hats. From sales and accounting to marketing and product development, you've got your hands in every aspect of your business. But how concerned are you about customer experience? If the data is any indication, you should be very concerned.

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What's in a COVID-19 Preparedness Plan for a business? Start here Gov. Tim Walz's decision to allow retail stores and other main street businesses to open Monday comes with literally pages of detailed requirements — primarily in the form of an official COVID-19 Preparedness Plan written by each business.

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Does your small businesses qualify for $300M COVID-19 relief money? What you need to know The Mississippi Legislature overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill late Wednesday night to distribute $300 million of federal coronavirus relief money to small businesses. The money is part of $1.25 billion the state received as part of the federal CARES Act passed by Congress. As of Thursday morning, the bill still needed to be signed by the governor before becoming law.

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Struggling oil companies are taking advantage of US coronavirus aid American oil and gas companies were often in financial trouble well before the coronavirus economic crisis, and now many are asking for taxpayer assistance to cushion their fall. Texas-based Battalion Oil, which recently changed its name from Halcón, has taken a $2.2m coronavirus relief loan, after going bankrupt twice within the last four years and facing accusations of excessive spending on an executive pay, private planes and luxury vehicles.

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Wolf warns requests for business waivers could reveal proprietary details as GOP presses court case HARRISBURG — The legal battle surrounding Gov. Tom Wolf’s shutdown order intensified Thursday, with Republicans pushing for an expedited court decision that could force the Democratic governor to disclose records about waivers his administration granted businesses to operate during the pandemic.

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For the kids? Nation's largest youth volleyball event to proceed in June despite concerns The Amateur Athletic Union has long touted its junior volleyball championships as the "largest volleyball event in the world" — an annual tournament that featured 2,800 teams last summer and drew roughly 110,000 visitors to Orlando, Florida over parts of 12 days.

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Golden: Is an MLB rescue of sports-starved USA too soon? Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has announced his state will be allowed to proceed without fans present starting Saturday, news that is surely to be met with joy in many parts of sports-starved America while others are undoubtedly uttering the words “too soon.”

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The Greatest Opportunity For Entrepreneurs Is Now First came the global pandemic, confining us all to our homes in panic. Then came the economic slowdown, as entire industries found themselves wiped out overnight. Next comes the restart, where well-prepared business leaders, owners and entrepreneurs will leap ahead and take advantage of the buyer's market. But not all have the right mindset to take advantage of this once-in-a-century chance and recognize that the most significant opportunity for an entrepreneur is right now.

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Ellwood City Entrepreneur Opens One-Stop Business Hub As he watched the doors open at his new facility at 632 Lawrence Avenue, Eric Venezie saw his entrepreneurial dream come true. “I hope our new facility brings some enthusiasm to the Ellwood City community and shows that there is growth opportunity in our town,” Eric said. “Most all our staff is local, with local roots and families that depend on those peers and other businesses to support one another and help Ellwood City continue any resurgence, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic.”

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If You're an Entrepreneur, It's Time to Learn Another Language Business today is a global affair. It's easier than ever for companies to do business internationally, which means knowing more than one language is more important than ever. In 2015, Bill Gates said his biggest regret in life is that he speaks only English. He's doing just fine regardless, but as an entrepreneur, that should tell you that a second language can help you go far in business.

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Entrepreneurs Are Prepared for Crisis, Whether They Know It or Not I talk to entrepreneurs every day, and I keep hearing the same things. They're making plans. They’re revising, adjusting and striving. It isn’t easy; it can feel impossible. Many are making emotionally wrenching decisions, and struggling financially. But they are refusing to give up.

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How to disaster-proof your business and your life For most of us, the coronavirus pandemic has been the single greatest disruption we have experienced. As traumatic and unsettling as Sept. 11 and the Great Recession were, they were limited in their scope and direct impact. By contrast, this pandemic has affected the globe on many levels and remains a scourge that we are ill-prepared to contend with.