There are a lot of entrepreneurs who have successfully made the transition, which is good news for you. However, without a strong resume, even the best entrepreneurs will never be afforded a chance to show their abilities in an executive level position. Your entrepreneur experience needs to look valid to your new role. MORE >>

Keep an eye on market trends and opportunities. Join these groups to share strategies, keep up with industry trends, and build mutually beneficial relationships. or get left behind. Your peers who finesse the new tactics already have a competitive advantage over people who don’t. Be flexible. Get visible elsewhere online. know, I know. MORE >>

Business ventures build on top of one another like Lego towers — they don’t spring Athena-like from the foreheads of entrepreneurs, no matter what some may claim. Patrick Chukwura at Young Entrepreneurs , Sept. Anyone with a strong idea, a lot of luck, and even more hard work can succeed in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. MORE >>

If you want to know where the job market is headed, Benchmark’s Michael Eisenberg recommends that you pay attention to the trend surrounding micro businesses or sub-SMEs, “where we have a lot of talented people that have gotten laid off or have left their jobs in corporate America that are starting businesses on their own.” MORE >>

The garden at the Children’s Museum is on trend. But I am not on trend. And am not on trend. And in order to be comfortable with that, I had to figure out why I’m not on trend. Why does following the current trend not intuitive to me? Missing a trend. On trend, we call it synergy. So look. MORE >>