This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features 20-year-old college student Jacob Shaidle, founder of Ontario-based barbecue cleaning business Shaidle Cleaning. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Courtesy of Shaidle Cleaning. Jacob Shaidle. What was your day job or primary occupation when you started your side hustle?I was a 15-year-old high school student when I … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Being self-motivated as a leader is one thing, but how do you get your sales teams to work just as hard to keep customers happy and business growing? There’s no doubt about it — to be a salesperson, you must be a people person. Some of the … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If your emails are getting lots of spam reports, you’ve probably developed the reputation of a spammer. Email service providers (ESPs) may start to filter your emails into spam folders, reducing your engagement metrics. What’s more, coming across as a spam sender can erode the trust your … Read more
New Delhi: The government of India has been promoting UPI as a global payment platform. Now merchants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are accepting payments via UPI in Rupees to attract Indian customers. One of the biggest retail companies in the UAE, Lulu has started giving customers the option to accept payments through UPI … Read more
Dolmio has reduced the size of its household staple product but maintained the original price, much to the disappointment of consumers. Dolmio, a sauce manufacturer, has decreased the size of its entire range of 500g jars by 10 percent. The range includes bolognese, pasta bake, pasta, and lasagna sauces in various flavours. Designed to serve … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When I started Appfire in 2005, hardware was king and companies like Dell, IBM and HP were the leaders and innovators of all things tech. Businesses relied heavily on hardware to fuel their IT infrastructure, and the idea of the cloud seemed like a utopian dream. My … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Users spend an average of 5.59 seconds looking at a website’s written content. I don’t know about you, but it seems like there is hardly enough time to gain users’ interest, let alone relay the information you want to share — and the information they want to … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There are few guarantees in business, but this one is certain: If you don’t keep customers, you won’t have a business for long. Yet, at a time when most companies are desperately trying to maintain customer loyalty (retention is more profitable than acquisition, after all), there’s often … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Email marketing is booming: last year, 52% of marketers said their campaign’s return on investment (ROI) doubled, while 5.7% of marketers experienced an ROI four times larger compared to 2022, a Statista report shows. How can you create similar results for your business this year? The effectiveness … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Becoming an entrepreneur and creating a company that creates positive change is a dream that has driven ambitious people since the beginning of the modern economy. But where do you start? How will you create a meaningful product or service that stands out amid the noise of … Read more
