Shane Hackett

Designing Your Dream Business

Small business ownership and entrepreneurship can provide independence, freedom of choice and unlimited financial opportunity. Objective: Write down on paper an overview of your dream business and to crystallize why you want to go into business for yourself Purpose: After completing the worksheet, you will have a focused goal for your business and a clear […]

Understanding the Mathematics of Business

Objective: To determine your minimum return on investment goals prior to going into business. Purpose: When you have completed the worksheet, you will know in advance the type of return you can expect from your business undertaking and can avoid future disappointments. Action Steps: This is perhaps the most important Action Step in this guide. […]

3 Hacks To Increase Sales Now

Want to stop your lack of sales and ACTUALLY start making sales now? I got you. ⠀ For over 20 years, I’ve been building customer databases and helping companies get immediate sales. ⠀ And so now I can share the goods with you starting with these 3 hacks: Hack #1 Revive your existing database. If […]

Know your loans

What does “simple interest” mean? Simple interest means multiplying the amount of the loan by the interest rate for the period and having the interest paid at the end of each month or year in a lump sum. For example, you borrow $1,000 at 10% interest for one year, and pay back the principal of […]

Just a Click of a Button

It’s amazing what we can do with the computing power available to all of us. It wasn’t all that long ago that Pony Express riders rode across the country to deliver mail. Now we can send files in an instant with the click of a button. We use technology to advance business and commerce. Join […]

Question: Who’s responsible for my success?

Answer: Me. Ultimately, just me. It’s becoming increasingly clear that I’m responsible for my life. It doesn’t do any good to blame others. It’s about motivating myself and putting myself in a good frame of mind. It’s about focusing on the things that will make change for the positive. It’s about creating meaningful relationships with […]

The idea of a Compelling Vision

As business owners, managers and entrepreneurs, we need to take a look at the idea of a compelling vision will motivate and inspire those around us. Articulating a compelling vision can be a true differentiator for organizations that want to hire and retain talent, be more competitive, and thrive in uncertain times. But a compelling […]

More and more people are moving south.

LendingTree’s State Migration Study Finds Americans Are Moving South A LendingTree study looked at where people moving out of state are going — and discovered that of the 12.1% of homebuyers across the country who change states, most prefer to head south. LendingTree reviewed over 2 million new purchase mortgage loan requests for primary residences […]

YouTube and Facebook have become the advertising leaders

While YouTube and Facebook have become the advertising leaders in the social media space, Instagram has grown to become the third most popular platform ahead of Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Snapchat. Pew Research has these insightful trends. 73% of U.S. adults use YouTube 68% use Facebook 35% use Instagram 29% use Pinterest 27% use Snapchat […]

Determining Your Entrepreneurial Potential

Objective: To become aware of the personality traits shared by successful entrepreneurs and to identify your entrepreneurial potential. For the income potential and numerous tax benefits, almost everyone should consider their own small business. Some entrepreneurs affectionally refer to it as a “side hustle”. However, small business owners can encounter a variety of challenges as […]