Roland Polzin

Many entrepreneurs are reactive when it comes to adapting to crises. However, getting ahead of the curve and making decisions proactively will give you a greater chance of success when times are hard. One essential element of your success plan should be to focus (feasibly) on marketing to trump your competition.

It's important to be prepared for crises to ensure your business will not only survive but thrive when things get tough.

Startups tend to favor high productivity within short turnaround times. In such conditions, employees must be adaptable and learn new skills quickly. Therefore, training and development are crucial — a new employee needs to hit the ground running.

Startups operate in a constantly evolving environment where adapting and improving are essential. Feedback is an important tool for startups to achieve this. It helps increase productivity, improve decision-making and create stronger teams in a fast-paced environment.

Remote work allows hiring top talent from anywhere in the world without geographical restrictions.

Effective management involves a clear and coherent strategy, empowering team members, recognizing and celebrating team achievements, involving the team in decisions and asking questions. By implementing these principles, a manager can create a culture of trust, innovation and productivity, ultimately leading to more substantial business success.

Agile work has become increasingly popular in recent years as organizations seek to improve their productivity and responsiveness to change. The agile approach emphasizes teamwork, collaboration and rapid iteration, and it requires effective decision-making to ensure that projects stay on track and meet their objectives.

As entrepreneurs, we can get lost in the demands of the business and need to remember to take care of ourselves. However, self-care is crucial in self-leadership. When business leaders don't practice self-care, they become overwhelmed and burnt out, which means a decrease in productivity, creativity, and overall happiness.

Scaling a business is hard but if you keep an eye on these five core aspects of your business, scaling will become a manageable task.

While hiring tech talent locally is challenging and expensive, there is an increasing number of service providers that make Latin American tech talent accessible to US companies.

Choosing a way to monetize your app is crucial to the longevity of your app. Here are five monetizations strategies that will satisfy your users and ensure your company is profitable.

Perseverance and grit are essential traits for any entrepreneur. By nurturing grit, you will become a better leader, grow your business faster and outperform your competitors.

To successfully scale a company, entrepreneurs must let go of the responsibilities and tasks they do themselves.

Artificial Intelligence has already taken over many jobs that were previously handled manually. This technology's continuous development challenges more professions and will even disrupt high-skill areas such as the legal industry.

As entrepreneurs, we are inundated with work and often don't get to complete many tasks on our to-do lists. While we can't compromise on the little sleep we get a night, we can hire an executive assistant to support us and become more productive.

Working with a distributed team in a remote setting has its challenges. I am sharing how managing a distributed team works for me and what the advantages are.

Starting a business is tough, so finding a co-founder and tackling the challenge together is a good idea. However, you should look for seven essential traits in your future co-founder to avoid trouble.