Energetek’s blog on business tips, becoming & staying a successful entrepreneur, and everything else to get you through your work week.
How to Network Like a Champ
Networking can be extremely painful, especially if done wrong. I mean who REALLY looks forward to spending 4 hours in a room with a bunch of random strangers; reminds me of MTV’s The Real World. In the world of sales (yes I consider recruiting sales) networking is a necessary [...]
10 Must-Dos for Being a Better BOSS
To me, being a great boss is a talent, a learning process, and a challenge all in one. You have to be the ultimate multitasker, quick thinker, and always bring your A game; everyone is counting on you. So here we go. Here are my top 10 things that [...]
How to Spot a Time Vampire
Kristin the Vampire Slayer Bring garlic. Just kidding. But really though, anyone in sales definitely knows what I am referring to. It’s that prospect that keeps stringing you along like a bad bumble date. It was love at first pitch. You thought in your head “they are DEFINITELY [...]
No Is a Great Word
"No" Thanks. When I started my career the word “no” was something I shied away from. Of course I can cover that! Yes, I can take that project on. Sure, I’ll take notes. Okay, I understand why I can’t go. I said yes to all of these things [...]
Selective Hearing: How to filter advice
“Never ask advice of someone with whom you wouldn’t want to trade places with.” -Darren Hardy There are two things I know to be true: Your mother is usually right and not all advice is good advice. The best advice I have ever received in reference to business is to not [...]
Communication Gone Mad
Ready, Set, Keep Your Sh*t Together Where are the days that you basically had one form of communication; the phone attached with a cord to your wall. I remember the oh so exciting Christmas morning when I got my first flip phone. I could connect with friends, [...]
Bossed Around
The Ultimate Balancing Act The only way I can accurately describe being a mom and running a business is it’s like running a race- with weights on your feet, during a thunderstorm and hungover. Oh and that race begins at 6:30am and doesn’t end until about 8:30pm. [...]
The Office Parallel
That's What She Said. The Office isn't just a great show but it has become the show that when I am working from home, I habitually turn it on for background noise. Maybe it's because I watched it all the way through then started it again right after, [...]
Brown Eye Care
A New Definition to Visionary There is something to be said about pioneers in the medical field. It is regarded as the field with the best and the brightest; the upper echelon of human intelligence. Being in such a competitive industry as well as a heavily regulated one, [...]
The Startup Life: A New Reality Show
Startup Idealism It's 7pm on a Saturday night. I find myself picking at a cheese spread I made while I sip my finely aged wine that I acquired last summer in Napa on a wine tour. I’m preparing for a well deserved night out with my significant other [...]
The Hard Truth: You Can’t be Good at Everything
Why Your Business Benefits with a Broker Let's set the scene... Situation 1- Congratulations! You're a new business owner, but it's not just you; you have two other partners. You're all getting along swimmingly; there's not even a thought that this could ever go wrong. What if something [...]
Fresh-faced and Energetek: How 2 Women are Giving the Energy World a New Image
The Power Move: An Interview with the Co-Founders I had the pleasure of sitting down with the owners of Energetek; the women-owned, Philly startup that is taking the energy world by storm. They are the experts in cost containment for commercial energy supply, merchant processing, and solar. [...]