Energetek’s blog on business tips, becoming & staying a successful entrepreneur, and everything else to get you through your work week.
Oh Is that Awkward?
Plastic, We're Breaking Up, Because I Can Do Better. You’re at a social gathering meeting friends of friends, everyone is super nice, but now it’s time for that awkward goodbye. Maybe your significant other knows more people than you, he or she is now giving hugs, shaking hands; [...]
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. [...]