Over the years, I’ve had several accountability partners in business ownership. Someone to hold me accountable for making progress in my companies. Sometimes they were paid, like business coaches or mastermind groups. Other times, it was a close, trusted friend. While each option had its pros and cons, there is no denying that it worked for me. There’s something about knowing someone else expects you to make progress in various initiatives that motivates me to act. To take the next step, no...

I recently wrote a blog about my own word of the year for 2023 (emerge) and the reasons behind it. This exercise has helped me so much over the last few years that I thought it would be interesting to ask other entrepreneurs to share their own words of the year with us! As I reviewed the words submitted, three categories emerged – networking, business, and possibilities. Founder of JoyLet, Alli Cavasino’s word for 2023 is connection. Alli says, “After years of being physically separated...