Top Strategies I Learned To Fight Off Complacency And Get Out Of My Comfort Zone
Jesse Itzler is a man of many talents. He spoke at a recent conference this past fall and brought a lot of great business insight with him. Itzler got his start as a rapper in the early ’90s. He worked with artists including Tone Lōc, wrote a song that made it to the Billboard Hot 100 (“Shake It Like A White Girl”) and wrote and sang the New York Knicks theme song, “Go NY Go.”
He then went on to write the theme songs for over 50 other professional sports teams.
But it turned out that as much as he loved the music business, it wasn’t his true passion. Itzler was an entrepreneur at heart. He had a lot of ideas he wanted to turn into reality. One of those ideas stemmed from his short music career. In 1996, he founded Alphabet City Sports Records with a friend. The business served pro sports teams and remixed songs for their use. In 1998, Itzler and his friend sold the company. Then in 2001, Itzler moved on to his next major venture: Marquis Jet. This company would quickly become one of the biggest and... read more
Cybercriminals Are Taking Aim At Your Business... Is Your Network Protected?
Cybercriminals love to test your defenses. They love to see how far they can get into the networks of businesses all over the globe.
Cybercriminals really love going after small businesses because they can all too often sneak onto a network, copy data and move on.
Through the use of ransomware, they can hold your data hostage and refuse to cooperate until you pay them some amount of dollars – and if you don’t pay up, they threaten to delete all your data.
But protecting yourself is not as hard as you might think.
While cybercriminals and hackers are an everyday threat to businesses, you can take steps to significantly reduce that threat and take that target off your back... read more
4 Things You Should Absolutely Demand From Your IT Services Firm
How much do you rely on your IT services provider? It’s startling to think that a lot of small businesses outsource their IT (which is a good thing), only to get little to nothing out of that relationship.
Why is that?
Well, some businesses just aren’t proactive. They only rely on their IT services company when something goes horribly wrong. If there’s a network failure or their website gets hacked, they’ll make the call to their IT people, but that’s the extent of the relationship.
On the other side of the same coin, there are a lot of IT companies that wait around for that phone call. They don’t work with their clients as closely as they should... read more
3 Ways To Prevent Your Employees From Leaking Confidential Information
A lot of businesses need to come to terms with the fact that their employees are their greatest IT threat. As a business owner, you may be aware of cyber threats to your business, but your employees might not be. They might not know about the threat of cyber-attacks or malware... read more
Top 4 Strategies I Learned From Daymond John To Improve Leadership And Grow My Business
This past June, I got to hear the one and only Daymond John speak at a small private event. You may know Daymond as a successful entrepreneur who has appeared on the hit ABC show Shark Tank. Best known as the founder of the clothing brand... read more
3 IT INVESTMENTS YOU SHOULD NEVER SKIMP ON
What is standing between your business’s data and hackers a world away? What’s your plan when your on-site server fails? When you skimp on technology and IT solutions for your business, the answers to these two questions... read more
THE SHOCKING TRUTH BEHIND THE GROWING CYBERCRIME THREATS YOU FACE
Are businesses losing the war on cybercrime? One recent article on ZDNet says yes. The number of security breaches has risen by 11% just in the last year... read more
The Top 3 Leadership Strategies I Learned from Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning doesn’t need much of an introduction. Whether you’re a football fan or not, you’ve got to respect his hustle... read more
Are YOU Prepared For The End Of Windows 7?
On January 14, 2020, the world will bid a fond farewell to the beloved Windows 7 operating system. Well, sort of. Microsoft has declared that, after ... read more
What Is Managed IT Services… And Why Should You Demand It From Your IT Services Company?
In today’s constantly shifting technological landscape, where fresh viruses and the new security patches designed to protect against them arrive by the week, it takes a proactive approach to stay abreast of all the changes... read more
The #1 Mistake Your Employees Are Making Today That Lets Cybercriminals Into Your Network
In the wake of unprecedented rates of digital crime, with the cost and frequency of data breaches constantly skyrocketing year after year, companies all over the world have been forced to... read more
Sneaky Ways Cybercriminals Access Your Network And What You Can Do To Prevent It TODAY
Hackers prefer the little guy. The highprofile data breaches you read about in the news - your Facebooks and Equifaxes and T-Mobiles - are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the digital... read more
The Top 3 Lessons I Learned From Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec For Growing A Multimillion-Dollar Business From Rags To Riches
Today, Robert Herjavec is known as the beloved "nice judge" on ABC's Shark Tank, but if you ask him, he thinks the descriptor "fair" is... read more
2 Places You Should Never Cut Corners With IT
Today’s technology empowers business owners in ways that would have seemed incredible even 10 years ago. With a humming network connecting your team to the rest of... read more
This Is The #1 Security Threat To Your Business … And It WILL Happen To You
Would you leave the front door of your business wide open every night? Of course you wouldn’t. When nobody’s at the office, you’ve got... read more
How To Make Sure You Never Fall Victim To Ransomware
Late last March, the infrastructure of Atlanta was brought to its knees. More than a third of 424 programs... read more
4 Questions You Should Ask Any IT "Expert" Before Letting Them Touch Your Network
As businesses have become ever more dependent on technology, IT services providers... read more
3 Deadly Mistakes You’re Making By Being Cheap With Technology
One morning late last year, an unemployed man was making his way across London, heading to the library to... read more
Do You Safeguard Your Company’s Data And Private Customer Information BETTER THAN Equifax, Yahoo And Target Did?
You can’t deny that today we are living in read more
3 Deadly Mistakes You’re Making By Being Cheap With Technology
Today's small and midsize businesses (SMBs) have an uneasy relationship with technology - even if they don't realize it yet. read more
The Shocking Truth Behind Cybercrime Threats And What You Can Do About Them Now
Today’s technological innovations have empowered small businesses to do things that would... read more
3 Things You Should Absolutely Demand From Your IT Services Firm
Even as businesses across the country go completely digital, and the entirety of their precious assets are stored on servers, the quality of many IT services providers has plummeted. read more
Your #1 Hacking Threat Is INSIDE Your Own Organization!
Every movie portrays hackers in pretty much the same way. When it comes to crunch time, they crack their knuckles, sit down at the keyboard, and begin tapping away at lightning speed... read more
Why Hiring The Cheapest Computer Support Company Will Actually Cost You More!
As anybody working in IT will tell you, the most common question we get isn’t, “Why is my computer running... read more
Think Your Business Is Too Small To Be Hacked? You’re Probably A Cybercriminal’s No. 1 Target!
In a world of rampant cybercrime, hackers thrive on the blind faith of their targets. Despite... read more
2017
Your #1 MUST-DO Resolution For 2017
With every New Year comes the chance to reset priorities. Unfortunately, when the topic of a data recovery plan comes up, the comment we... read more
Cloud Computing: The Good, Bad & Ugly
When a network of Internet of Things (IoT) gadgets like routers, DVR machines and closed-circuit TVs can take down hardened, well-provisioned Internet giants like... read more
Network Abuse: Don’t Push Your "Luck"!
Look around your office. Isn’t it great to see your team hard at work on their computers? Yet if we take a closer look, let’s see what’s really happening... read more
4 Must-Have, Low-Risk Cloud Solutions
Let's face it, your business has more competition than ever. And they’ll eat you alive if you fall behind in today’s technology "arms race". Maybe your network needs... read more
4 Emails You Should Never Open!
No matter how “bomb-proof” we make your network, you and your employees can still invite a hacker in if you click on a link or open an attachment in an e-mail sent by ... read more
The Hidden Dangers Of "Shadow IT" To Your Business
We all know that using information technology programs, apps, or internet browsing carries a certain amount of risk. Nobody wants to have... read more
The Most Common Ways Hackers Access Your Network
You are under attack. Right now, cyber crime rings in China, Russia, and the Ukraine are hacking into small businesses... read more
The ONE Thing You Must Do to Keep Your Data Safe in the Cloud
Cloud data storage is becoming a massive industry in this country, and many businesses and other... read more
Why Your Current Antivirus, Backup And Firewall Have Been Rendered Completely USELESS
At the end of World War I, German engineer Arthur... read more
Skimp On Data Protection and Pay The Price
We’ve said it time and again: today’s cybercriminals are using more advanced technology than ever. And those malicious tools are becoming even more... read more
Natural Disasters Can Destroy, But Your Data Is Safe If It's In The Cloud
This past hurricane season has brought some of the most harrowing, wide spread destruction... read more
Top Tricks Cyber Criminals Use To Hack Your Computer Network
There’s no denying that cybercrime is on the rise. All it takes is a glance at a few big news stories... read more
