How To Keep Your Small Business In Business

by Elle Kaplan | Oct 14, 2015 | Entrepreneurship

Photo credit: Victor Hanacek  In many industries, nearly half of the small businesses that open ultimately shut their doors. For example, 41% of retail companies and 48% of manufacturing companies fold. And while the numbers may seem daunting, that doesn’t mean small...

How Should Entrepreneurs Invest Money?

by Elle Kaplan | Sep 25, 2015 | Entrepreneurship, Financial Health

As an entrepreneur, you probably don’t just want to see your small-business launch successfully, you want to see it thrive for the long-term, right? This would make sense. Why else would you spend so much of your time, effort, sweat and tears on something just...

How Entrepreneurs Can Become Great Leaders

by Elle Kaplan | Sep 14, 2015 | Entrepreneurship

As an entrepreneur and CEO of my own wealth management firm, I have learned the difference between the necessary skills and skills and qualities required of a great leader vs. those of a great manager. However, the two are certainly not one and the same. While leaders...

How to Build a Successful Small Business

by Elle Kaplan | Sep 3, 2015 | Entrepreneurship

As the CEO and founder of LexION Capital, a fiduciary wealth management firm, I am able to speak from a dual perspective; so it is no surprise that my clients often come to me seeking advice not only about their finances, but also about their own projects and small...

Entrepreneurship 101: How To Save Money

by Elle Kaplan | Aug 20, 2015 | Entrepreneurship

As the CEO of LexION Capital – one of the only fully woman owned wealth management firms in the nation – I can still recall that starting my own small business was not a walk in the park. While I know a lot of things, there was a whole lot I had to learn...

A Smarter System: Management Processes for Entrepreneurs

by Elle Kaplan | Feb 23, 2015 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership

When the crash rate for air travel shrank to 0.04% per 100 million miles, it was not because pilots became smarter—it was because smarter systems were put in place. Expectations placed on pilots became more realistic and training became more effective. The reasons...