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...
by Elle Kaplan | Jun 30, 2015 | Leadership
When you expand your business and your team as an entrepreneur it’s important to focus on making your team work as efficiently as possible. You can’t assume that just because your team is working together that they are actually working together effectively. That is...
by Elle Kaplan | Apr 10, 2015 | inspiration, Success, Women on Wall Street
When I came to NYC after college, I had $200, two terrible suits, and no job—but I did have a dream of helping to empower people through finance, and a lot of enthusiasm and determination that things would soon work out. After scrambling to find an apartment and some...
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...