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Carol Roth is a national media personality, ‘recovering’ investment banker, investor, speaker and author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Entrepreneur Equation. She is currently an on-air contributor for the national cable television station CNBC, the pre-eminent name in business news, and the host and co-producer of The Noon Show, a current events talk show on WGN Radio, one of the top stations in the country. Carol multimedia commentary covers business and the economy, current events, politics and pop culture topics. Carol has helped her clients complete more than $2 billion in capital raising and M&A transactions. She is a Top 100 Small Business Influencer (2011 &2012) and has her own action figure. Twitter: @CarolJSRoth

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The Power of Persistence

Written By: Carol Roth
A particularly astute observation from Mark Minervini in his book Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard is that people tend to overestimate what they can do and achieve in the short term, and underestimate what they can do in the long term. This rings particularly true Read More

How To Write an Awful Email Headline

Written By: Carol Roth
As individuals continue to become overwhelmed with the volume of professional and personal emails that they are receiving, they are becoming more selective about what emails they read.  That means that writing a killer email headline has become more important than ever. I recently received an Read More

Be Your Own Mentor

Written By: Carol Roth
Mentors are Myths.  Or at least unicorns.  If you are waiting for a mentor to help develop you professionally, my best advice is to stop waiting for the magic mentor and go create your own opportunities. I have written about the concept of five minute mentors, Read More

You Can Teach Skills; You Can’t Teach Care

Written By: Carol Roth
How many times recently have you walked into a store where the clerk was talking on his/her cell phone, perhaps even throughout your entire transaction? Or where two employees were talking to each other and ignoring you or other customers?  You know why they are doing Read More

Pursuing R.O.E. (Return on Ego)

Written By: Carol Roth
Technology has blown the doors wide open for many entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs to pursue myriad opportunities. But how do you decide which ones to pursue? The key is to pursue the opportunities that further your goals, not your ego. As an entrepreneur, would be entrepreneur Read More

5 Consequences of Insecure Business Communications

Written By: Carol Roth
We hear quite a bit these days about the increased digitization of the business world. Indeed, as technology continues to improve, many businesses are conducting more and more activity over the Internet, allowing for higher efficiency and more convenience than ever before. What we hear less Read More
 
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