Rebecca Shamtoob

  Expert at Your Craft? 5 Reasons to Start a Business in Your Field Rebecca Shamtoob Jan 22 · 4 min read In order to become an expert in any subject, Malcolm Gladwell argues, “Ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery.” For those of you that have achieved this magic number, this is an accomplishment in and of itself. Congratulations! But, what do you do after you’ve become an expert? To quote The Joker from  The Dark Knight , “If you’re good at something, never do it for free.” It makes sense — you should get paid in your area of expertise. So, what’s the  n ext move then? How do you create a career path combining these two quotes from wildly different thinkers? It’s not as hard as you think. In fact, the answer may be quite obvious — you should start your own company. Here are the five reasons to start a business in your field of expertise. 1. You’re Passionate About What You Do Everyone knows the old saying that “if you love what you do,...

  6 Tools Entrepreneurs Need for Optimal Performance Rebecca Shamtoob Jan 24 · 4 min read Covid-19 has remade how we view high-performing professionals. Remote work requires organization and efficiency more than ever as characteristics for success. The good thing is, with great tools it’s easier than ever to be on top of your game and make the most of your time. These are six tools entrepreneurs need for optimal performance while working virtually. 1. monday.com In grammar school, every student was given   a yearly planner where they were supposed to put in all their assignments so they could keep track of due dates. Well, monday.com is the professional version of this. monday.com is a project management tool for you and your team to enter daily, weekly, and monthly tasks and projects to help ensure team and organization efficiency. And, you can even have employees enter how much time their tasks take, so you can better plan future projects — and make it really easy to keep tr...

  How I Became a Business Scaler — and What It Means for Your Company Rebecca Shamtoob Feb 4 · 5 min read For many years, I dreamed of being my own boss. What seemed like a pipe dream for so long finally became a reality a few years ago. Now, as a female entrepreneur, I’m the happiest I’ve ever been professionally because I get to define what are my job responsibilities. Some titles my job includes are business consultant, human resource consultant, real estate manager, and sales consultant. One major aspect of my job you’ve  p robably never heard of is as a business scaler. You may not know why this title matters to your company, but it’s critical to growing companies. My journey started more than a decade ago, and every step of the way has led me to this unique professional career path — and taught me valuable sales lessons. How I Got My Start in Sales My career started innocently enough — in high school, I took a part-time retail job with Banana Republic. I figured if I was...