The number of entrepreneurs is on the rise in the United States. Nearly 30 million small businesses are currently operating in the country. If you are among these, you likely enjoy the autonomy and freedom that comes with being your own boss. That said, the road to running a successful business presents unique hurdles.

Flexible office space providers like WorkLodge address all these needs, providing incredible value and overall cost savings when compared to traditional office space. The cost savings actually increase the larger the team placed. Combined with the flexibility of multiple locations in different cities and / or States, all able to provide service within hours of a need arising, the overall solution is simply unrivaled when compared to the alternatives.

I’m Randy Lovelace, owner of The Woodlands branch office of Paragon Independent Insurance Agencies, Inc. I’ve been in the insurance business for just over 30 years. In 2004 Paragon was formed and I opened the very first Paragon location in Nederland, TX.

I relocated my office to The Woodlands, TX on Jan 1st of 2006 and started the process of meeting new friends through The Woodlands Area Chamber and other area networking groups. I’m married to my wife Dawn Candy. We have three kids between us, with a combined total of 7 grandchildren.

The demand for workplace flexibility is steadily rising by the year, and more and more companies are going the route of remote teams. Technology has made it possible to run a team of workers in different time zones, and there are processes that each business can put in place to help keep a remote team happy and productive. If your business is in need of more workers, assembling a remote team could be the best way forward. Here are some tips for making sure you build a team that wins:

On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey struck the Gulf Coast with record breaking rainfall and catastrophic flooding leaving Houston and the surrounding communities structurally and emotionally devastated in the days and months following. Businesses that suffered damage to property scrambled to relocate and rebuild, many of them unable to recover their productivity as a result.

Following the hurricane, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Hewlett Packard Inc., two of Houston’s largest enterprise corporations, were without a building safe enough for their employees to enter and without space to continue business as usual.

I’m sure by now you’ve seen the YouTube clip of Kodi Lee, a contestant on America’s Got Talent just a few days ago. I heard the gossip, the news, about this 22 year old guy who received the first of the magical ‘Golden Buzzers’ for this year’s contest. What I missed however was the real story behind why he captured so many people’s hearts and why this translates to Entrepreneurship.