by Mike Simmons | Mar 10, 2017 | Entrepreneur, Market Trends, Small Business Owners, Story Time, Technology, The WIMS Guide, WIMS, WIMSisms, Young Professional
First let me start with the description of the event that I, aka “the minority,” just attended: “ThePLUG Daily (make sure to subscribe) presents Charlotte’s first interactive event designed to immerse black tech entrepreneurs, professionals, and enthusiasts in...
by Mike Simmons | Nov 15, 2016 | Entrepreneur, Personal Development, Small Business Owners, Story Time, The WIMS Guide, WIMS, WIMSisms, Young Professional
“Look at what we did. Came a long way from dirty ghetto kids.” Lupe Fiasco Not many people know much about my background. Aside from a few exceptions, it’s something I’ve mostly kept private. But since the purpose of creating The WIMS Guide is to sporadically document...
by Mike Simmons | Apr 28, 2016 | Client Spotlight, Entrepreneur, Guest Post, Small Business Owners, Story Time, The WIMS Guide, WIMS, WIMS Client Spotlight, Young Professional
Joe Swafford is not your traditional entrepreneur, if there even is such a thing. He still has, and loves, his full time career at Carolinas Healthcare System, where he is a Peer Support Specialist for the Mindy Ellen Levine Behavioral Health Center. He is also a full...
by Mike Simmons | Apr 18, 2016 | CMO, Entrepreneur, Outsourced CMO, Small Business Owners, Story Time, Technology, The WIMS Guide, WIMS, WIMSisms, Young Professional
To say that the 1st quarter plus of 2016 has been intense would be an understatement! WIMS Consulting has been in full-on hyper growth mode with lots of incredible new clients and projects currently underway and several others in the pipeline as well. While I’m...
by Mike Simmons | Jan 18, 2016 | Entrepreneur, Guest Post, Small Business Owners, Story Time, The WIMS Guide, Young Professional
Ten months ago, I became a mom for the first time. Four months after that, my second baby was born. I know the math seems kind of weird, but that’s because the second baby was my Etsy store, Casa Confetti. Yes, I started a business with a four-month-old. Yes, it’s...
by Mike Simmons | Jan 14, 2016 | Entrepreneur, Guest Post, Product Development, Small Business Owners, Story Time, The WIMS Guide, Young Professional
By: Jarrod Mains What do you know about product development? If you are like me when I decided to start a company that makes a new golf training aid, then nothing! I had zero experience designing, producing, building, managing, sourcing, or engineering a new product....
