Welcome to 2017!
Eat healthily. Read a book. Join a gym. The start of a new year is the perfect excuse to make some personal resolutions, but it’s also the ideal time to make some business resolutions to carry you through the next twelve months.
2017 marks our third year asking professionals about their New Year’s resolutions for business, and we were so overwhelmed by awesome responses that we decided to include them all! This year’s New Year roundup is bigger and better than ever, featuring 101 business resolutions from top talent worldwide.
Jessica Holbrook Hernandez, President & CEO of Great Resumes Fast
My resolution for 2017 is to get either a sitcom or reality show sold about what I do Click to tweet
Colleen Lloyd-Roberts, Owner of Top Notch Nail Files
Greg Geronemus, Co-CEO of SmarTours
Dimitar Karaivanov, CEO & Co-founder of Kanbanize
Jason Kotecki, Chief Creative Guy at Escape Adulthood
Steve Silberberg, Founder of Fitpacking
Jennifer Peterson, President of Wavelength Marketing, LLC
Melissa St. Clair, Founder of Paper Chaser
Bob Shirilla, President of Simply Bags
Jasmine Jones, President of J Squared Productions
Lori Cheek, Founder & CEO of Cheekd
Bryan Clayton, CEO of GreenPal
Jason Matthews, President of Matthews Financial & Insurance Solutions
Julie Shipley, Owner of The Soup Shop
Brenda Della Casa, Founder & Editor-In-Chief at Badass Living, Owner of BDC Digital Media LLC
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Marc Roche, Co-founder of Annuities HQ
Nirupama Mallavarupu, Founder of LocalArq Inc.
PepperBrooks, Founder of PepperBrooks Media
Shiree Odiz, Founder & Head Designer of Shiree Odiz
AJ Saleem, Owner & Academic Director of Suprex Tutors Houston
Rachel Stephens, SEO & Customer Behavior Analyst at Totally Promotional
Craig Wolfe, President of CelebriDucks and Cocoa Canard
Alex Haimann, Partner & Head of Business Development at Less Annoying CRM
Jonathan Hessing, CEO of Shouty
Lennie Larkin, Owner of B-Side Farm & Floral Design
Alison Brehme, Founder of Virtual Corporate Wellness
Nathan Barber, SEO Analyst at SeoWorks
Roy Cohen, Career Counselor & Executive Coach
Jim Belosic, CEO of ShortStack
Micah Pratt, Director at Obrella
Deanna Arnold, President of Employers Advantage LLC
Emmi Buck, Director of Communications at Essential Oxygen
Drew Gerber, Founder & CEO of Wasabi Publicity Inc.
Samson Adepoju, Founder & CEO of SalonYourWay
Perry Yeatman, Founder of Your Career, Your Terms
Ali Matthew Leonard, COO at NIONT
Bob Ellis, Founder & Owner of Bavarian Cuckoo Clocks
Steve Benson, Founder & CEO of Badger Maps
Sophie Knowles, Co-Founder of PDF Pro
Bryan Robertson, Co-Founder & CRO of Mindyra
Ross Cohen, Co-Founder and COO of BeenVerified
Grainne Kelly, Founder of BubbleBum
Shel Horowitz, Transformpreneur at Going Beyond Sustainability
Ian Wright, Founder of Merchant Machine
Adam Hergenrother, CEO of Hergenrother Enteprises
Shannon Huffman Polson, Speaker & Author
Beth Beutler, Executive Director at BethBeutler.com
Eric Brantner, Blogpreneur at Scribblrs
Jason J. Hogg, CEO/Partner at Tritium Partners
Greg Schwem, Corporate Comedian
Mandy Menaker, Head of Brand Development & PR at Shapr
Dana Gutkowski, President of North Pole Notes
Donna Merrill, Business Strategist at Business Untangled, Inc.
Constantly adapt to the needs of members, offering them more education & new services Click to tweet
Jason Bond, Founder of Jason Bond Picks
Michael Banks, Founder of The Fortunate Investor
Gary Patterson, Big 4 CPA, MBA at FiscalDoctor.com
Ashley Mancia, The Printer Depo
Mike Reifeiss, Owner & Operator of Aall In Limo & Party Bus
Marissa Russell, Founder of The High Achieving Woman
Leigh-Anne Anderson, Founder of Anderson-PR
Ed Wolf & Tom Johnson, Owners of Hour To Midnight Room Escape Games
Dmitry Ozik, Co-Founder of HighYa
Hindi Zeidman, Founder of Ollie Swaddle
Nick Santora, Chief Executive Officer of Curricula
Charles Dugan, Owner of American Image Displays
Increase focus on managing work stress. Find a new hobby, schedule more me-time, etc. Click to tweet
Jordan Wan, Founder/CEO of CloserIQ
Gregory Golinski, Marketing Coordinator at The Edge Prep
Deborah Sweeney, CEO of MyCorporation
Nick Rubright, Founder of Dozmia
Jeff Street, COO of Boss Heating and Air Conditioning Inc.
Gina Hooks, President of Salient Social LLC
Ludovic Huraux, CEO of Shapr
Karen Dimmick, Bestselling Author and Host of The Book Marketing Summit
Ashley Jacobs, Founder of Sitting for a Cause
Jason Davis, President of ClubConnect
Kristin Fusaro-Pizzo, Owner & Founder of Bath, Body, and Candle Moments
Olga Tsubiks, Founder of OlgaTsubiks
Slavik Boyechko, Co-Owner of Video Dads
Elaine Bennett, Owner of Bennett Ink, LLC
Lewena Bayer, Author of The 30% Solution
Finding the right partners to offload/transfer company support functions to the pros. Click to tweet
Anna Crowe, CEO and Founder of Crowe PR
Julie Wright, President of (W)right On Communications, Inc.
Travis Bennett, Founder of Studio Digita
Ed Brancheau, CEO of Goozleology Inc.
Nick Leffler, Owner of Exprance
Darius Scott, Founder of Endear
Karina Rabin, Partner at Hang-O-Matic
Amit Kumar, Owner of Nibblematrix
Max Page, Founder of CouponHippo
Tori Levine, Owner of Babies at the Barre, LLC
Rafael Romis, Founder of Weberous Web Design
D. Senu-Oke, Blogger at Candidwriter.com
Jói Sigurdsson, Founder/CEO of CrankWheel
Zondra Wilson, Founder of Blu Skin Care, LLC
Francesca Montillo, Lazy Italian Culinary Adventures
Ashley M. Hunter, HM Risk Group
Dennis Michael, Brand Builder/Visual Problem Solver at Wake Creative
Adam Binder, Founder of Creative Click Media
Amanda Erdmann, Director of Client Services at Creative Click Media
Miles Binder, Director of Distraction at Creative Click Media
We’d like to wish you all a happy, healthy, and successful 2017! If you have any New Year’s resolutions for a business you’d like to share, be sure to leave them in the comments!