All Entries in the "Entrepreneurship" Category
An Entrepreneur’s Story: When to Quit Your JOB
The following is my response to comment from a friend – who asked the question
It would prove an interesting story on your thought process over the years to finally waking up one day and deciding to quit. Obviously that’s overly dramatic as no one should quit a job without an idea or better yet much [...]
Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?
I received an MBA from Babson College world renown for its entrepreneurship program. The program is always ranked #1 in US News for its excellence in entrepreneurship. However, entrepreneurship isn’t a science or an art for that matter. So, can it be taught? I just stumbled upon an interesting CNN Money article that tackles this very [...]
From Eminem to Enterprise
What were you doing when you were 15 years old? Jasmine was discussing her million dollar business on Oprah.
Source: Financial Times
Two years ago, nearly all Jasmine Lawrence’s hair fell out after a chemical perm went horribly wrong. Today, partly because of that accident, she is at the helm of a haircare products group whose sales [...]
Are You Really Ready to Be Your Own Boss?
Source: Smart Money . com
Ask yourself these six questions to find out if you are ready? My answers in purple.
Are You Starting a Business by Choice, or Necessity? Necessity, I wouldn’t be happy doing anything else.
Do You Like Risk? No, I love it!
Do You Have the Patience of Job? Job took it to an extreme, [...]
Quotations from Famous Entrepreneurs on Entrepreneurship
Get up and make your own opportunity!!!
Source: About . com
“The cover-your-butt mentality of the workplace will get you only so far. The follow-your-gut mentality of the entrepreneur has the potential to take you anywhere you want to go or run you right out of business–but it’s a whole lot more fun, don’t you think?”
- Bill [...]
Forest Whitaker Reminded Me of a Key to Success: A Burning Desire
We all know many people who “talk the talk” and a few that “walk the walk,” but what is it that the separates these two groups of people. I have been thinking about this a lot lately. When I left my job almost a year ago to pursue my dreams as an entrepreneur, trader, financial freedom [...]
Top 10 Ways You Know You’re An Entrepreneur
Here is a great list that I stumbled upon. I agree with most of them.
Source : Startup Spark
You’re passionate. Passion counts for a whole lot when it comes to being an entrepreneur. Without it, you’re dead before you even start.
You’re always looking for opportunities. Entrepreneurs are opportunity-seekers. Everything is an opportunity. Failures are even an [...]
Women Entrepreneurs and Risk
This article is was written for women, however its conclusion applies to all. “When we stop looking at ambition and risk as an enemy of life balance and see it instead as a way to achieve it, then perhaps we’ll be ready to start thinking big.”
Kristi Hedges
Entrepreneur . com
A thought-provoking Harvard Business Review article I [...]
A Business Without Sales is a Hobby
My first business failed, because I had no clue about Marketing and Sales. I had the “Field of Dreams” mentality. If I build it – they will come. That’s a common trait amongst many first-time entrepreneurs, especially ones with technical backgrounds. Graduating with a Bachelor and Master Degree in engineering, I believed that the world [...]
Passion and Profit – Don’t Settle for Anything Less
I discovered Steve Pavlina, an up and coming personal development guru, about a year ago. He is currently not on the same level as a Tony Robbins, but he may be one day. If you go to Google and type in personal development his website shows up on the first page. There are literally millions of websites, but [...]
