All Entries in the "Entrepreneurship" Category
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 [...]
Inspirational Words of Wisdom from a Billionaire
We learn from those who have achieved. Here are some words of wisdom from Oprah Winfrey. The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work. If you believe you can only go so far, it is an obstacle. Take five [...]
Oprah’s Success Factors
The fastest way to accomplish a goal is to find someone else who has achieved your goal and do what they do. Simply copying is not sufficent. You must understand the process behind the sucess. Let’s take a look at Oprah’s process. Source: Motivation and Strategies for Entrepreneurs Oprah’s success has not come easily, but [...]
Hot Business Ideas for 2007
My friend’s daughter says that she wants to be a party planner. Guess what Teen Party Planning is hot for 2007. Entrepreneur . com has a great list, which includes start up tips, of the hottest business trends for the upcoming year. Running a business becomes slightly easier when you have a product that’s in demand. Food [...]
Grant Opportunities Available for Women Business Owners
Source: Woman Owned . com Most start-ups run out money, before they run out of ideas…. Here are some funding sources specifically targeting women entrepreneurs? Small Business Administration (Office of Women’s Business Ownership)www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness Count-Me-In http://www.count-me-in.org/ – This is a new fundraising organization that raises money from women for women. Loans are given from $500 to $10,000 (for [...]
Knowing it’s Time to Quit Your Day Job
There are many that can relate to the following: For Carla, a producer at Microsoft working with the tour, “I was miserable. I had a sexy, ego-stroking job that made for great bragging material. But I was being eaten alive by all the work, and drained by the politics of working in a large company.” [...]
Business Start-up Quiz
Each week I feature an article specific to women’s Financial Freedom challenges. Quite frankly most financial issues are gender independent – we just address them from different perspectives. I found this Business Start-up quiz at Woman Owned . com It appears to be a good resource. The questions below are questions that men and women [...]
20 Great Resources on Entrepreneurship
This guide may have started out with 20 resources, but there are many more now. If you are have your own business or are thinking about starting one – this appears to be a gold mine. 20 Great Resources on Entrepreneurship
Funding Issues and Options for Women Entrepreneurs
Source: Ladies Who Launch . com by Victoria Colligan Traditional Venture Capital Problem: it is an old boy’s network and access to it is limited. The traditional Venture Capital (VC) structure is not conducive to women’s businesses which tend to be passion-driven, and less focused on exit strategies requiring high returns in short periods (5 [...]
Starting a Business is Similar to Running
I remember back in high school in order to try out for the basketball team you had to run a 6 minute mile. That was just to try out for the team. You still had to be one of the top 12 players to make the team. I was never fond of running just for [...]
