All Entries in the "Entrepreneurship" Category
Entrepreneurial Success : Mucho Dollars in Simplicity
Often aspiring entrepreneurs become bogged down trying to create the next “new thing”, while mucho dollars may be staring them in the face. Sometimes taking a simple problem and jazzing it up with technology can lead to riches. That is exactly what Brian Scudamore did, in 1989, when he started 1-800-GOT-JUNK. His goal was to become the [...]
Five Places You Should Never Meet with Clients
Where is a budding entrepreneur to meet with their prospective customers? Apparently Starbucks or Barnes and Noble will not cut it. Source: Reuters by Jeff Landers I recently came upon several columns from different publications urging home-based entrepreneurs to find creative places to have business meetings with their clients. In one publication, an entrepreneur, John [...]
Other People’s Money (OPM) – Equity Style
We learn at an early age that it is better to spend other people’s money than our own. That may be the reason that you are not financially free today. You have too many people thinking that it is a good idea to spend your money As you start your first venture, a bank may not [...]
Getting Started on eBay
Source: Entrepreneur . com You’ve heard the eBay success stories, and you want to become one of them. Great! eBay has created some of the most incredible entrepreneurial success stories in the history of commerce, and the surface has barely been scratched when it comes to the profit-building potential of this popular online marketplace. There’s [...]
How to Earn More and Work Less
Source: About . com There’s a saying in the corporate world: “Don’t make yourself irreplaceable. If you can’t be replaced, you can’t be promoted.” As an entrepreneur, this is still true in its own way. Let’s think of “being promoted” as earning more and working less. You can raise your prices, but until you can [...]
How Hard Could It Be?
How hard could it be – to open a large store in the middle of nowhere and sell stuff cheap? If your father is still living – ask him why in the hell didn’t he come up with that idea? Jim, John, S. Robson and Alice’s father did just that. Along with their Mother, Helen, the Walton [...]
How Entrepreneurial Are You?
Have you ever dreamed of starting your own business? Do you wonder if you have what it takes to put your dream into action? Take this survey and find out if you are the entrepreneurial type.
Is Entrepreneurship For You?
Source: Business . Gov In business, there are no guarantees. There is simply no way to eliminate all the risks associated with starting a small business – but you can improve your chances of success with good planning, preparation, and insight. Start by evaluating your strengths and weaknesses as a potential owner and manager of [...]
Is It Time To Re-assess `Women’s Work’ In 2005?
Source: Womens Biz News According to the April 8, 2005 issue of “The Week” hundreds of thousands of women are leaving. The article states, “A recent survey by the business research firm Catalyst found one in three women with MBAs is not working full time. (For men the ratio is one in 20.)” Denise Michaels, [...]
Are You an Entrepreneur?
Source: Pandecta Magazine In general, entrepreneurs are people who have high energy, feel self-confident, set long-term goals, and view money and financial security as a measure of accomplishment and piece of mind. They persist in problem solving, take risks, learn from failures (their own and from others), take the initiative, accept personal responsibility and use [...]
