My interview with Sherri Garrity on how to quit a job to start a business: Sherri is the founder of Corporate Fugitive. Her company provides business coaching to aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners who want to go from overwhelmed to extraordinary. In 2007, she walked away from a successful marketing career to start her own […]
Initiative: The Silent Partner In Success
Guest Article Too many people are waiting for someone to come along and tell them what to do. And yet, behind every success, there is a person who took initiative. They got out of bed each morning, roaring to accomplish something. As comedian George Burns noted, “Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money […]
Ask SmallBizLady: How Do I Develop a Prototype for an Invention?
I love the questions I get from my network. They make me think, and the research I do to find the best answer makes me a sharper entrepreneur. Here’s a great one for those of you who are looking to develop a physical product. Question: I’ve got a fantastic idea for a product, but don’t […]
From Self Employed to CEO: What it Takes to Build a Successful Business
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9 pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with@2motivate. Lisa Nichols is CEO of Motivating the Masses, one of the top training and development companies in the world, a best-selling […]
5 Tips to Renting Office or Retail Space
If you’re in the early planning of starting your first business, do you know where you’ll set up your company? You may be using a home office or kitchen table for your company activities now, but if you plan to expand, hire staff, or meet with clients, at some point you’ll want to consider renting […]
Do You Have Resolutions or Resolve in 2015?
It’s now January, and rather than spend your time make resolutions that you may or may not keep, how about you resolve to do something different in 2015? You are one idea away from being able to do anything you want, but you need to make the decision to do it. I rarely hear bad […]
How To Build A Small Business Blog
This is a first of a three part series on blogging for business. It is such an important issue for small businesses today that I felt it important to dedicate some real time to the topic. The series will focus on getting started at blogging, the decision to have a blog and a website or […]
Developing a Blog vs. Website Strategy
This is the second of a three part series on blogging for business. It is such an essential issue for small businesses today that I felt it important to dedicate some real time to the topic. The first article focused on building a small business blog. Today’s piece investigates the decision to have a separate […]
Making Love & Money: How to Be Successful Couplepreneurs
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wed on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Donna Maria Coles Johnson @indiebusiness on Twitter. She is an award winning entrepreneur who has inspired millions through her seminars and her […]
How to Develop a Life Plan for Your Small Business
So you’ve got your business plan. You’ve got your marketing plan. Heck, you’ve even got a blogging plan. But, what your business needs first, before all of these, is a life plan. No, you won’t see “life plan” on most small business sites, because it’s of my own invention. What I mean when I say […]
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