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Honest Guide to Help Every Entrepreneur Rise to Riches

January 6, 2015 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Janet Shapiro Janet@smithpublicity.com 856-489-8654 x320 Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months: A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business That Works (2nd Edition) By Melinda F. Emerson – From America’s #1 Small Business Expert, @SmallBizLady who Forbes named their #1 woman for entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter “Melinda Emerson provides a complete—and breezy—road map to make your […]

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A 12-Month Plan for Starting a Business in 2015

January 19, 2015 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Starting a business takes time, and that’s something newbie entrepreneurs don’t realize. In fact, in my newly updated book, Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, I give you a full year to get everything lined up in your new business endeavor so you’re set up for success. Here, let’s develop an easy plan so […]

Filed Under: How to Start Tagged With: small business success tips, start a business, starting a business

How to Make Working From Home As Great As It Sounds

February 24, 2015 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Guest Article Wouldn’t it be wonderful to not have to wake up at the same time every day, listen to the weather forecast, think about what to wear, cram into the metro or waste time stuck in traffic, while you worry about being late? Imagine waking up and taking your time, moving slowly into your […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, How to Start Tagged With: @BieleckaMarzena, Marzena Bielecka, start a business at home, work from home

Collaboration to End Small Business Failure

January 30, 2015 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

I’m taking my book and advice on the road with Sam’s Club, which recently launched great savings on a suite of SMB services including HR, payroll and legal solutions. Sam’s Club has always saluted my core mission: to end small business failure. I will visit seven Sam’s Club locations for public book signings and presentations […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, How to Start Tagged With: @SamsClubCarrie, end small business failure, Sam's Club

How to Cultivate an Entrepreneurial Mindset

March 9, 2015 By Melinda Emerson 4 Comments

Whether you have an existing business or are getting ready to launch your business, one of your most pressing priorities is how to develop and strengthen your entrepreneurial mindset. Yes, building a business takes real work and effort, but it is best done with an attitude that embraces the initiative and risk involved in becoming […]

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Is Your Life Plan Working For You?

September 12, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 5 Comments

I am a firm believer that you need a life plan before you ever write a business plan.  Your life plan is your big picture vision for your life.  Your reasons for starting your business should be to fulfill your life plan. It’s also a step in business planning that is often overlooked. Why is […]

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7 Signs You’ve Got the Right Entrepreneurial Mindset to Start a Business

January 12, 2015 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

If you’ve asked yourself whether you’re cut out to be an entrepreneur, good for you. It’s a question I encourage everyone to really explore before starting a business. You see it’s more than a notion to start a business from scratch, so you need to make sure you know why you are doing it. But […]

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How to Become A Wealthy Freelancer

May 27, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Pete Savage Co-Author The Wealthy Freelancer:12 Secrets to a Great Income and an Enviable Lifestyle (Penguin)., and co-founder of the popular website […]

Filed Under: How to Start, SmallBizChat, Solopreneurs Tagged With: Freelance, freelancing, melinda emerson, Pete Savage, Q & A, small business, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, The Wealthy Freelancer, twitter

Do you have an idea for the next great tech start-up?

November 14, 2011 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Last night, CNN debuted Black in America 4 with Soledad O’Brien, which featured 8 African-American tech entrepreneurs who went out to Silicon Valley this summer to participate in a business incubator with the hopes of landing seed capital to catapult their entrepreneurial dreams.  It was an amazing mix between MTV’s the Real World and Donald […]

Filed Under: How to Start, Social Media, Starting A Small Business, Technology Tagged With: Angela Benton, black in america 4, cnn, ERis Ries, Hank Wiliams, Mario armstrong, melinda emerson, newmeaccelator.com, Silicon Valley, smallbizlady, soledad obrien, start-up, start-up entrepreneur, tech entrepreneurs, tech start-up, wayne sutton

6 Things Oprah Winfrey Taught Us About Business

June 5, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 16 Comments

Oprah Winfrey is my hero. I never thought about being an entrepreneur until she got on my radar when I was in college in the early 90’s. It was around that time that she opened Harpo Studios in Chicago, making her the third woman in the American entertainment industry (after Mary Pickford and Lucille Ball) […]

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