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 […]
6 Things Oprah Winfrey Taught Us About Business
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) […]
Make More Than A Hi-Tech Worker
Guest Article Here’s A Business That Requires No Education and Training, You Can Make More Than A Hi-Tech Worker and Get A Discount On A New Car The internet changed the jobs picture in America and created new money making opportunities along with it. People drive taxi cabs today and put up with the low […]
5 Tips for Turning Great Ideas into Products
Guest Article It’s no secret that discovering that one great product idea is an arduous journey in itself. Many people spend months and years hunting for that great idea and for many, it seems like the most difficult part of the invention process. Unfortunately, conceiving that great idea is only the beginning of a very […]
Why Passion is Irrelevant in Your Small 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 Jim Beach, @EntrepreneurJim. Jim is known for this belief that entrepreneurship is not about creativity, risk, or passion. Jim’s first book, School […]
Go From Bright Idea to Big Bucks and Start a Profitable Business Over a Weekend
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 @EllenRohr. Ellen Rohr is a serial entrepreneur. She has owned a Plumbing company and now heads a Business Consulting and Venture Capital […]
5 Biggest Mistakes To Avoid When You Have A Marketable Idea
Guest Article Mistake #1 Not Taking Fast Action So you have a great idea, now what? Sitting on a good idea too long is one of the classic mistakes that new inventors make. There are many who have witnessed a product on the shelves, a home shopping network or late night infomercial and thought, […]
How To Get Your Idea Onto Store Shelves
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 Steve Greenberg. Steve is a product scout, the author of Gadget Nation and the co-host of Food Network’s Invention Hunters. You can follow […]
How Much Should I Charge?
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 @EllenRohr. Ellen Rohr, Business Make-over Expert is President of Bare Bones Biz, Inc. As president of Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, a […]
Ask SmallBizLady: How Do I License My Product to Manufacturers?
Every week, my readers and social media fans contact me with questions about how to run or grow their small businesses. This question came from Jeremy Day @Jeremybrentday and I reached out to my invention guru Steve Greenberg @Stevetv for the answer. Question: I have a very simple baby sanitation invention (patent pending) that I only […]
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