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5 Common Myths About Starting a Small Business

May 24, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 18 Comments

Starting a small business is not a 9 to 5 job. In the beginning your business owns you—you do not own it or your time.

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Cash Flow & Finance, How to Start, Mompreneurs, Pink Slip Entrepreneurs, Solopreneurs, Starting A Small Business, Women in Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: entrepreneurship, finance, national small business week, starting a business

8 Tips to Become Your Own Boss

June 28, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

It’s more than a notion to launch your own business. Nowadays it’s common for folks to leave a job via layoff or early retirement and jump right into starting a small business.

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, How to Start, Mompreneurs, My Recommendations, Pink Slip Entrepreneurs, Solopreneurs, Starting A Small Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: become your own boss, business planning, entrepreneur, melinda emerson, Qualify the business, small business info, smallbizlady, start a business

Is Your Small Business The Most Important Thing To You?

September 13, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 3 Comments

When I started my first company, I made a vow to myself that no one would be able to “outwork” me.  I believed that if I put more time into my business than my competition, it would make me successful.  I became the worst workaholic you could imagine.  I would actually leave church on Sunday–and […]

Filed Under: Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady, Mompreneurs, My Recommendations, Pink Slip Entrepreneurs, Solopreneurs, Women in Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: entrepreneur, Family First Entrepreneur, melinda emerson, small business, smallbizlady, workaholic

4 Things All Entrepreneurs Should Do On LinkedIn

May 31, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 8 Comments

  LinkedIn is important! 75% of all professionals in the US have a LinkedIn profile, which means if you want to do business you must have one too. LinkedIn is powerful tool that you can use to promote yourself if you are an individual consultant or a company with 2 or more employees. Here are […]

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How to Avoid Risks When Becoming a Solopreneur

April 9, 2013 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Guest Article Going it alone when it comes to your means of generating an income opens you up to all sorts of risks. Cash flow can no longer be guaranteed following the abandonment of a full time contract and instead, you will live and die by your own ability, focus and commitment. Of course, there […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Solopreneurs, Your Small Business Tagged With: David Hing, small business insurance, Solopreneurs

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