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.
7 Questions Hobbyists Should Consider When Starting a Small Business
This is the last of a two part series on how to turn a hobby into a small business. Sometimes people with great hobby do not have the right amount of business acumen to run a business. Everyone has good ideas — it is the business of running a business that gets some people in […]
8 Tips to Become Your Own Boss
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.
How To Do Business With The Federal Government
As Smallbizlady, I recently interviewed Gloria Larkin, President of http://www.targetgov.com/ on SmallBizradio, my monthly Blogtalkradio Show, on How to Do Business with the Federal Government. Her company Targetgov, a national company, provides government procurement, business development, and marketing services. She’s a federal procurement expert who authored “The Veterans Business Guide: How to Build a Successful Government […]
What Undermines Most Small Businesses?
Lack of Discipline: When you work for yourself, you are the engine that drives your small business. This also means that you kill for your dinner day after day. As an entrepreneur you need to stay on task daily to accomplish your business goals. Don’t believe hype about making millions in your bunny slippers. […]
The 5 Most Important Entrepreneurial Lessons I’ve Learned in Business
One of the great things about having a small business is that you get the opportunity to learn every day. Hopefully you are not learning too many expensive lessons. I thought it would be helpful to share a few important lessons that I have learned over my years in business so that you can benefit […]
Who’s Coming Up on #SmallBizChat in August 2010?
Hot topics and great guests for August #SmallBizChat: August 4 @ramonray Ramon Ray Topic: How to Improve Your Small Business Website August 11th @ElenaVerlee Elena Verlee Topic: PR for Newbie Small Business Owners August 18th @CorpNet Philip Aklap CEO Topic: How to Select a Small Business Lawyer August 25th @DarnyelleJervey Darnyelle Jervey Topic: How to Make Sure […]
How Entrepreneurs Can Develop Multiple Streams of Income
I recently interviewed Stephanie Chandler @bizauthor on Smallbizradio, my monthly show on #Blogtalkradio about how entrepreneurs can develop multiple streams of income. Small business owners can grow numerous business lines by taking their knowledge and packaging it for sale in the ways that people absorb information: audio, video and written, of course. The purpose of […]
4 Social Media Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read
The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Blogs, News Releases, Online Video, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly, 2nd Edition by David Meerman Scott ( J. Wiley & Sons, 2010) In 2007, when it originally published, a friend suggested I read The New Rules of Marketing and PR and […]
Is Your Small Business The Most Important Thing To You?
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 […]
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