Posted in Articles, Guest Post, Starting a business, Success on December 14th, 2009 22 Comments »
photo credit: ManojVasanth 6 Tips to Start and Run a Successful Business It’s not something that most of us would dare venture, but starting your own business venture does have its share of excitement. There are pessimists who say that 9 out of 10 new ventures fail, but then, failure is a relative term. It [...]
Posted in Book Review, Entrepreneurship, Starting a business on June 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
So You Want To Be An Entrepreneur: How to decide if starting a business is really for you by Jon Gillespie-Brown I’ve had this on my shelf for a while, mostly because I didn’t think it would apply to you or I. It is primarily written for people who are in a job, thinking about [...]
Posted in General Marketing, Ideal Client, Selling Your Services, Starting a business, Target Market, Visibility on November 23rd, 2007 6 Comments »
A few weeks ago my step-dad told me he wants to start a business selling log homes in Canada as an authorized dealer for a US company. The coach, entrepreneur and Devil’s Advocate in me perked up and started asking tough questions about how he plans to execute his marketing plan — is there even [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Starting a business on March 25th, 2007 2 Comments »
Wayne Hurlbert wrote an excellent blog article on business startups entitled: Entrepreneurship: Overcoming your fears. In it, he lists four common fears people face when embarking on the journey of starting a small business: Losing a steady paycheck Lack of available time Personal lack of knowledge Lack of support of family and friends In his [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Filling the Pipeline, Starting a business on October 5th, 2006 1 Comment »
Someone on an online networking group I belong to posted this question: I’ve recently completed my website (of course, it’s a work in progress) and I just don’t know where to go from here. I feel like I’m preparing to no end; but have not had one client to date. [...] How can I really [...]
