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, Resources, Starting a business, Upcoming Event on October 30th, 2007 No Comments »
YES Montreal (Youth Employment Services) launches their 5-week Starting Your Own Business Seminar Series on Tuesday, November 6th.
These seminars, developed as a full series and designed to compliment each other, are suitable for both novice entrepreneurs and those wishing to strengthen their business knowledge. These seminars will teach you the basic theory behind each of [...]
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 article, he offers practical suggestions [...]
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 get [...]
