Let me introduce you to Sandra Sims of Wichita Falls, Texas. She is the owner of Step by Step Fundraising and calls herself a Fundraising Coach. That title reflects her special experience with athletic fundraisers, like Relay for Life and Team in Training. The Luekemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training prepared her not only…
Tech startup Dave Snider writes very honestly about launching a new business: A year from now this story will either be a testament to our methodology or an embarrassing reminder of all the mistakes we made. Either way, the hope is that it avoids the polish of hindsight and will be not only inspirational, but…
Chris Campbell was talking about start up technology companies in The Top 10 Questions Investors Asked Us. But I’ve picked out the questions that I think every small business person had better be able to answer. 2) How will you make money? 3) How will your company grow? 7) Who are your competitors and how…
Jory Des Jardins didn’t intend to be a small business owner, but here it is. As a co-founder of BlogHer, she finds herself fully into the realities of small business. She shares her Point of View in The Small Business Owner’s Guide to Life. It’s a constant state of conflict for the bootstrapping small business…
I could not resist subscribing to the How to Start a Two-Bit Operation blog. That was the perfect title to pull me in. This week, they’ve written about their Point of View on taking breaks from business. Here’s where breaks come in handy… Breaks from work. Breaks from each other : ) Breaks from thinking….
Cristian Dorobantescu has two great posts this week on why and why not to be an entrepreneur. First, here are 5 reasons to take the part time entrepreneurship path …and not the full time entrepreneurship experienceWriting an entrepreneurship blog gives me the chance to express my personal beliefs rather than a “by the book theory”….
Romanian Entrepreneur Cristian Dorobantescu regularly shares his honest Point of View. I really enjoy his occasional writings. One of his posts tells why he turned down a job offer: he wanted to keep his entrepreneurship alive. He explains in Entrepreneurship as an “Opportunity enhancement”. I’ve been proposed a (probably) better job but I’ve said noWell,…
For those of you who asked about my project to convert from an old windmill to a shiny new solar pump, you can now see some pics at my photo blog. small biz rural entrepreneurship POV
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