Melonie Murray, at the SmallBizMentor, reviewed part of CCH’s Business Owner’s Toolkit. Their Getting Started section begins with the basics, such as asking if you’re actually cut out to operate a small business and helping you estimate your chances of succeeding with your dream. Other sections delve into financing and marketing, dealing with hired help…
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”….
In the US Heartland, we are hearing about more and more ethanol plants. The nearby “big little” town of Enid, Oklahoma, is working on a second plant, even before completing the first. So you know that this is big and exploding. But we are also hearing some contrarian voices, knocking ethanol as not all its…
Tim and Natalie at Decisive Flow are my favorite Web 2.0 experts. That means they go through all the cool new internet tools and write useful reviews. Of all the sites out there, seems like I’m quote from Natalie and Tim more than anyone else! So, here’s another post stolen, I mean borrowed, I mean…
Can it be Friday already? Time for the Brag Basket!(Actually, you can brag throughout the weekend.) Wow! That week went quick! Where did all the days go? Time to take a deep breath, relax, and think over your business this week. How did the week go? Did you accomplish what you set out to do?…
Juan Guillermo Tornoe, Hispanic Trending, offers some meaningful business advice: It is indispensable for you to look beyond the bottom line and utilize your company as a way to contribute to the community. Get involved with a cause; any cause. Just look for something that you hold close to your heart and find a way…
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,…
Are you promoting Father’s Day sales? If you have a retail business, maybe you should be. Melody Vargas, guide to About.com’s Retail Industry page, says: A recent Brand Keys survey indicates that 75 percent of U.S. consumers will be celebrating Father’s Day, spending an average of $115 on their dads. Where will all of that…
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