You Can Do It Too brings together the collective knowledge and wisdom of successful British entrepreneurs in the form of 20 essential elements to focus on when starting a business. Each lesson in this valuable blueprint is illustrated by a real entrepreneurial story which looks at why it is important and how to incorporate it into one’s own business venture.Download : You Can Do It
After showing you some unsecured financing sources on previous post, now let's turn to secured financing sources.
Secured Financing
Secured financing is "backed" by collateral of some specific asset or assets of the borrower. The collateral acts as a backup source of funds for the lender if the borrower fails to abide by the terms of the loan. The collateral for short-term financing
By: Joel IrvingVictoria Ring is a freelance Certified Paralegal, Certified Bankruptcy Assistant, and the CEO of two successful businesses. Victoria Ring is the reason why law firms should not outsource their legal work to other countries. Ms. Ring has over 20 years of small business marketing experience, which she has used to build a successful freelance business working from home. Moreover, Victo
In an interesting article on Forbes titled 'The Smartest Unknown Indian Entrepreneur' , Sramana Mitra profiles Sridhar Vembu, the founder and CEO of an Indian firm called AdventNet. The firm today, is a '100%, bootstrapped, $40-millio-a-year revenue business that sends $ 1 million to the bank every month in profits'. The whole piece is worth a detailed read, but two points stand out. The first
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Citi Micro Entrepreneur Award
New Delhi: Six years back, 45 year old Vasanti Uikey was heavily in debt. And today she is sitting proudly among the high and mighty of the financial world at the Citi Micro Entrepreneur Award. The awards honor her and others like her, their ability in pulling themselves out of poverty and becoming successful entrepreneurs along the way.
Nagpur resident Vasanti now
Successful business, successful and balanced life etc. are what we want in our life among many other things which are part of our life. Staying around these things, in this post I am going to talk about a new book The Freedom Formula®: How to Put Soul in Your Business and Money in Your Bank by Christine Kloser who is also author of another book Conscious Entrepreneurs: A Radical New Approach to P
When it comes to being a lucrative, easy to run business, storage companies seem to be right up at the top of the list. The overhead is lower than a typical retail store, because all that is needed is a well constructed facility. Basically, the entire business is simply a set of rooms, set in rows or in a high rise style, depending upon your budget and your location. The old fashioned rows are jus
I lecture a lot at universities, entrepreneur groups and the like, and I generally try and be very upbeat and avoid politics. I enjoy it and think I am good at it, so I plan to continue doing it. But speaking to a group this Sunday afternoon, the constant toll of running a business really hit [...]
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P1030378 The Entrepreneur Media Group is organising week-long activities christened “The Entrepreneur Business Week” as from Monday, 8 December to Friday, 12 December 2008 at the Alliance Franco-Camerounaise, Buea. The programme of activities is as follows:
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The Entrepreneur Trade-Fair & Business Exhibition starts at 9 am and ends at 6 pm, every day [...]
Currently, there are a lot of people who like to work as entrepreneur. There are several kinds of reason why people like to work as entrepreneur. Most of them say that being an entrepreneur, they can be work based their own strategy and plan. More than that, they can be as a manager of their own company so that they will no longer be as an employee. People who want to be a success entrepre
At this moment, there are a lot of people who like to change their job from being an employee to be an entrepreneur. But, there are also people who like to work as employee and entrepreneur. There are several kinds of reasons why people do that. The most reason why people like entrepreneur job is that they can manage and handle their work strategy and plan by themselves. However, there are
We are happy to announce that we are able to support another Kiva entrepreneur and make charitable donations with a portion of our blog income.New Entrepreneur: Isaac Nartey from Koforidua, GhanaIsaac Nartey is a 40-year-old married man with three children, all of whom are in school. He owns and operates a grocery shop in his neighborhood, where he sells items such as sugar, vegetable oil, bottled
Before the birth of the media, many entrepreneurs running a home based business faced many difficulties and many gave up. Marketing proved to be a very difficult and tedious task as not everyone could afford a television, radio or other electronic communication devices and many could only rely and sell their products and services to their inner circle of family and friends. What has made it even h
The Internet has transformed the landscape of marketing dramatically by providing many enablers such as email, sms etc., to the entrepreneur, the multi-level marketer (MLM) and small business owner helping him in his endeavor to expand his business, but is it not strange to note that many businesses have started to fail and closures have become common place? What is going wrong? The reasons for su
El sábado 22 de noviembre, se llevo a cabo la charla Entrepreneur Workshop, evento de la Comunidad Tj.Net. La platica fue en el café D’Volada en Plaza Dorada en Otay , Tijuana. La platica fue conducida por Gabriel Flores, lider de la comunidad Tj.Net, quien fue apoyado por Mario Chavez, freelancer desde hace algunos [...]
Patrick Schofield, founder of Streetwires, has been selected as the winner of the Ernst & Young / FNB / Schwab Foundation ‘Social Entrepreneur of the Year for South Africa’ for 2008.Started in 2000, Streetwires is a social business tackling the problems of unemployment and poverty in South Africa.Focusing on wire art, they provide the skills training, support and raw materials necessary to
As your own small business entrepreneur, you are always on the lookout for services that can assist you in making your company the best it can be. Small business services accomplish just this by allowing a business owner to have the greatest small business possible.
Many varieties of services are available to the business owner. They [...]
Like many other hip-hop moguls, Ludacris continues to build his entrepreneurial portfolio across many businesses including restaurants, TV shows, film and other endorsement deals. Unlike many hip-hop moguls, Luda goes about with his own style and doesn’t feel the need to be in the spotlight- maybe that’s why Luda is so underrated [...]
What should business owners be doing everyday to maximize their time for a return on their investment? For one, spend ample time with your customers. Build their loyalty and they’ll refer your business. Keep a constant pulse on their satisfaction, so you’re providing an amazing service or product now, instead of putting out fires later.
Having been involved with three Internet start-ups, I can say without reservation that being an entrepreneur is the most thrilling thing I have ever done. It is also the most terrifying!
Everyone’s goal in the future is being a success person. A success person means no more financial problem and you can purchase whatever you want as fast as possible. A lot of people gain their financial freedom by the gift from their family. For example: got a huge heritage. But, beside them there are also [...]
Are you an aspiring web entrepreneur? I want to expose you to what it’s really like to be your own boss and work from the comfort of your own home online. I am not trying to deter you from being an web entrepreneur and an online business owner. Before you do anything I want you to watch the video below. Then I recommend you buy and read Tiffany Dow’s Work at Home Truths Report. Why? Because I
Although I'm still young, I'm planning to start my own business. I cannot count on my job forever, so little by little I should start my own business. With the small amount of salary I earn, I could still save money to be the capital of my business. I'm planning to start a computer shop here in our place because it is so in demand here. Here is my forecast of the material cost of my planned busine
Having a disability presents many challenges. But don't let that stop you from fulfilling your dreams of starting your own home business.Read More... [Source: Home-Based-Business Articles from EzineArticles.com - Posted by FreeAutoBlogger]
Entrepreneurs are innovators, visionaries, risk-takers. They are individuals who recognize opportunities and shepherd ideas to full potential. Entrepreneurs are change agents, merging excellent business acumen with insights into the changing needs of the market.
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Philippines program recognizes the achievements of Filipino Entrepreneurs who develop busi
There are many people in the world, who wants to be in the business world rather than remain as an employee. For these people, they think that engaging themselves in entrepreneurial activities enables them to improve their personalities. However, being an entrepreneur entails duties and responsibilities that should be done effectively. They are the ones who are freely managing their own work with
He is Silicon Valley's original evangelist but that’s just one of Guy Kawasaki’s avatars. His others include being an entrepreneur, a venture capitalist, a sought after speaker, a blogger, a columnist, a best selling author — and during an interview, an excellent raconteur.In his 25 years as a Silicon-Valley watcher, the 54 year old managing director of Garage Technology Ventures has seen tr
Entrepreneur - a strange word that is hard to spell and even harder to define. Everyone seems to have their own definition, but what is the true definition? Entrepreneur is from a French word which simply means "to undertake." The dictionary definition tells us it is a "person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk of a business venture. In our society, we think of entrepreneurs as ones
Israelis are notorious for their love of gadgets. Well, at least Israeli men are. And Israeli kids. It’s a pretty true stereotype that Israeli elementary schoolers had their own cell phones way before cellphones were widespread in the US. Hand an Israeli kid pretty much any electronic...
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Starting up a restaurant is a lot like having children. Everyone tells you how much work and dedication it will be, but you are still so excited. The excitement may cause something in the back of your head tells you it might just be a lot of fun and not so much work.Don't believe it. Running a restaurant entails wearing a lot of hats and putting in a lot of time, but it can all be worth it if you
Mike Michalowicz is the author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreur. He started his first business at the age of 24, moving his young family to the only safe place he could afford - a retirement village. With limited resources and no experience, he systematically grew a multi-million dollar technology business, sleeping in conference rooms to [...]
In the last days I had the chance to interview Mike Michalowicz, serial entrepreneur and author of the book The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur. We have discussed about starting a business on a bootstrapped model, fear of starting a business and … failure. The book is about the right and wrong ways of building a business [...]
What would you do business-wise if Internet marketing went away tomorrow? Could you still run a successful business?
In my last couple of posts I mentioned how I feel with the growing popularity of social media and blogging as a means to grow your business has in many ways made some entrepreneurs lazy.
True it is [...]
I’ve got this interesting story from Margie Quimpo-Espino at Philippine Daily Inquirer about a 25 years young entrepreneur Allan Capulong that managed to turn around his father’s real estate business and make it a success.
The story shows how Allan managed to get past his familly previous un-successful ventures and turn the last one into a [...]
A new university degree that requires students to start a new business to graduate, has been launched by Dragons Den panelist Theo Paphitis at Huddersfield University.
Paphitis will lead a series of business masterclasses during the three year course alongside world renowned business expert Michael Gerber.
“We need to re-invent the way we start a business,” Gerber [...]
To celebrate the release of his new memoir, 1000 Dollars and an Idea, American entrepreneur Sam Wyly is giving one winner a chance to kickstart an entrepreneurial dream. Entrants of this contest will have a chance of winning a grand prize of $1,000. The winner and twenty runners-up will also receive a signed copy of [...]
This will be the ultimate job for the right person! I am looking for an assistant to help me with my web development and other projects. I hope to be able to train someone to eventually take over management of my businesses... (Budget: $30-250, Jobs: Copywriting, Graphic Design, Project Management, SEO, Web Promotion)
Publican Dave Gentry who runs The Woolpack in Chelmsford Essex, is organising a beer festival at the pub, following recognition in a national competition to find the best quality beer in the UK.
The Woolpack finished second in the competition and has prompted the owner to host a beer festival, featuring more than 25 real ales, [...]
I am looking for an assistant to help me with my web development and other projects. I hope to be able to train someone to eventually take over my businesses. The assistant must be accessible by skype,... (Budget: $30-250, Jobs: Graphic Design, Project Management, Script Installation, System Admin., Website Design)
MANILA, Philippines - Jollibee Foods Corp., the country's largest operator of fast food chains, is set to acquire the entire stake of a chain of restaurants in China.In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, JFC said it will be paying P2.5 billion for the entire stake of Hongzhuangyuan, which operates a total of 37 restaurants in China."Consistent with the initial agreement, the final agre
Blogs are wonderful but like most wonderful things it takes focus and discipline. I posted less in August than expected but I am on a quest of self forgiveness so this gave me a chance to express it.As we wait for our first shipment of Thumballs made under the stricter European standards (CE), for half the shipment to go to the UK establishing us as a worldwide company and for the new designs our
A Lesson in Effortlessness[Video Below]You've seen him, heard him - watched him ridicule people who likely have mental disabilities - he's Simon Cowell the British...money mogul. He really can't be called much else given to the fact that he says he'll consider any job if it offers a paycheck.What I like about him - and especially this video - is you hear him admit that he doesn't know anything abo
I have been searching for information on how I brand myself and my business and I stumbled on a couple doing videos. They mastermind on everything from personal development to branding yourself and your business...very cool site...If you are like me, I would much rather watch and listen then read! Check it out at Entrepreneur .
Funny how you get different perspectives on the same thing. I would like now to comment on an article written by Earl Stringer & Rachel Bishop - Are you an Entrepreneur? I will copy paste the main ideas below and give you my comments:
Entrepreneurs can be any shape, size, age, race or religion. They do, [...]
By Dr. Ken Evoy, creator of SiteSell People are so impatient nowadays. Fast, faster, fastest... instant gratification is the name of the game. They want overnight success ("before breakfast" preferably!). But that is simply not part of building a business from scratch. A real business takes time and effort.Yes, even online ones. So many Netrepreneurs somehow think that the Internet suspends f
Creating a successful business takes more than simply running a business. It takes vision, belief, action and tenacity. Something else it takes, but isn’t often discussed, is being a conscious entrepreneur. Being a conscious entrepreneur is about building your business...
Vincent Tan, a Malaysian business tycoon, and his company have donated thousands of dollars to charities in Viet Nam and committed investments of more than US$5 billion.
Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Vincent Tan Thee Yioun, as he is formally known, is the chief executive officer of Berjaya Corporation Berhad, a conglomerate with annual revenues in excess of $1 billion.
Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur,
Teenage entrepreneurs aren’t a new phenomenon in the valley - 17 year old Kristopher Tate founded Zooomr back in 2006, and Jessica Mah could call herself a serial entrepreneur by age 17. But it’s still pretty rare to see a startup founder get dropped off for work by his mother.
At our August Capital event last week, I met 15 year old Daniel Brusilovsky for the first time. While I had come acro
To my pleasant surprise today, I found that my book, The Professional Bartender’s Handbook: A Recipe for Every Drink Known - Including Tricks and Games to Impress Your Guests, was featured on Entrepreneur.com on The Bookwatch. Here’s a short review of the book:
The Professional Bartender’s Handbook
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Jean Ann is the President of Escalation Business Consulting, a consulting firm with a focus on business coaching, strategic direction and fund development. Escalation helps individuals and businesses spend less time doing good work and more time doing great work.
Previously, she was the Executive Director of the Cascade AIDS Project, Oregon’s largest AIDS service provider. [...]
We received a fantastic surprise from one of our readers!We were given a $25 donation with some instructions to sponsor a specific individual at Kiva.org on their behalf. Thank you very much! The recipient's name is Nguyen Thi Lan and she is from Nghi Loca a district (huyện) of Nghe An Province in the North Central Coastal region of Vietnam.From her translated profile on Kiva.org: Mrs. Nguyen T
Being an entrepreneur is about more than just starting a business or two, it is about having attitude and the drive to succeed in business. All successful Entrepreneurs have a similar way of thinking and posses several key personal qualities that make them so successful in business. Successful entrepreneurs like the ambitious Richard Branson have an inner drive to succeed and grow their business,
Sent via BlackBerry from T-MobileFrom: Keith Kelley <keithkelley@fwced.org>Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:55:28 -0400 (EDT)To: <xipnek@aol.com>Subject: National $250,000 Entrepreneur Challenge! Fresno West Coalition For Economic Development partners with The Lyles Center in getting the word out about the National $250,000 Entrepreneur Challenge
Yesterday I’ve come across Monika Mundell’s 9 Things That Could Ruin Your Entrepreneur Spirit and I couldn’t resist commenting a little bit on the items. If you remember my older post There is something wrong with entrepreneur’s minds - entrepreneurs are able to postpone the accomplishment of their dreams, or even act against them for [...]
Dr. Letitia Wright have been awarded the Business Press Top 100 Women owned Business awards in 1996. Been nominated for a Stevie™ Award in 2004 and was the National Association of Female Executives Entrepreneur of the year. Been nominated for the Reginald Lewis Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Inland Empire African American Chamber [...]
I've read about becoming a "lifestyle entrepreneur" over the past few months. I've become fascinated with this particular niche of entrepreneurship and decided to delve more into finding out what is a lifestyle entrepreneur and how do I become one. A lifestyle entrepreneurs creates their own reality and balances the nuisances of them rather well because it's not the destination that matters, but r
The coach of Sporting, Paulo Bento, has indicated that no account with the Serbian, Purovic. Still, the forward has trained with the initial due to the absence of proposals. But everything can change this week-end, when encountering "lions" of the Athletic Cacém in the first game of preparation for the 2008/09 season.
Arkadiy Dobkin, EPAM Founder, Chairman and CEO, was named winner of the Entrepreneur Of The Year®2008 award in New Jersey, Information Technology Consulting category, organized by Ernst & Young, a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. According to Ernst & Young, the awards are given to entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, fi
Deadline : Wednesday 20 August 2008.
The inaugural Young Interactive Entrepreneur award aims to champion and celebrate the importance of creative entrepreneurs working in the field of the interactive entertainment and media. It seeks to showcase international business innovation in the field of interactive entertainment and media using the UK as the nexus for cultural, creative and
PT. Great Eastern Life Indonesia (GEL Indo) is a subsidiary of The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co. Ltd., Singapore, the oldest and most established insurance company in Singapore. Since it’s operation in 1996, GELindo has focused on increasing the business and helping meet customer needs through all sales offices in Indonesia. With the support of cutting-edge technology, highly qualified...
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Celsinho may be a step to represent the Santos. The average of all Sporting has agreed with the Brazilian club, according to its owner José Bressan.The officer met in the field of training with the leaders of Santos and ultimately made it clear what the intentions of Celsinho: "From our part is 100 percent right. He is now only for the Santos accept or not. But if we come here is because everythi
British Council Calling Creative Champions!We're looking for Indonesia's creative champions to make the next big waveIf you're 25 - 35 years old, with at least 3 years experience working in the crative sectors of film & television, interactive, fashion or communications, join the competition now!As Indonesia' champion you'll win a 14-day all expenses paid trip to the UK -- promote your work in
Today at the Farmer’s Market…
Julia: “Hi! We’re selling Mama’s buckeyes. They’re a dollar! Would you like one?”
Customer #1: “Well, how can I resist that? Sure. I’ll take one.”
Julia: Takes the dollar, studies it, then stows it away.
Customer #2: “Good morning! What do we have here?”
Julia: [...]
I was in a business forum recently - today - and I came across a question a budding entrepreneur wrote. He wanted to know what people thought of him going to a 'free seminar' that sent him a mailer through entrepreneur magazine.
Like a slap in the face those 2 keywords brought back memories of my first 'free seminar' experience so let me explain how to handle these seminars, and then how you ca
What do these have in common – used car salesperson, energy trader for Enron and ticket scalper? The answer is all three are looked down upon by our peers and society.The used car salesperson has to fight the stereotype that they are always trying to sell someone a lemon. The energy trader was once viewed with respect, but now the secret is out that they did their part to de-rail parts of the ec
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Oh the joys of Entrepreneur...ing. The word 'entrepreneur' has such a fantastic connotation that using the word alone to define yourself can make you seem like you know something the rest of the world doesn't."Excuse me, um...I'm an Entrepreneur.""Oh Really? Wow, what's it like? You must be very successful."Yeah - don't let her know that you clean gutters once a month because you can't find any cu
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Seven signs of an EntrepreneurIT TAKES an entrepreneurial fire in your belly to start a business — and make it succeed — and not everyone has it. How do you know if you have what it takes to start a business? There’s really no way to know for sure. But there are things in common among the emotional and family fabric of people ready to consider an entrepreneurial venture. You don’t have to
Resilience, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.
Resilient entrepreneur is those that own ’super human’ will power to face adversities and challenges.
His/her motto is “If I had to fail 1000 times to get 1 successful business that exceed the loss caused by the 1000 [...]
Serial entrepreneur tackles mobile phone theftReal Business, UK -2 hours agoWhen Adrian Portlock left his mobile phone on the tube in 2000, he was shocked at the kerfuffle involved in getting it back. “They asked me for the IMEI …
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What it doesStudentBusinesses.com an online network for aspiring student entrepreneurs in the United States. This site brings two groups together: entrepreneurial university students, and the experienced business professionals, investors, and advisors who wish to connect with them. Students can join one of two different groups, either "In the Game,†meaning they already have a start-up
Steven Greenbaum and Brian Spindel Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2008 Award Finalists in the Rocky Mountain Region
DENVER, Colorado– PostNet International Franchise Corporation today announced that Steven J. Greenbaum, CEO, and Brian Spindel, President/COO, are finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2008 Award in [...]
10. Skitch With Skitch you will never have to hear “it looks fine on my machine” from your developers again. Skitch is a handy little tool that lets you quickly take screen shots or images and annotate them. Nothing is more effective than giant red arrows when you want to point something out. It can also be used as an effective mechanism to embarrass co-workers. 9. An Executive with a Foreign
Kenapa lebih baik mulai merintis entrepreneur saat masih muda?
Merintis usaha atau memasuki dunia entrepreneur memang bisa dimulai
disaat usia berapapun, termasuk saat sudah usia diatas 45 tahun. Ada
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demikian, kalau kita berpikir resiko dan energi, bagaimanapun juga
tetap lebih baik memulai usaha ketika usia muda (dibawah 40 [...]
If you an entrepreneur and are involved at all into network marketing then you have heard of search engine optimization. All over the Internet their are SEO classes teaching techniques to solving the puzzle of Google, Yahoo and MSN. As an entrepreneur, you understand the magnitude of having your website advertised on the first page [...]
Media NewsNew Delhi, May 31, 2008EXL Service (NASDAQ: EXLS), a leading provider of transformation and outsourcing solutions, today announced that Executive Chairman Vikram Talwar has been selected as a finalist for The Metro New York Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2008 Award. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary
Questions VCs ask a Successful Entrepreneur.WHEN raising money from venture capitalists or angels, you’ll want to meet as many as possible. They won’t all invest, but each time you pitch, you get better. Each time you pitch, you get asked different questions, get different opinions and ideas. It’s worth it to pitch as many people as you can, as often as you can. Some questions will get asked
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Celebrities such as American Idol winner Jordin Sparks,super model Amber Valletta, Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child, and Janet Jackson are on the Travertine roster. The company website at www.TravertineSpa.com shows Carter with numerous other celebs enjoying Travetine products and relaxed yoga wear at Academy Awards events and private parties.Celebrities alone do not a successful company make.
Those who are successful with their online business do not just play at it or make it a fun hobby. They have a Success Plan. This might consist of an action plan, as well as a time-management and budget plan.
This plan is a roadmap with projections and estimates of what you’ll be doing, spending, [...]
I am a firm believer that entrepreneurs can be taught, whether he/she is born with it or not.
I am my first and foremost case - I am born not as an entrepreneur. My role models were not entrepreneur. However, later in life, a few books changes my career path and orientation.
I feel that [...]
Entrepreneur of the year - the big search is on - Singapore
By OH BOON PING
(SINGAPORE) The search is on again for Singapore’s Entrepreneur of the Year (EOY), with the launch yesterday of Ernst & Young’s 2008 EOY Awards.
A toast to entrepreneurship: (From left) Ernst & Young’s EOY Awards Program leader Simon Yeo; Mr Ong Yew [...]
Do you follow American Idol? I’m not normally watch any TV programmes, but the hype around it makes me watch the final 10, including the final 2 - the battle between the two Davids - David Archuleta and David Cook.
As it turned out today, the winner is David Cook.
The interesting fact is that throughout the [...]
I have a chat or two with a member of one of the forum I involve in.
She has a brilliant idea about money making online with her blog, and later on, an offline business venture she planned with her friends.
I asked her why if she would be successful online, she still considered owning an offline, [...]
Business owners are entrepreneurs.
Alas, some of them are not really the effective ones.
I’ve seen many entrepreneurs are just like office workers - they, in fact, just create another job for them, with better pay but with no sick leave or paid vacation.
A job? Yes - entrepreneurs often trap themselves in a routine. More opportunities [...]
What he created is one of the best kept secrets for both travelers and business people alike. The Casa Claro De Luna, a high tech Bed and Breakfast in Costa Rica. This brain child is for those who want to relax in the sun and wait for pina coladas, not internet connections. - 2004-01-12 Friend of PR Web - 20
Seven ways to avoid the growth trapsSO, YOUR startup has become a success and is all set for the growth phase. Good luck, but take care to avoid the following traps.Underestimating The Cash-Burn RateHere’s an all too familiar scenario: Projected revenues start taking off in year five, but it’s only year three, the company is still losing money and it only has 12 months worth of cash in the kit
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You Aren't a Natural EntrepreneurBut you could be an entrepreneur with some work.You've got the vision and guts to make it happen.You just need a little more practice in the business world.Find out what you truly love to do, and the money will follow.Are You a Natural Entrepreneur?I guess with the result of my test I need to think twice before engaging myself into business.
If you create a startup national company, you'll spend most of your risk capital trying to find customers. Ninety-eight percent of the time, you'll fail.
You may have a great new product or service that everybody needs. Nevertheless, the world still won't beat a path to your door. You won't generate hordes of customers without spending tons of money and years of your life.
Your alternative to
