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Myths About Starting Your Own Small Business
Sunday, 3 Oct, 2010 – 8:13 | No Comment
Myths About Starting Your Own Small Business

Image via Wikipedia Most people decide to start their own business because they think it is a great alternative to having to work for someone else. Some even think it is the next step in the evolution for one to go from rags to riches. However, some people think that delving into such ventures are [...]

Entrepreneurs: Knowing Yourself Before Building Your Small Business
Thursday, 30 Sep, 2010 – 7:11 | No Comment
Entrepreneurs: Knowing Yourself Before Building Your Small Business

In an uncertain global economy, when employers and employees feel no loyalty to one another and rarely look out for one another’s interests, entrepreneurship can seem like a dream come true. However, not all personalities are ideal for the entrepreneurial lifestyle. Though there may be more than one path to entrepreneurial success, these five traits [...]

Finding Your Purpose in Life Through Entrepreneurship
Thursday, 30 Sep, 2010 – 2:03 | No Comment
Finding Your Purpose in Life Through Entrepreneurship

We have become a society of followers. Like sheep, we are herded and fed from our master’s seconds and leftovers. Few ever realize what they are truly worth because the wealth and empowerment is in the hands of the elite. The scraps that the major corporations feed the masses are just enough to keep them [...]

Why Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs Really Need A Solid Marketing Plan?
Wednesday, 29 Sep, 2010 – 21:38 | No Comment
Why Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs Really Need A Solid Marketing Plan?

When I ask entrepreneurs and small business owners, it is not unusual for not having any marketing plan. I once read that Sir Richard Branson never had any marketing plan when he started the 1st Virgin business many years ago. In fact in one study of entrepreneurship (I couldn’t recall the name of the study) [...]

Empowering Business Entrepreneurship With Effective Strategy
Wednesday, 29 Sep, 2010 – 11:29 | No Comment
Empowering Business Entrepreneurship With Effective Strategy

There are only two factors critical to the success of business entrepreneurship. These are: Identifying opportunities Minimizing the risks inherent to these opportunities Both these factors are greatly influenced by effective strategy. Hence, effective strategy plays a very vital role in entrepreneurial ventures. Business Entrepreneurship: Creating a Powerful Strategy Image via Wikipedia A structured approach [...]

The 5 Habits of Highly Successful Small-Business Owners
Tuesday, 28 Sep, 2010 – 20:40 | One Comment
The 5 Habits of Highly Successful Small-Business Owners

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a business that consistently grows and another that struggles just to make ends meet? Or why a business that was started in a basement of a home can outperform some of the best-run “big” companies in sales and profits? Two businesses, operating in the same marketing [...]

Entrepreneurship Defined – Entrepreneur Vs Small Business
Tuesday, 28 Sep, 2010 – 19:15 | No Comment
Entrepreneurship Defined – Entrepreneur Vs Small Business

The concept of entrepreneurship takes a wide range of definition and its meaning has progressed over the century. To many, it is linked to starting one’s personal business. However, nearly all economists believe that it is more than starting a business. The word entrepreneur comes from the French word entreprendre, meaning ‘to embark on.’ In [...]

If You Want to Be an Entrepreneur, Home Business Options Might Make Sense
Tuesday, 28 Sep, 2010 – 5:19 | No Comment
If You Want to Be an Entrepreneur, Home Business Options Might Make Sense

One of the most frequent questions I get asked by potential clients and acquaintances alike is how to become an entrepreneur when all they’ve ever done was work as an employee. In answering the question I usually ask them why they think they might want to become an entrepreneur, and what exactly they think an [...]

The 7 Best Characteristics Of An Entrepreneur
Friday, 18 Sep, 2009 – 9:43 | One Comment
The 7 Best Characteristics Of An Entrepreneur

This is your chance to list what, in your opinion, are the most important attributes required by an internet entrepreneur… Please share with the community your thoughts and your top 7 by commenting below and starting the discussion. These are the words of my original post on this subject, but unfortunately after 100 viewings, nobody [...]

How an Interview with Darren Rowse of Problogger Changed Everything
Tuesday, 5 May, 2009 – 7:06 | 5 Comments
How an Interview with Darren Rowse of Problogger Changed Everything

Last night I was searching Google for information on Getting ‘Fast Traffic’ to a Blog for CircleOneConnect.com. While searching I had a revelation while reading an interview over at Problogger with Darren Rowse. Honestly, it was not what I was searching for, but at the same it was everything I needed to hear. See, for [...]