Youve Found Your Guru, Now What?

In my last article, "Follow That Guru", I told you about the one (1) simple technique I used when starting my home business, "A Name".Now everyone wants to know what to do next. OK, here it goes.You've found your Guru, and you know what kind of home business you want... Read More

How You Can Earn $1000 A Week Part Time

About 6 years ago I started to notice that certain friends of mine had quit their jobs but continued to live very luxurious lifestyles - seemingly without doing very much. I thought they must just be using up their savings until I discovered they were all making a fantastic living... Read More

Methods of Generating New Ideas for Entrepreneurs

Summary: Even with a wide variety of sources available, coming up with an idea as the basis for a new venture can still be a difficult problem. The entrepreneur can use several methods to help generate and test new ideas including focus groups, brainstorming and problem inventory analysis.The following are... Read More

Good Questions, good Answers; Bad Questions, Bad Replies

I'm convinced that asking the right questions is one of the most important skills you need to become a successful business person. Questions have the power to direct you or to distort you. The right kind of questions will direct you to success the wrong kind of questions will direct... Read More

Executive Suites - A Way To Save Cash

Cash is one of the most important resources to a new business. One of the best ways to conserve cash for a startup business that is in need of office space is to rent an executive suite rather than to rent traditional office space. Most people don't even know this... Read More

10 Tips for Would-be Entrepreneurs

Every evening as the sun sets beyond the mangroves that line the shore along the western bank of Lake Myakka, Florida, herds of wild deer and wild black pigs come down to the water's edge to drink and slake their thirst.I have seen them up close and it is a... Read More

Great Tips Of Choosing An Office

You have decided to strike it out on your own and set up a business consultancy. Chances are you want to look at getting your own office premises. Besides ensuring that your rental payment does not create serious cash-flow problems in the medium term, you have to look out for... Read More

The Use of Common Stock in Venture Capital Transactions

When raising capital for a business venture, a company can either raise debt capital, equity capital or a combination of the two. Debt capital is money loaned to the company at an agreed interest rate for a fixed time period. Conversely, equity capital is money invested by owners (shareholders) for... Read More

Why eBay Is A Smart Choice For Entrepreneurs

Attention entrepreneurs: If you think the search for the ultimate moneymaking business opportunity is like searching for a very small needle in a very big internet haystack, then think again!Perhaps you've been searching the worldwide marketplace and are both overwhelmed and frustrated by an endless stream of internet ads promising... Read More

Entrepreneurs - Your Well Being Should Come Before Profits

I believe the spiritual aspect of life, especially to entrepreneurs, is very important. While business may be the focal point for an entrepreneur's life, it's your outlook on life that shapes what kind of person you are.Having a strong sense of self can benefit your business in many ways. The... Read More

Financial Issues in Business Startup

A primary inhibitor of business start-up is that few people have the financial cushion to give up a job for the uncertain income of a start-up venture. In a recent survey, about 30% of new business founders identified inadequate funding as their biggest hurdle, and a similar amount said lenders... Read More

Entrepreneurs Just Get Better With Age

Q: I'm thinking about starting a business after I retire next month. I'll be 65. Am I too old to start a business? -- Milton A.A: Milton, congratulations on your pending retirement. I find it admirable that after many years of hard work you are thinking about starting a business.... Read More

5 Tips to Step Boldly into the World & Set Yourself Apart from Others

"Real champions believe in themselves even when no one else will!" Author UnknownTo take your life and business to a level that makes you ecstatic there is a good chance you will need to step boldly into the world and stand distinctively apart from others. Here are 5 tips to... Read More

Achievements Outweigh Education and Experience

Q: When it comes to succeeding in business, which do you think is more important: education or experience? -- Regina M.A: Regina, have you seen the television show, Fear Factor? If you haven't seen it you've probably heard about it. Fear Factor is the show where they put contestants through... Read More

The Term Sheet?s Role in Raising Venture Capital

Entrepreneurs and companies who are seeking venture capital often negotiate with one or more venture capital firms on a number of important issues. These issues include the amount of capital to be raised, the investment terms, etc. The document which summarizes these terms is known as a "term sheet."The term... Read More

Bring That Difference To Your Business!

Romans had a phrase for this- First among Equals.Online marketing has too coined a similar one ? when everything is equal the difference is me.This is the key to build a successful business.One who makes the difference succeeds.That is what differentiates between the bestsellers and thousands of books that just... Read More

CHINESE TAKE-OUT: Oriental Business Principles Demystified For Online Enterprises

"The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools." - ConfuciusChinese people are well-renowned for their industriousness and extraordinary minds for business. Cases of our Chinese brothers failing in their ventures are very rare. They have effective principles that have... Read More

Getting Rich Isnt a Bad Idea

You've seen plenty of articles claiming to offer you the secret to getting rich. Some ideas, however, are thin veneers covering some scheme that often involves multi-level marketing or a service with questionable intents.Recently I discovered a site and an individual who, well, tells it like it is. When you... Read More

Definition of Entrepreneur

EntrepreneurAn entrepreneur is a man who organizes and manages the business. The following are the responsibilities of an entrepreneur that what he has to do?1. PlanningFirst of all an entrepreneur should be a good planner. His first duty is to do good planning. The main purpose of planning is to... Read More

Are You An Entrepreneur?

With all the buzz about everybody being an entrepreneur these days wouldn't it be nice if you could really find out if you have what it takes?Sure it would.The following profile was adopted over a period of several years of research from successful entrepreneurs worldwide to assist would-be entrepreneurs determine... Read More

Angel Investors: 7 Online Business Plan Scams and 1 Real Deal

We've all seen the hype: "We'll put your plan in front of thousands of investors!" "We'll write you an award-winning online business plan!" "Only $3,000 for thousands of investors to learn about your company!"I cringe every time I see one of these ads. Vultures are preying on honest business people... Read More

How to Be an Entrepreneur and Keep Your Sanity

Define for yourself what an Entrepreneur is:What makes you think you can start and grow a business?Do you make something that people just have to have?Are you talented in a way that make you stand out from the crowd?What makes you different from Joe Schmoe?Conduct a quick skills assessment and... Read More

Staying Ahead of the Perils, Excerpt of Entrepreneurial Motivation Speech

Running a business is not an easy endeavor, it takes courage, hard work and a strategic mindset. I feel now that I am retired looking back on it all, that it is my duty to provide to new entrepreneurs a few of the secrets of how to get things done.... Read More

Reducing the Stress of Being an Entrepreneur

Starting and running your own business can be exciting and rewarding, but it can also be very stressful. For most of our almost 40 year marriage my husband has been an entrepreneur and I have sometimes worked with him. Having built my own business as a Stress Reduction Coach I... Read More

Top 10 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make Before They Even Start

So you want to start a business. You have an idea. Lets say you want to be a carpenter. You print some brochures, some business cards, and take out an ad in the Yellow Pages. You pay $600 for a website and a domain name that tells everyone about your... Read More

A rare bit of good news on the climate front
Washington Post (blog)
It's precisely the type of market-based approach that rewards private enterprise and entrepreneurialism and keeps government involvement at a minimum. ...
Economy slows push for EPA carbon cappingAlaskajournal.com

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African-American Chamber honors small businesses
Shreveport Times
"You represent the true spirit of American entrepreneurialism and capitalism," Glover told small business owners. "You are critical to our success as a city ...

Wanted: Fast-Growing Private Companies for Annual List
Orange County Business Journal
Your company could be ranked one of the fast-growing companies in an area known for nimble startups and entrepreneurialism. It's also good exposure for your ...

Opinion: Give us train carriages to kick start entrepreneurialism
The Guardian
"Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet," that was Rudyard Kipling writing in 1892. Now we're in 2010 and no longer talking ...

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One-size-fits-all strategy is recipe for international failure
Food and Drink Digital (blog)
The food and drinks sector, in particular, has a long history of harnessing such opportunities, through the sheer determination and entrepreneurialism of ...

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Successful entrepreneurs: why they prosper
BusinessWings
The recent Orange Entreprenation report undertaken with YouGov examined the profile, location and key drivers behind entrepreneurialism in the UK. ...

Digital Entrepreneur Awards 2010 are now open
Industry Today (press release)
The UK's only national awards dedicated to internet entrepreneurialism have this week announced that they are open and welcoming submissions. ...

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REMARKS BY BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON (AS RELEASED BY 10 DOWNING STREET)
Federal News Service (subscription)
... this incredible building that there is an enormous spirit of enterprise and entrepreneurialism and industry and business and trade here in Turkey, ...

What I've learned from the market bubbles
MarketWatch
Therein lies the rub of our current course; innovation and entrepreneurialism are integral parts of the solution but many of those in a position to effect ...

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China thrives on drive
Telegraph-Journal
China's phenomenal growth has been driven as much by entrepreneurialism as by social and political revolution, as families strive for a better quality of ...

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