Self Employment for Bohemians By Steve Lafler

I was fifteen minutes from reporting to my first day of work as a minimum wage dishwasher early one evening in June, 1979. It was my first summer

Low Rent Start Up By Steve Lafler

The Green Duck needed a new transmission—BAD! Like last week. It groaned with an industrial, metal-on-metal fervor. Let me stop here and proffer

Business Idea & Opportunity Evaluation By Ryan Allis

In analyzing your business ideas you must be able to pass them through a test to determine if they truly are valid opportunities. All of your ide

WhereTo Get Money For A Franchise Idea By David Barnes

How often have you thumbed through a business opportunity magazine, noticed a franchise opportunity advertisement, and felt you'd really like to

Do You Know These Surefire Ways to Attain Moneymaking Success? By Zaak OConan

You have probably heard other people say that "Money isn't everything" or "Money can't buy happiness." They may be right in some aspects; but it

Double Your Income Automatically By Mike Makler

It is a common known fact that it is far cheaper to keep an existing customer then it is to acquire a new customer. With this fact in mind you n

16 Vital Traits Shared by All Successful Entrepreneurs By Michael Brassil

The first step in deciding whether to start a business is to ask yourself this important question: "Do I have what it takes to be an entrepreneur

Every Entrepreneur's Worst Nightmare By Neil Sagebiel

Gone: Customers, sales, profits. Following is a simple little tale about how it happens."Jones was a typical entrepreneur who worked long

An Entrepreneur Is By Tino Buntic

An entrepreneur is an innovator. She sees a need in the marketplace and creates something new to fulfill that need or improves upon an existing m

3 Essential Elements of Operating a Successful Business By Michael Brassil

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to live your dream? A good place to start would be to recognize that there are three elements, and o

Six Degrees of Separation By Adam Ginsberg

Through just five or six intermediaries, you could be linked to millions of others. It is the notion behind what has been dubbed the small

Four Steps to Entrepreneurship By Dave Lavinsky

As more and more people start or consider starting their own business, it is important that they understand the core steps that are required to l

Key to Starting Your Own Clothing Company By Bradley Johnson

Starting your own private label clothing company is not as difficult as you may think. I assure you that the founding members of Volcom, Paul Fra

Hurricane Katrina, Death, and a Different Type of Entrepreneurship By Ryan Allis

I’ve seen terrible images today on the television and internet—bodies of the elderly and infants floating in attics, buildings collapsing, seals

Work On, Not In Your Business By Lena Claxton

Are you busy? Everyone's busy! Ask anyone they'll tell you how busy they are. But how many people are accomplishing real results?In your

It's Good to Know Your Banker By Mary Gardner

Recently my bank opened a new branch that is a few miles away from my house. I used to visit the local branch that was located in the grocery sto

Entrepreneurs - Your Well Being Should Come Before Profits By Yaro Starak

I believe the spiritual aspect of life, especially to entrepreneurs, is very important. While business may be the focal point for an entrepreneur

Have You Been Thinking About Owning Your Own Business? Or Becoming An Entrepreneur? Part 1 By Cora Foerstner

Almost every day, I talk with people who want to start their own home-based businesses. I receive an interesting reaction when I ask people, "Wha

Increasing Business BIGTIME with a Successful Referral System By Alan Boyer

What I’ve discovered from most of my small business clients is that most would prefer to build their business through referrals rather than throu

You've Found Your Guru, Now What? By Lavonda Thigpen

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

Franchise Business and Franchise Businesses By Christian N

Franchise business is being part of a successfully proven business that has a name or trademark that is well known and profitable. Franchise busi

Secret Revealed In The Business Code By Tony Williams

• Beginners often rush into business without any planning.• Unless you do your homework, there could be many avoidable pitfalls.• Y

Become a Recognized Authority in Your Field - in 60 Days or Less! By Matt Bacak

You don't have to be rock-star famous before you are recognized as an authority in your field. You just have to begin to get the word out. Your g

Interview with Best-selling Entrepreneurial Authors Barbara Winters and Nick Williams By Eve Menezes Cunningham

Ray Bradbury’s quote, “You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down” may sound extreme but, as anyone building

Solving the Million Dollar Mystery: 4 Steps To Create A Turn-Key Business By Stephanie Frank

You're a smart, hardworking entrepreneur, and you're moving fast. You are highly educated in your field and your business is growing and getting

Entrepreneurs - 9 Top Mistakes to Avoid By Jane Johnson

1. Isolating Yourself When setting up a business, you can get so overwhelmed with the administration that you don’t focus on building

Book Yourself Solid: The Simple Selling Process By Michael Port

As a service provider you may not want to think of yourself as a salesperson. You are in the business of helping others and you may not feel comf

Adding a Service After You Buy a Business By Ray Philip

When you buy a business, you should have a plan. Why have you chosen that particular business? Why that particular time to buy a business? What c

Judging Entrepreneurial Ideas By Dave Lavinsky

Most entrepreneurs constantly come up with new ideas. Whether they are working on another project, driving, or lying in bed, their minds are cons

An Entrepreneur's Biggest Cost By Dave Lavinsky

When launching a new product or company, an entrepreneur must consider their biggest cost - the opportunity cost. Opportunity cost is an economic