Entrepreneurship Articles

So you made your first attempt to run a small business but it didn't go so well? Not to worry... you have the rest of your life to do it all over again, and next time around you'll at least know what NOT to do. Here are some common obstacles that can...

Starting a business can be a rewarding experience, but it can also be very time consuming and difficult. Many resources are available to assist you, but information overload can cause you from moving forward. Keeping it simple is often the best way o...

In the glamour world of running your own business consultancy you may think that the glory prize is best actor. In fact the real success goes to best director and here's why. Firstly, independent business consultants (IBC) have often worked for mediu...

You've found the lamp, you've made your wish and you are waiting excitedly for the genie to appear and you wait… and you wait and yet… - nothing. You've left the corporate world and discovered the joys of being your own boss. You've decided to be...

I work with people who have left the corporate world and have established or want to establish themselves as Independent Business Consultants (IBC) in their area of expertise, whether that be HR, Marketing, IT or sales. One of the most common assumpt...

The appeal of starting a business is universal. While there are many reasons for desiring to launch a business, there are definitely needs that are universally fulfilled by starting one. As you have read many times, and as you might well know, starti...

Every wholesale and closeout business is faced with a difficult issue when it comes to selecting the prices for their wholesale and closeout products. To address this challenge, www.wholesalecloseoutforum.com has introduced articles written by expert...

If you are a home based business owner probably the largest obstacle you must overcome is finding motivation. You work at home and need to get online to work on your website, marketing, research, etc. But there are many other things going on that v...

So you want to learn the internet business marketing secrets to make money by starting an internet business? Do you feel like an internet business entrepreneur that is just waiting for the best opportunity to strike it rich with? You know that the in...

Have you ever thought about how to start a housecleaning business? When you think of how to start a housecleaning business you will probably think of questions such as - How do I start a housecleaning business? - Do I have what it takes to run my own...

Entrepreneurs often experience extreme highs and extreme lows. It is not uncommon for an entrepreneur to be sitting on top of the world one minute, but then feel like the sky is falling the next as market conditions rapidly change. For these entrepre...

Do you have an idea for a private clothing label that will make millions? Does the idea involve a need for trendy fashionable tees and tanks that you will then alter and style into sellable product? You know what you want to do with the blank shirts,...

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 living out of my mom and dad's house. Things had started well enough—my intention was to sell wholesal...

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 a key bit of advice: When you are a near penniless college student, and you need a car, you will, by d...

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 ideas must have a demonstrated need, ready market, and ability to provide a solid return on investment. Is t...

How often have you thumbed through a business opportunity magazine, noticed a franchise opportunity advertisement, and felt you'd really like to get in on that...if only you had the money? If you're like most who are seeking greater opportunity and w...

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's not just about the money. It's about having an ideal lifestyle - being able to have control over your ...

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 need to do everything possible to keep your existing customers happy and find complimentary products to of...

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?" A variety of experts have documented research that indicates that successful small business entrepren...

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 mechanism that already fulfills that need. An entrepreneur is a risk taker. She dives head-first into unch...

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 only three elements, that separate success from failure. If you exercise one of the elements, you might ju...

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 world effect. It has happed to most of us, and it's virtually guaranteed to happen at again - especially if you...

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 launch successful ventures. These steps include spotting, assessing, selecting and executing upon opportun...

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 Frank, Hurley and Von Dutch, are not mad geniuses of fashion. You can duplicate their rise to brand stardom...

I've seen terrible images today on the television and internet—bodies of the elderly and infants floating in attics, buildings collapsing, seals washing up in the middle of highways. All I can say is that our thoughts go out to those in New Orleans...

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 small business, it's easy to get buried in the myriad activities that demand your attention each day. Conseque...

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 store and enjoyed seeing the ladies on a weekly basis who were the tellers. Since the store branch closed, I...

In discussing entrepreneurship and writing articles on the subject, I have found that it aids understanding when we begin by agreeing on exactly what the word means to us. Entrepreneurship is the process of creating or seizing an opportunity, and pur...

Entrepreneurship is generally characterized by some type of innovation, a significant investment, and a strategy that values expansion. The entrepreneur is often quite different in mindset from a manager, who is generally charged with using existing ...

The "spark" for many entrepreneurs is seeing an opportunity that doesn't yet exist. Ted Turner, for example, launched CNN because he perceived that people wanted more television news than they were being offered. It took a lot of patience on Turner's...