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If you have ever considered or even dreamed of going into business for yourself, you’ve already engaged in some degree of business planning. Most likely your planning was intertwined with your thoughts about the personal issues that accompany a decision to start your own business. In its most general sense, business planning is all about…
Building a web site is a VERY important part of your business communication to customers, prospective customers and employees. Your web site is your FACE to the online world. Increasing the FIRST impression someone has about your business, is your web site. I’ve put together 10 things you and your web site MUST have to…
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Lunch for board meeting: $68; director stock options: 1,000 per meeting; being saved by a director: priceless. The day I met Bob, a venture capitalist and angel investor whom a banker had suggested would be a good addition to our board of directors, is still vivid in my mind. I was dead tired from working…
If asked whether they had the “right stuff” to run a small business, most people who are interested in starting a new business would answer with a resounding “yes.” But the purpose of this section is not to arrive at a yes or a no answer; it’s really just to help you evaluate your strengths…
The phase after the start up will test the mettle of the entrepreneur, writes the owner of a technology-based company that endured setbacks of many years’ duration on its path to becoming a mature organization. The author’s advice is to persevere and learn to appreciate the struggle. Only recently do I feel as if my…
In 1991, when I was laying the foundation for the company that would become my metals distributorship, Manzi Metals, Inc., I was making my routine cold calls when I reached a buyer for a local company that gathered raw materials used in computer circuit boards. The buyer just happened to be my son Louis’ supervisor,…
Many of us hear the Siren song of small business. Complete freedom. Unlimited opportunity. Dreams realized. But of those who answer it, most don’t succeed. Why? What separates those who succeed from those who fail? Knowledge of the business, sufficient capital, good experience, and a unique idea at the right time are just some of…
Starting a small business takes a lot of courage. But, as they say, courage doesn’t pay the bills. To be successful — to stay in business — you need more than courage. You need a combination of hard work, skill, perseverance, and good old-fashioned luck. Generally, people who start their own businesses can be grouped…
Finding the right small business to meet your individual strengths, needs, and goals has two components. What kind of business should you start? Many people who want to start a small business have a pretty good idea of what type of business they want to own. But some only have a general idea, while others don’t have…
