'Entrepreneurship' Category
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How to Begin the Journey of Transforming Your Hobby in to a Business
Posted by Tim Parker on February 16, 2012Have you ever heard the saying, “when you love what you do for a living, it’s never work?” Most people who love their job might find that overly optimistic but the general premise is true. Many Americans are stuck in a job they don’t like and don’t have a passion for. They do it because [...]
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How to Create a Large Customer Base for a Small Business
Posted by Guest on February 13, 2012As any manager or business owner is aware, the most important element of business if the customer. The first thing a bank will ask you before giving you a business loan is who your customer is and the simple reason for this is that this is where your profits come from. If you do not [...]
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Does Your Business Need a Cleanup?
Posted by Tim Parker on February 9, 2012Sure, you could wait until the Spring but it’s a new year and what better time to do a little cleanup and cleanout of your business. Maybe you’re different than other business owners but over the course of the year, things get out of place and piled up. Without realizing it, you might have lost [...]
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Six Steps to Starting Your Business
Posted by Tim Parker on February 2, 2012Hoping to put your entrepreneurial dreams in to action this year? Going from idea to a real business is the dream of many but working through all of the problems that come with opening the doors to a business can be daunting and intimidating. If you have no idea where to start, we can help. [...]
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Small Business Owners Excited about 2012
Posted by Tim Parker on January 26, 2012We’ve all heard that in business there’s no room for emotions but one important economic survey aims to capture a nationwide snapshot of how small business owners feel about the economy. Each month the Small Business Authority Market Sentiment Survey surveys 1,000 small business owners asking them questions gauging their sense of economic optimism going [...]
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Are You Willing To Be The Best?
Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on January 23, 2012You sell a product or service. Whatever it is. There are two reasons a customer typically buys: 1) You are the cheapest and comparable, 2) You are the best. It initially takes a lot of work to be the best. Your product may take longer in research and development. You may have to work harder [...]
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Happy New Year 2012! Time to reevaluate?
Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on January 2, 2012I think every new year we reevaluate our lives. Do we need to lose weight? Do we need to break away from cigarette smoking? Do we need to start a business, or change the direction of our business? At least that’s what the entrepreneurs might be thinking this year. Sometimes things are tough and they [...]
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Riding The Storm Out
Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on November 7, 2011We have lived a long time now since the Dow decline on the stock market and the high unemployment rate started, towards the end of 2007. That is four years now. It makes you wonder if things will ever get back to normal. If you have a business, you may think that economic conditions are [...]
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The Big Idea Is The Magic That Stirs Men’s Blood
Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on October 24, 2011I used to like to visit tall buildings in Chicago, like the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower). Being a small town boy from southeastern Iowa, I had never seen a tall building before I was 20 or so. In the Sears Tower there was a video presentation as you wait for the express elevators to [...]
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Quick Q&A About Becoming An Entrepreneur
Posted by Brian E. Satterlee on October 17, 2011I do not want to be accused of saying things on my blog that I am not, so I am going to set the record straight with a quick Q&A… an interview with myself as it were. This should make it clear what I believe about being an entrepreneur: 1. Are you currently an entrepreneur? [...]