June 26 is National Handshake Day. For the small business owner, it should remind us that our word and handshake must be absolutely trustworthy. Without trust, there can be no commerce. Remember the story about George Washington and the cherry tree? You’ve also probably read somewhere that it didn’t actually happen. However, I recently read […]
You have to love it when two of your favorite things in the world come together, and for many of us that’s exactly what’s happening with Enterpreneurship.org’s “1 Million Cups” program. Entrepreneurs come together every Wednesday in locations all around the country—often coffee shops—to have a cup of java and talk about their projects. (Okay, […]
The smiles in Texas must be stretching from Stetson to Stetson. The San Antonio Spurs made mincemeat of Miami and their state gets an “A+” rating in the third annual Thumbtack and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation survey of small business friendliness. Other “A+”-rated states in the survey are Idaho, Utah and Virginia. Colorado, Oklahoma, Tennessee […]
I’ve always said, show me a problem and I’ll show you a business opportunity. That’s exactly what happened to Keith Hayman, founder of Music City Pizza in Nashville, TN. Hayman moved to Nashville after having lived in New York and San Francisco, both well-known cities for their delicious pizza which can be found on nearly […]
Opportunity knocks but once. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Carpe Diem. Just do it. The early bird…well, you get the idea. There are a lot of proverbs and sayings written to inspire us to act, yet reticence, hesitation and delaying tactics are often the order of the day. Talking to small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs, […]