When I got out of college I was obsessed (some would say possessed) with developing a successful business. I had long been infatuated with the idea, having run small door-to-door businesses when I was in middle and high school. After college and a short experience working at a bank, I felt even more strongly that […]
One of the wags on NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! declared that as Girl Scout cookies begin to be sold online it will mean a lot less work…for parents who have to go around to coworkers begging that they buy boxes of their daughters’ cookies. However, I suspect moms and dads will still be visiting the […]
For as long as I’ve been following current events, problems in our system of education have been making headlines. Math, science, test scores and literacy are favorite topics. However, teaching entrepreneurship is a subject I seldom—if ever—see discussed, so I doff my figurative hat to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) for its Lemonade […]
1. Find Opportunities by Questioning the Norm Being an entrepreneur is not about looking for the next big thing—it’s about looking for opportunities that you believe can and should change the way things are currently done. Look for those holes in the fences, the system-wide time-wasters, the places where things don’t scale—then gravitate to those […]
As we celebrate our country’s independence today with barbeques, parades, fireworks and speeches, entrepreneurs are celebrating their personal independence too. There’s nothing like being in business for yourself. We often hear small business is the backbone of this country. So it seems appropriate to celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship today. This country was founded by […]