Sometimes small business owners can feel besieged. Big businesses have advertising and marketing budgets that dwarf their total yearly receipts. The corporate honchos and their high-salaried lobbyists have the ear of our lawmakers. Politicians only seem to care about small businesses during election cycles. But despite swimming upstream against these insanely strong currents, small business […]
If passionate fans could win championships, the Chicago Cubs would be in the World Series almost every year. Here’s the truth: Passion by itself is little more than a flame that puts out light but no heat. This becomes a problem for many small business owners because they have been sold the lie “Do what […]
Sometimes in my entrepreneurship classes and coaching sessions, I run across someone who genuinely has no idea what to do with the rest of his or her life. Usually, but not always, they are corporate executives who have been downsized after 20 or more years of loyal service to their employers. All they have ever […]
You own a small business. Are you in it for the money? If you answered “yes” to that question, it may be time to do some soul searching. A recent study from Manta, an online small business community, and computer maker Dell found that money is not the driving force behind most small business success. […]
Every startup takes passion. With a nonprofit startup, that passion is usually a vision for creating a better community, helping people in need or providing some other critical service. And just like a commercial startup, nonprofits require a sound business plan. So many of the initial steps are the same when you have your sights […]