“Imagination rules the world.” – Napoleon Bonaparte Someone tweeted that quote the other day and I immediately copied it so I could come back to it, share it, and ponder it a bit. I think it makes a great new entrepreneur quote because when you’re starting out on a venture – or hoping to – […]
Could you use $25,000 in cash and $7,500 in credit for FedEx Office print and business services? (Okay, dumb question, I know.) That’s the grand prize in FedEx’s fifth annual Small Business Grant Contest. If you want to enter, you have until March 29, 2017 to get your application in. Head over to the company’s […]
Upwork just published its list of the 20 fastest growing freelance categories or skills. Demand for each of these – via its system – has increased more than 100 percent over the last year. Some of these don’t concern the average small business owner (they can be very technical), but several of them do. Looking […]
I love the advice referred to in the classic KISS acronym – Keep it Simple, Stupid! Simplicity is one of the most appealing attributes of designing a business that provides a product or service to a niche market. The “niche” does a lot of the “defining” for you. If you’ll allow me a quick analogy, […]
The Small Business Administration’s 2017 InnovateHER competition is underway with entries being accepted through May 12, 2017. There’s $70,000 in prize money on the line along with other awards and the competition culminates with national winners being named on July 27, 2017. The hard work starts earlier, however. Winners from regional InnovateHER events can go […]