I’ve seen both sides of the spectrum and neither is pretty.
On one hand you have the entrepreneur who wants to do it all.  They run one kind of business, handle a business of a different type on the side, all the while they are also standing on a giant rubber ball trying to balance multiple items at once.  Or was that the Cat in the Hat?  It’s hard to tell the difference between those do it all entrepreneurs and that silly Dr. Seuss character.  It might be the fear of …

You can’t really calculate the potential success of… oh wait, I guess you can.
A post on Entrepreneur Daily Dose brings to light a new calculator that may actually calculate the odds of whether your business will or will not succeed.
The Odds Of Success calculator, which was created by StartupNation.com, is said to be able to tell you how likely you are (or are not) to succeed by using 8 factors: the investment, difficulty obtaining funds, quality of the financial management, the degree of business planning used, the annual growth rate, …

If starting a business is your area of interest then you should know that now is the time to get started.
While it is no surprise to me, a recent study from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shows that the negative impact on business startups during a recession is slim.  Furthermore, many of the businesses featured in the 2009 Fortune 500 and 2008 Inc. lists are businesses that launched during a recession.
For those of you that launched your business when times were good and find yourself trying to stay afloat, …

Some tips to help you get started with your start-up.
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What recession? Graphic design is paying well for the 17 year old graphic artist.
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No one knows what a mompreneur needs more than another mompreneur.  Who better than Lisa Druxman, the founder of Stroller Strides, to share her own Top 10 list for mompreneurs.
Revenge? The founder of JetBlue, …

I have loved It’s Happy Bunny since the first sticker I ever received.  I’m sure you are aware of those vending machines that sit in view as you walk into a store, some of them hold a trove of stickers.  From the moment It’s Happy Bunny hit those machines, they started spreading like a virus.  I’m sure I personally supported quite a few vending owners with my love of the sticker.
They are funny, they are rude, and if you followed their advice your business would sink.
Each day I remove yet …

A good LiveJournal friend of mine recently joined Twitter, that handy social networking website which allows you to learn what others are doing in 140 characters or less.  I happen to know she makes and sells jewelry.  While I think she joined Twitter to update and keep up with friends, I’ve already learned the potential here is so much greater.  If she really wanted to, I know she could effectively market her jewelry, using twitter to spread the word about her business.  I know she could because I have been …

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Valentines day might be over but it is not too late to put a little love into your business. After all, if you don’t love what you do how can you expect it to thrive?
Listen.
You should always listen to your customers. Without them, your business wouldn’t exist.
Observe.
Keep your eye on what is going on around you. If something is lacking within your niche, go the extra mile to offer it. You’ll stand out from the rest if you do. If your competition …

Network Marketing, also known as Multi-Level Marketing (MLM), is probably one of the most popular forms for the “work-at-home” businesses found online today. That is why I chose this business style as the style I wanted to write about first in the series I am doing this week.
Since MLM is the most common term used to describe this type of business style, that’s how I’ll refer to it here.
What exactly is MLM? It’s a system for selling products (or services) through a network of distributors. It usually …