Beginnings are fraught with many challenges. If it doesn't kill you, it will make you stronger. Learn about the business as much as you can before starting. Always allocate necessary money for operating the business. And just hang in there!
12 Reasons Why Businesses Fail
Sun Jul 18, 2010 | | Posted in Small Business
Naeem Zafar is a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches entrepreneurship and innovation at the Haas School of Business. He has extensive experience in advising entrepreneurs on starting new ventures in a variety of disciplines. He mentioned the following 12 points in one of his lectures for small businesses. Try … Continue Reading »
How To Avoid Annoying Customers Online
Mon Jul 12, 2010 | | Posted in Small Business
In any kind of economy, small businesses online make sure how to attract new customers and try to retain existing ones. There are some “generic” ways of doing it and some very industry-specific ones as well. The old adage that “customers come first” always holds true. At times, you come across some customers that you … Continue Reading »
Have Passion And Tenacity To Be Successful In Business
Sun Jun 20, 2010 | | Posted in Small Business
To start a business and be successful at it, you need a lot of planning and resources. You need a good and well thought-out business plan. As humans, we have some “generic” characteristics and qualities but they are sometimes hidden deep in ourselves. We have to bring them out to the surface because that’s how … Continue Reading »
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You In Your Business
Sat May 29, 2010 | | Posted in Small Business
One of the best traits of an entrepreneur is confidence. You have ideas. Maybe even society- or environment-changing ideas. Along with your ideas, you have the passion, the drive, the confidence, and the intellect to turn those ideas into realities. These are some of the best qualities that make entrepreneurs successful. However, these qualities can … Continue Reading »
7 Steps To Become Successful In Your Business
Wed May 5, 2010 | | Posted in Small Business
Napoleon Hill, the author of Think and Grow Rich, believes that a person does not have to be a genius to become rich. Any person can become wealthy if they think positively and have a deep desire to achieve their goals. You must see your financial dreams and know that you will be able to … Continue Reading »
5 Tips To Explore New Ways To Start Niche Business
Mon Apr 26, 2010 | | Posted in Small Business
More and more economists agree that the economy is on its path to recovery. This might be a great time for some folks to think about starting a business. Whether the U.S. is still the land of opportunity or not, there are still many ways to find your niche market, work at it and make … Continue Reading »
3 Tactics To Adopt For Success As Entrepreneur
Sun Apr 11, 2010 | | Posted in Small Business
In these posts, I have many times stated some strategies and characteristics adopted by an entrepreneur to be successful in their newly formed endeavor. When I think about these tactics and characteristics, they remind me of the great communicator, President Ronald Reagan. He possessed all these characteristics and then some. However, no one has a … Continue Reading »
U.S. Entrepreneurship Must Deflect Bread Lines Of The 1930s
Sun Mar 7, 2010 | | Posted in Small Business
That’s pretty harsh statement to say that Americans’ entrepreneurship [skill, passion, and belief in the future] must deflect the bread lines of the 1930s. Don’t believe for a second that can ever happen in the good old U.S. of A [Archie Bunker]. I mean the bread lines of the 1930s. Nonetheless, Americans’ skill, passion, and … Continue Reading »
Make Sure You Have Essentials Covered In Your Business
Wed Feb 24, 2010 | | Posted in Small Business
You have an idea and you want to start a business in terms of services or products or perhaps both. Before you do that, you ought to sit down with a business insurance agent and go over what kind of insurance you need for your business. As a business owner, you know that demand for … Continue Reading »
Credit Crisis Over – Perhaps 2009 Stay Of Execution
Mon Feb 22, 2010 | | Posted in Small Business
Let’s hope the credit crisis is over, done with for families as well as businesses, large and small. There are companies that are highly leveraged. That means they use debt to supplement investment in Research & Development and perhaps growth. Therefore, for those companies, the credit crisis is far from over. Some are in deep … Continue Reading »
