It crept up on me slowly. It started with a few aches and pains when I woke up in the morning. Then it turned into some occasional stiffness throughout the day. However, it really caught my attention early last winter when I actually yelped in pain as I attempted to look over my shoulder to make a …
Entrepreneuring Articles and Interviews (category)
As an entrepreneur, you most likely wear many hats in your day-to-day work. Figuring out how to juggle all of the tasks you have to do, while still maintaining a life outside of work can be a challenge. Entrepreneuring articles focus on you, the entrepreneur, and how you can strengthen your areas of weakness when it comes to business and keeping a healthy work-life balance.
5 Helpful Places to Go for Small Business Advice
When you own your own small business, this often means wearing many hats—at least in the beginning stages, if not through your entire entrepreneurial career. For example, as a freelance writer, I’m my own accountant, appointment keeper, and marketer. I’m also my one and only employee, which means …
Mission Statement Examples: Three Different Approaches
One of the most common pieces of advice I pass on to aspiring business owners is to never get stuck on any one thing. I often sum it up in the phrase, “don’t let ‘perfect’ be the enemy of ‘done’,” or some version thereof. Because almost every business how-to book/website/article stresses the …
Your Company Has a Mission Statement, But Do You?
From day number one of starting a business, we’re repeatedly told that we need a mission statement. That this one sentence or phrase can help us effectively build our brand, better connect with our consumers, and keep us focused on where it is we want our new business to be a decade or two down the …
Top Business Books Every Small Business Owner Should Read
In mid-2015, Tom Corley, president of Cerefice and Company and author of Rich Habits: The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals, shared on his website (Rich Habits: The Key to Success and a Happy Future) one of his key research findings after studying a number of self-made millionaires. After …
Everything You Need for Building a Business from the Ground Up
You have a strong business idea and are ready to get your new company off the ground. Knowing where to go from there can be difficult for a beginning entrepreneur. New business owners are often excited to be realizing their dream yet neglect to take care of important details that are essential to …
