Category Archives: Entrepreneurship
Random Thought: How much change has occurred?
I was having a conversation yesterday with an online friend and we were discussing the movement of people into the freelance/entrepreneurial world and also the usage of telework resources. One of the discussions that we were having revolved around whether this was a product of the current economic situation or whether the economic situation just [...]
What’s your idea that won’t work?
I will honestly say that I never ceased to be amazed by the creativity people have and the ability to sell things that I would have never even considered. As a software guy, I’m always thinking of this huge system that some gigantic business will need as the next great opportunity and someone comes up [...]
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The Real Issues Behind Great Results, Part II
A few weeks ago, I posted the first part of this two part series on understanding the real issues behind great results at your startup. We went into some deep thinking to get there. In summary, we talked about how getting great results is a deeper process than merely focusing on the results themselves. Behind results [...]
The Real Issues Behind Great Results, Part I
The more people I hang with, the more I learn. I just learned some cool things from a consultant that assists business owners with seeing their real problems, and helping them design strategies around eliminating those problems in their business. His thinking went like this: Entrepreneurs and business owners want to change RESULTS, But the [...]
Opportunity
Recently, I was looking at some quotes about business and life in general and I ran across the old unattributed quote: “Opportunity only knocks once”. Who said that? Are you kidding? Opportunity knocks constantly. Every single day some opportunity crosses in front of you. Sure, opportunity doesn’t broadside us every day but it’s there. Much [...]
MBA to run small business?
Do entrepreneurs need an MBA? I have read this question and variants of this question so many times. After attaining my MBA and working in a couple of entrepreneurial ventures I think that I have found the answer to the question. So… what is it? It depends on you. Is there an advantage to having [...]
Why am I NOT doing this?
First off, thank you for all the comments last week on the “Why am I doing this?” post. The concept of Lifestyle design really makes a lot of sense to me and I am trying to focus more effort on dreaming things into reality. This morning I was reading a post on Seth Godin’s blog [...]
Why am I doing this?
You started your own business or maybe you’ve just thought about starting your own business. The question is why? Why are you going to try starting a business or why did you start a business? It’s a lot of headache. Did you start it for the money? Or maybe the time? Or was it the [...]
Wisdoms from a Student Entrepreneur