When I went through my MBA courses I took classes on marketing, accounting, finance, organizational behavior and many others. For a capstone course, I created a business plan for a new business and defended it. Since that time, I have ventured into the world of startups and have realized that all of that was great [...]
Category Archives: Entrepreneurship
Interview with ideablob.com's founder Ami Kassar
I had the privilege to do an email interview with Ami Kassar over at ideablob.com. We were connected via a twitter conversation when I was requesting interesting people to do an interview with. Ideablob is an online community where entrepreneurs are encouraged to discuss ideas in an open and helpful environment. If you have an [...]
Organization Charts
Well, I am in the process of outlining the structure of my business and in doing so I am outlining some of the ideas I have. At first I thought, why would I need an org chart for a one or two person business? So I convinced myself that it wasn’t needed. Then after working [...]
Top 5 Websites for Start Ups
Here is a complilation of websites which will help your startup be more efficient! I have used most if not all of these services myself and recommend them. High Rise — This tool is used to track your most important asset … your customers! This is an online CRM suite which helps your business keep [...]
Are you creating a job or business?
Doesn’t that sound like a funny question? What does that mean? Really what you are trying to do is not have to go and find that next cube farm job. You want to be in a position where you are the boss. It will be you making all the decisions, interacting with the clients, and [...]
Social Entrepreneurship: An avenue of service?
You are an ‘entrepreneur’ and you find yourself feeling like you should be giving back to the community in some way. You need to be clear on what you have to offer. Then you can be most effective in giving back in some form of social entrepreneurship. First, what are you? Michael Gerber in “E-Myth [...]
To Plan or Not to plan… 4 Reasons to Write a Plan
We always hear the argument about whether start ups should create a business plan or whether they should fly loose and go with the flow. Much of the time the “experts” disagree on whether there is value in having the plan or not. I would absolutely say that yes you do want a plan. It doesn’t have to be a 400 page ring bound document, it might even be in your notebook, but you should have your plan written down.
Why you ask? 4 Reasons…
Top 5 reasons to start a business NOW
I have read some many doom and gloom artifices about how to ‘survive’ in this economy and why not to start a business in this economy. Here is a fresh and new perspective on this economy! Here are my top 5 reasons to start a business NOW. If you start your business now you will [...]
Twitter Advertising
Do you generate cash with your twitter account? I am curious to see what people’s thoughts are in regards to generating money with their twitter accounts. Let me know what you think! http://www.polldaddy.com/p/1248810/
Entrepreneurial ideas
I am what some would call a domain pack-rat. Let me explain. Whenever I have an entrepreneurial idea … I buy a domain for that specific idea. So far I have racked up about 6 domains. The newest addition to this endeavor is DreamweaverCasts. I am going to hopefully develop a complete FREE library of [...]