New Year’s Resolutions for Home Business Entrepreneur

Hope everyone is having a great holiday season, even if the economy is sagging and business owners like you and me are feeling the pinch.
It’s almost end of the year, and it’s time again to draw up our New Year’s resolutions for our businesses. Preparing resolutions for the next year is my sort of strategic [...]

10 Management Lessons for Home Based Entrepreneurs

Many small and home-based entrepreneurs start out small, oftentimes working alone in their businesses. Eventually, their businesses begin to expand that hiring employees become imperative.
Then they find that steering their businesses to success is different from managing other people. Managing employees is an entirely different ballgame, and some successful business owners spectacularly fail in this [...]

Can an Entrepreneur Succeed When Focusing on Various Ventures at the Same Time?

Is it wise for an entrepreneur to start several new businesses at the same time?
Someone asked if it is possible to start several ventures simultaneously — in this person’s case, two consulting businesses, an Internet project, and a construction company — at the same time.
I do run several businesses, but never started them at the [...]

Trait of a Successful Entrepreneur: Knowing When to Listen and Get Help

I just wrote in the Learning from Big Boys blog that one of the characteristics of PepsiCo’s CEO Indra Nooyi is that she is not afraid to get help when she needs it. When named as the CEO, she went straight to her competitor for the job and ask him to stay and help her [...]