One approach used by many small business owners is to start their business while still employed full time. If you are thinking of starting your own business while working on a day job, here are ten things to consider.
Starting a Business While Still Employed Full Time: 10 Things To Consider
One approach used by many small business owners is to start their business while still employed full time. If you are thinking of starting your own business while working on a day job, here are ten things to consider.
How to Protect Your Small Business from Credit Card Fraud
If you accept credit card payments, it is important to take steps to prevent your business from becoming a victim of fraud. Credit card fraud is a common problem for both big and small businesses, costing businesses billions in dollars. Here are some steps to help you fight credit card fraud in your business.
What I Know Now About Success: Letters from Extraordinary Women
People succeed, not because they never make mistakes, but because they have the courage to overcome adversities and challenges. Even the most accomplished and successful individuals have fears and insecurities. They have their missteps as well.
How Families Shape Our Desire to Become Entrepreneurs
The motivations for starting a business are varied and diverse. But for many business owners, family has a huge impact on their decisions to become an entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurship During the Time of Recession
As layoffs continue and jobs remain hard to come by, many skilled and experienced unemployed workers are turning to entrepreneurship. The recession has pushed, if not forced, some people to start their own businesses.
New Social Learning: Using Social Media to Learn
Discussions on social media often focus on how to use it to market a business and connect with customers. But one key benefit of social media that is often overlooked is how to use it as a tool for learning and knowledge sharing. Check out our review of a book that talks about social media as a learning tool.
Do-It-Yourself Public Relations
For startup entrepreneurs operating on a shoestring budget, hiring someone to do public relations may not be practical or affordable. As a result, they simply do their own PR. Learn about a new service helping do-it-yourselfers manage an effective PR campaign.
Purchasing Habits of Small Businesses
If you are selling a technology product to small business owners, here are the important factors to consider based on a survey conducted by the marketing company Ivy Worldwide. Check out the habits of small business owners and decision makers when they need to purchase technology products.
20 Qualities of Successful Entrepreneurs (Part 2)
What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? This is a question that every business owner wants to know, with many trying to understand if there’s some magic formula to achieving success. Learn 20 of the most common characteristics shared by successful entrepreneurs.