Most parents teach their children to follow a simple success formula. First, get a good education. Second, land a well-paying job. Third, get married, raise a family, and live happily ever after. While this plan appears simple and sensible, it only works for a few people. Even if you jump through all the hoops--do well in school, get a great job, and marry the love of … [Read more...] about Why You Should Work for Yourself
How to Create Money Making Ideas
How to Make Money with Direct Marketing: Brainstorming a Business Idea
How can you develop money making business ideas? I like to mix concept development lessons in with real life opportunity. Here's an example of how I like to spot opportunities and brainstorm business ideas. A few weeks ago some friends invited my wife and I to go with them to a comedy club. As we were sitting at the table having a drink, our conversation turned to a … [Read more...] about How to Make Money with Direct Marketing: Brainstorming a Business Idea
All Fortunes Begin With an Idea!
A new idea is merely the combination of two or more old ideas. The creation of a new idea is the critical first step in establishing any business. With the quality of work he'd done and the amount of time he put into it, I would have expected to pay double that amount. His resistance to naming his price reminded me of my small business clients who have the same … [Read more...] about All Fortunes Begin With an Idea!
How to Develop Money-Making Ideas
It isn't the billions of ideas, that pop up in the minds of humans around the globe that make money. Very few ideas are worth the time it took for the thought. Most ideas are fleeting "sparks" that go no place and are forgotten before the next day. Of the ideas that are good, very few are followed up and ever end up as a worthwhile development in the market place. Most people … [Read more...] about How to Develop Money-Making Ideas
How to Turn Small Ideas into Big Results
Several years ago, we gave a talk about managing ideas to a group of business leaders. As we began to discuss the importance of small ideas, the CEO of a well-known computer equipment maker bluntly interrupted us: "I think I speak for all of us when I ask you to talk about what we can do to get big ideas-- the kind of blockbuster innovations that transform the terms of … [Read more...] about How to Turn Small Ideas into Big Results