Networking is vital to small business owners and entrepreneurs. The natural first step almost seems too easy. You must keep your friends, acquaintances and family up to date with what you’re doing.
In my personal experience, I was a bit gunshy when it came to busting out the e-mails and phone calls to friends and family […]
Category Archives: Entrepreneurship
Use your friends and family
November 15, 2006 – 2:39 pm
A Virtual Paradox
November 13, 2006 – 11:12 am
As I checked in on my blogs this morning, I realized that it’s been way too long since my last post in all three of them. It got me thinking about one of the unique challenges of sole proprietorships and entrepreneurs, especially those of us in the virtual business world.
We spend endless hours working on […]
Need a gift for your favorite virtual assistant?
November 4, 2006 – 8:34 pm
I just checked out ThinkGeek.com. They’ve got some hilarious stuff. Great stuff that for those of us who are permanently conjoined with our laptops!
Here’s one of my favorites:
The USB Beverage Chiller is the only way to keep a drink cold while you’re at your computer - and it looks cool on […]
Are you in the right place?
November 3, 2006 – 11:46 am
CNN has an interesting report Who Loves Small Business Best. The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council ranked all 50 US states based on their small business friendly policies for FSB.com. The rankings are based on taxes, energy cost, bureaucracy and labor costs.
The top 10 states in the survey are:
South Dakota
Nevada
Wyoming
Alabama
Washington
Florida
Mississippi
Colorado
Texas
Michigan
Sadly, my homestate of Kansas came […]
Microsoft —friend to small business?
October 31, 2006 – 7:53 pm
Have you heard? Microsoft has released Office Accounting Express 2007, a free small business accounting suite. Yep, that’s right, I said FREE! I haven’t checked it out too thoroughly yet, the download just finished. But from early investigation, it seems like a great idea.
According to the report on vnunet.com, all the basic functions of the […]
The Brag Basket!
October 30, 2006 – 1:15 am
I have just found a great new blog called Small Biz Survival, and it’s focused on marketing small businesses in rural markets.
Anyhoo, I just loved this post when I read it, so I went ahead and stole their picture…they said it was ok!
It’s the Brag Basket! Feel free to brag at will!
We all have […]
Avoiding the Home Office Trap
October 23, 2006 – 8:58 pm
I just came across a great post for those of us who work from a home office in The Organised Times Blog from Lorraine Pirihi. It’s entitled Here’s How You Can Avoid the Home Office Trap.
I know I fall prey to many of these same issues! I thought I’d share the first four tips […]