Make ‘Someday’ Happen Today

Here’s what it takes to implement your big idea in 10 minutes a day.
Aristotle observed that every living organism has an inner force, a vitality that propels that organism to be fulfilled. He called that state of being entelechy.
Everyone has an entelechy, a vital force that is yearning to be expressed.  The entelechy of an [...]

Debunking Six Social Media Myths

Using social media to market your business is a good idea. Just don’t plan on getting your whiz-kid nephew to do it for free
Source: BusinessWeek
For companies, resistance to social media is futile. Millions of people are creating content for the social Web. Your competitors are already there. Your customers have been there for a long [...]

Top 7 Hiring Mistakes for Startup Businesses

Avoid these pitfalls and build a team of talented employees.
Building great teams is never easy.
A quick look at the sports world confirms this. Coaches come and go, players are free to seek new teams and owners are free to sign players who fit certain roles within the limits of payroll.
In business, it’s equally difficult. [...]

5 Ways to Keep Abreast of What’s Happening in Your Niche

While learning about things outside your niche is always encouraged too, you should always be on the look out for new strategies and trends that pertain to yours. This will be incredibly beneficial to you for staying competitive. Your thoughts?.
Following are a few tools you should be using to do just that.
1. StumbleUpon
StumbeUpon [...]

Places to leave your stamp offline?

Obviously you can purchase advertising space in newspapers, magazines, radio, television, etc. But lets face it, paying for ad space can get pricey, so let’s look at a few cheaper ways to brand your business away from the computer, because shockingly, some people still don’t spend their entire day on the Internet.
Stickers
Giving your customers free [...]

14 things you can learn from the Google story

Connections – human, computer, biology – are everything. Life = networks.
Never compromise your ideals because someone said it’s impossible, stupid, or a waste of time.
Do focus on changing the world, don’t focus on the money. If you provide value, the money will come.
Have a healthy disregard for the impossible. If someone hasn’t done it yet, [...]

Top Ten Business Do’s and Dont’s

Here are some important overall considerations you need to think about before starting your business:
THE TOP TEN DO’S WHEN STARTING A BUSINESS

Live frugally and begin saving up money for starting your business.
Learn your intended business by working for someone else in the same business first.
Consider the benefits of starting a moonlight business.
Consider [...]

10 ways to get ‘New’ product ideas

1. Solve an existing problem for people. There are thousands of problems in the world. Create a product that can provide a solution to one of those problems.
2. Find out what’s the current hot trend. You can find out what the new trends are by watching T.V, reading magazines and surfing the net. Just create [...]

How to Create a Marketing Plan

What is a marketing plan and why is it so essential to the success of your business? Find out here, in the first section of our comprehensive guide to creating a marketing plan.
Firms that are successful in marketing invariably start with a marketing plan. Large companies have plans with hundreds of pages; small companies can [...]

10 Ways To Find Time To Plan

We’re all busy people and finding time to plan your new enterprise can be a challenge. Remember that what you need at the outset is to think and you can do that almost anywhere. Here then are ten ways you can find the time to plan.
1. Daydream – something deep inside is urging you to [...]