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Aug
09
These Kids Mean Business!
These Kids Mean Business is a website spawned out of a documentary aired on August 31, 2007. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a place that it can be viewed online, but maybe YOU can! The website has many useful resources, and practical lesson plans for teachers. Watch the videos, and check out the lesson plans here >>
Did anyone out there happen to watch this documentary when it aired?
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Jun
11
7 Ways To Know How To Choose The Right Home Business
Choosing a business is by far the most difficult decision you will face in your entrepreneurial journey. You may have that idea for a business that is stuck in your head that you dream about daily, but will it succeed? You may need to adapt your idea a little differently to suit what the market will bear. It’s absolutely essential that you are passionate about the field that you want to start a business in, but thinking long and hard about the factors that will make it succeed is a sub-category you really need to consider carefully.
So, HOW do you know if a business will succeed? There are many ways to do this, and is certainly a lengthier subject than a simple blog post can support. All the signs can point to inevitable success, and it still may not go like you hoped. There are so many variables in this equation, but the biggest one is YOU.
Are YOU passionate about what you want to do?
Are YOU ready to work hard, long hours to start with? (that’s why you need to be passionate about this!)
Are YOU ready to turn a deaf ear to those negative comments that are sure to come at you?
Are YOU ready to look at all your customers as friends, even the ones that are grumbling, complaining, and making your life, well….less than enjoyable?
Are YOU ready to allow your business to flow into the direction that the market seems to be taking it?
Are YOU willing to learn everything you can about your business, and humbly seek advice from experienced entrepreneurs?
These are really the most important factors in any new business. If you are willing to put your all into it and watch what works and sells and move your business in that direction, then it would be difficult to fail.
Here are some other places to find advice on deciding on a business:
http://www.ahbbo.com/starting-business-articles.html
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chrisfie/archive/2011/03/02/great-read-how-to-choose-the-right-business-intelligence-technology-to-suit-your-style-microsoft-bi.aspx
Choosing a business is by far the most difficult decision you will face in your entrepreneurial journey. You may have that idea for a business that is stuck in your head that you dream about daily, but will it succeed?
You may need to adapt your idea a little differently to suit what the market will bear. It’s absolutely essential that you are passionate about the field that you want to start a business in, but thinking long and hard about the factors that will make it succeed is a sub-category you really need to consider carefully. You may need to adapt your idea a little differently to suit what the market will bear.
So, HOW do you know if a business will succeed?
There are many ways to determine this, and its certainly a lengthier subject than this simple blog post can support. Even if we could, all the signs can point to inevitable success, and it still may not succeed like you hoped. I’m somewhat of a business bio nut. I love to read, watch and hear about how anyone has found some element of entrepreneurial success. One thing I have noticed is that is isn’t always the IDEA….but it’s the person behind the idea.
There are so many variables in the success equation, but what it boils down to is the biggest factor is YOU. Here are the six, no, seven, common denominators in 99% of successful entrepreneurs:
- Are YOU passionate about what you want to do?
- Are YOU ready to work hard, long hours to start with? (that’s why you need to be passionate about this!)
- Are YOU ready to turn a deaf ear to those negative comments that are sure to come at you?
- Are YOU ready to look at all your customers as friends, even the ones that are grumbling, complaining, and making your life, well….less than enjoyable?
- Are YOU ready to allow your business to flow into the direction that the market seems to be taking it?
- Are YOU willing to learn everything you can about your business, and humbly seek advice from experienced entrepreneurs?
- Are YOU willing to surround yourself with motivated, intelligent, hard-working partners/employees….and let go the dear friends and/or relatives that are NOT?
These are really the most important factors in any new business. If you are willing to put your all into it and watch what works and sells and move your business in that direction, then it would be difficult to fail.
Here are some other places to find advice and do some old-fashioned research on deciding on a business to start:
http://www.ahbbo.com/starting-business-articles.html
Jun
06
How To Start a Restaurant in 24 Hours
Starting a restaurant in 24 hours is pretty unrealistic, but on the show, 24 Hour Restaurant Battle, it’s the goal of the show to accomplish this. If opening a restaurant is your dream then watching this show would be extremely helpful. Naturally, it would be unwise to try it in such a time frame, but the expert advice the contestants receive is priceless. It’s also helpful to see all the details that it takes to get the job done and lots of tips on doing it quickly! Find in on your area, or watch entire episodes online:
May
26
Living Their Dream
Forest Graves was laid off unexpectedly from his job, and didn’t know what to do. Together with his wife they decided to do what they had always wanted to do: start a coffee business. As coffee lovers, they were always on the search for the perfect cup of coffee – to no avail. They bought a roaster and now they have a very successful coffee business.
When I checked out his webpage, JumpingGoat.com, I noticed that one of his blog categories (on the right) was ‘Coffee Shop Business’. He writes his blog in a very transparent, down-to-earth way and I think anyone considering opening a shop like this could glean a great deal of wisdom from someone that has done so well.
Watch the video if you haven’t already. He gives some good advice and three good tips in this interview:
- Just begin
- Embrace technology
- Start with a Facebook page
Start a Coffee Business and Learn Entrepreneurship: For 8-14 year olds:
A curriculum written for older elementary students that are interested in selling quality coffee while learning how to run a business is FatBrainCoffee.com. It’s an excellent program that takes you step by step through everything you need to run your own coffee business. I think they have added tea, also.
So…have you thought of what business you would start if given the opportunity?
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May
24
Teen Entrepreneur, Ashley Qualls
One of the most impressive teen entrepreneur stories has been Ashley Qualls, who made $2700 from Adsense her first month online-$5000 her 2nd month, and $10,000 her 3rd month. She gave away her product, but the traffic was so high, she made more than she ever would have imagined simply by placing those little Adsense ads on her website. Her advice is to do what you love and the money will follow. It is good advice, but often does not seem quite that easy. However, following your passion is your best place to start. We’ll work on some blog posts that might help homeschool families play that out.
Anyone have any ideas on how to follow your passion that might help, too?
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