Finding Your Niche eBook

Versus Other Entrepreneurial Books Finding Your Niche is designed solely to help you uncover the right venture. Small business books and classes are geared to help you start-up an enterprise when you already have an idea in mind. If you are considering self-employment, but don’t know what business to start, then this eBook will help you target the […]

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The Suprising Ability of General George Armstrong Custer

  Historians remember General Custer for his daring exploits and the disastrous end at the Battle of Little Big Horn inMontanain the 1876. George Custer was known for his kinetic personality, he could not keep still. And he graduated at the bottom of his class at West Point, says biographer Louise Barnett, Ph.D. However, there […]

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Assessing Risk of Self-Employment Versus Traditional Employment

Nassim Nicholas Taleb Former financial trader, best-selling author and professor of risk engineering at NYU’s Polytechnic Institute, Nassim Taleb uses the story of two brothers, one a self-employed taxi cab driver and the other a corporate employee to illustrate how a seemingly secure lifestyle can be deceptive and how to reduce the risk. PBS, (December 3, […]

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Q&A What Constitutes a Young Succesful Entrepeneur?

A. The definition of young depends on the point of view of the person or institution using the phrase. For instance, Inc. magazine’s list of  top young entrepreneurs is described as those under age 30.  However, demographers may be referring to someone born in the 1970s, 1980s, or  later.   There are many elements of success, […]

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The Private Prison Industry

& Social Conscience At first glance, the topic of prison reform and drug policy would seem better suited to a political science class, but a recent gritty discussion illustrates several aspects of a major social, political, and cultural issue, and the billion-dollar private prison industry that has thrived as a result. It is an industry listed on […]

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Home-Based Eco Entrepreneuring

Alpaca                  Kristan Davis on The Talk explains and shows how a simple idea  creates economic empowerment for women in countries like Peru using an animal uniquely suited for the geography of certain parts of the world. Video about 3.5 minutes. http://tinyurl.com/cxmnbwp http://www.oxfamamericaunwrapped.com/donate-alpaca-meadow http://www.alpacainfo.com/ Views: 38

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When Someone Steals Your Great Business Idea

Be Prepared ABC evening news recently ran a story about an entrepreneur who is suing Sears for stealing his invention. Unfortunately, the story is not new because people have been stealing business ideas around the world for centuries. Some product ideas are better protected than others, but a great idea often becomes fair game for people […]

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Q&A Trustworthy Online Grant Info for Startups

Q. Could you advise me on a resource for free online grant information for small business startups? A.  Use the search term “funding for profit business” at www.grantspace.org Note: You should get 12 matches that provide details on the foundation industry and the grant process for entrepreneurs. Warning: Whether the funding source is private or government, many applications are discarded […]

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How Great Entrepreneurs Think

How Do You Think? Observing successful entrepreneurs, and how they solve business problems, in order to teach aspiring businessmen and women how to succeed makes sense in theory. But, most aspiring entrepreneurs fail to observe and understand themselves. Important information usually overlooked while the hopeful tries to imitate another rather than focus on their strengths […]

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The Danger of Entrepreneurial Passion

A Misunderstood Word Many experts disagree about the meaning of the word passion when it’s combined with entrepreneurialism. For instance, billionaire Mark Cuban discussed the issue in a previous post. https://nichecreativity.com/goodbad-business-advice-for-budding-entrepreneurs/ I disagreed with Cuban’s viewpoint on the subject. However, I totally agree with what Professor Daniel Isenberg’s says on the topic. What the professor is […]

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