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Tips for Budding Entrepreneurs
Self-Coaching Developing ways to improve skills and abilities is an important step toward the goal of successful self-employment. This article discusses self-help methods to achieve goals. Want To Get Ahead? Get To Self-Coaching http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2011/08/04/want-to-get-ahead-get-to-self-coaching/ Evaluating Potential Ideas Spotting pitfalls in a potential product or service means thorough evaluation. This article offers key points that every entrepreneur […]
Good/Bad Business Advice for Budding Entrepreneurs
Beware of Expert Counsel Billionaire Mark Cuban believes “follow your passion” is bad advice for budding entrepreneurs. However, many experts disagree with that argument. Based on my firsthand experience, and researching business and medical data on the ill effects of mismatched individuals and work, I disagree completely with nearly every statement in Cuban’s article. I […]
Potholes in the Creative Process
TV Ads Cause Difficulties for Writers Writer-producer Matthew Weiner and David E. Kelly discuss the insane amount of commercials on TV today, and how it disrupts their ability to produce a show. Curious, I decided to survey the amount of ads jammed into many of the programs that I watch. After checking several cable stations, I was shocked at […]
Q & A – Do You Have Any Tips for New Bloggers?
A. There’s a ton of how-to information online, some better than others. Some of the key questions that you should know the answer to include the following: Why do you want to be a blogger? What skills and knowledge do you have that will assist you in writing your blog? What skills and knowledge do you have […]
Starting a Restaurant on a Shoestring
The Great Food Truck Race The second season of Food Network TVs program inspired many budding restaurant owners short of cash to ease into the industry by starting with a truck. However, it’s a crowded field, and unless a prospective entrepreneur has an angle or is planning to work for someone else who’s already in the […]
Growing Niche in the Food Industry
Saving Seeds The CEO of Growing Power, during Q & A, pointed out that, with the rising concern over genetically engineered crops, there’s a need for seeds, which have not been altered in the lab. Allen pledged to support startup businesses getting into the field of saving seeds. References http://www.booktv.org/Program/13443/The+Good+Food+Revolution+Growing+Healthy+Food+People+and+Communities.aspxThe Organic Elite Surrenders to Monsanto. […]
Voice Power
Virtual Coaching Each year more than 3 million people are injured and disabled on the job, according to government statistics. Many individuals are forced to change careers and some turn to self-employment. Assistive technology tools, such as voice-activated software, are enabling countless people to find new ways to work. However, getting proper training can often […]
Good Indexing
A Profession in which Good Workers Can’t be Replaced with Technology If you have ever repeatedly thumbed through an index in frustration, trying and failing to find the correct page number for an important passage which you forgot to plaster with a sticky note, highlight, or dog ear, then you know the value and importance […]
Prince Charles
Royal Philanthropic Entrepreneur An irate mob of students, angered by tremendous increases in college tuition fees, attacked the Rolls-Royce carrying Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. Puzzling: apparently, the protesters forgot that 1. Members of the royal family are not responsible for legislation. 2. Prince Charles has long been active in establishing and funding entrepreneurial […]
Vastu
Working in Harmony Vastu, the ancient Hindu science of design and architecture, is a sister science of ayurvedic medicine and yoga. “What yoga does for the body, vastu does for the home.” In the 1990s, while feng shui was increasingly popular in the states, English-speaking publications in India documented vastu’s growing revival within the business […]