The skills that veterans learn while serving the nation transfer well into the business world. If you’re a veteran who’s been thinking about going into business, there are plenty of resources to help you test out your ideas and get started. More than 300,000 veterans faced unemployment in 2018, according to the Bureau of Labor […]
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Successful People Deal in Truths
Those who tend to be most successful in life (both business and personal) deal in truths. They learn and they understand the laws; the truths of nature, including human nature, physical nature, and economic nature. They don’t deny or ignore those truths; they don’t fight those truths; but rather they work within those truths…in order […]
Why Investing in a Storage Unit Benefits You in the Long Run
Everyone is quick to tout the benefits of short-term storage and the instant gratification that comes from decluttering your home by renting a storage unit. However, there are also long-term benefits of investing in a storage unit, regardless of your reasons for doing so. Although Australians aren’t known for having as much of a clutter […]
Using Technology to Gateway into Entrepreneurship
Your knowledge is unique to you, something no one can ever take away from you. Saying this, your knowledge can be one of your most beneficial assets in a plethora of scenarios. When finances are a burden, or if you simply have the desire to test the waters of entrepreneurship, consider capitalizing off your brain […]
Q&A with the Author of The Self Reliant Entrepreneur
John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker, and best-selling author of Duct Tape Marketing, The Referral Engine, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine, and SEO for Growth. He’s also a supportive colleague whom I admire. His newest book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur: 366 Daily Meditations to Feed Your Soul and Grow Your Business taps into the wisdom of 19th-century transcendentalist literature and the […]
Start a Business While Keeping Your Job?
Enjoying the freedom of owning your own business has become the new American Dream. That feeling you get every morning when you wake up and realize you don’t have to report to a boss, because you are the boss, is second to none. But before you get to realize that dream, you need to go […]
5 Ways Writing a Book Will Kick-Start Business Growth
What every entrepreneur needs more than anything else, after they have built an innovative new product or service, is visibility, credibility, and trust by customers, potential employees, and future business partners. In my experience as a business advisor, one of the best ways to get all of these, is to publish a book on the […]
Planting Your Brand’s Seeds
Branding. What is it and how do you define it? In most cases, people mistake the word branding to mean one of two things. A logo or a tagline. Both are tools you use to communicate your brand but neither is your actual brand. Brand has been described in many ways. Advertising icon David Ogilvy […]
The Importance of Small Business PR
If PR to you conjures up images of Ab Fab types quaffing Champagne at client meetings without doing anything productive you could be forgiven for shunning the idea of PR. But there are some very good reasons not to—as Rose Calendars explains. The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), defines PR as “the planned and sustained […]
To Partner or Not to Partner?
There’s safety in numbers. Right? Choosing to franchise with a business partner can seem like a safe choice. There’s someone to contribute to the franchise investment, someone to share operational responsibilities with plus an extra perspective and skillset. Business partners can make franchising less risky but they can also add a layer of interpersonal drama. Sticky Situations […]
