Do you have an idea that can be turned into a profit-making business? Are you the next Martha Stewart or Bill Gates of your industry? Have you been kicking around an idea that could be turned into a business? Take action and turn your ideas into a profit making business.
When I was laid-off from a consulting job, right after 9-11 happened, I found myself at a lost for employment or ideas of how to make money. I wasn’t prepared to lose my job and so I had to quickly find a way to have income coming in. My solution was …read more

Have you ever felt like someone looking for Waldo/Wally when it comes to your business plan? Has your business plan been missing or you just couldn’t figure out how to organize your business just like it is when someone is trying to figure out “Where’s Waldo/Wally“?
Just to explain for those who don’t know about “Where’s Waldo/Wally”, it is a book that has pages of different images which contain tiny people doing various things. The whole object is to find Waldo/Wally amoung all of the tiny people in the image. The image to the right is a sample of what a …read more

Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Elizabeth Harrin who is a Project Manager and the author of “Project Management in the Real World“. Applying project management to a business is something that could help a business streamline their processes as well as bring organization to their business.
During the interview, she shared valueable information to help Project Manager or business owners understand the basics of project management and how to apply it in every day situation.
Below is the feedback from Elizabeth while I interview her via Twitter.
Question 1: Please introduce yourself to my followers.

Question 2: What are the key areas of your …read more

Business credit has become a very important part of how business owners manage their business finances in the current state of the economy. As business owners look for creative ways to fund their business, many have turned to the option of using credit.
One thing that a business owner need to keep in mind is that business credit must be treated just like personal credit. It should be guarded and used wisely when managing finances. According to Dun and Brandstreet the following are ways that establishing your business credit can help your business:

Obtaining better interest rates and credit terms from banks …read more

The word “recession” is so prevalent in our society that one can rarely go through a day without hearing the word. As a business owner, it has become necessary to have a recession-proof plan in place with the state of the economy.
Depending on past success with a specific way of doing business may no longer work. Creative thinking and planning is coming into play so that business owners can “recession-proof” their business.
Recession-proofing is becoming a normal way to conduct business according to an article entitled “Recession-Proof Your Business” that was written by Karen E. Klein for BusinessWeek.com. In the article …read more

Being able to start your own business in today’s economy is an adventure that many have chosen to take in order to become free from working for others. Yet, in some cases, you may find that you have to continue working your daytime job in order to have steady income.
Thus moonlighting comes into play which Webster.com defines as “to hold a second job in addition to a regular one“. When you have a daytime job, it is important that you keep your prospective about what’s important. Which means that “daylighting” something that you should prohibit yourself from doing. Just …read more

This is the last part in the series about “Freedom in Business” (read part 1 | read part 2) .
One of the things that I want to share in this article is that as a business owners are you are the keepers of your own time and you are in charge of taking “me time” to keep balance in your life. If you can not walk away from your business and take some “me time” then you might want to think about restructuring your business.
Being able to take “me time” can help you become less stressed and it can also help …read more

This is the second article in the series about “Freedom to Succeed in Business” (read part 1).
As a business owner, it is important that you are in control of your financial planning for your business or you can become a hostage again. If you are not in control of your business finances, then you could potentially loose control of your business.
Regardless if you end up shutting down your business or someone ends up taking over your business, you can potentially loose control. Loosing control of your business is something that can be hard to overcome, especially if you have been …read more

Knowing the keys to your success as a business owner is important to you be free to succeed. But the issue is that sometime you may feel that you are being held hostage by your business or client or even your employees. How can an entrepreneur become a hostage to their business? Good question!
To help you learn more about going from being a hostage of your business to being a “Free Entrepreneur”, I have included a video that has vital information to help you. One of the main points that this video points out is how to avoid allowing a …read more

I shared a post with you I found over at BossHatch on Monday. Here is the ethical dilemma:
Frank is your go-to guy in sales. You recently hired him after you decided to expand your business. His résumé was put together incredibly well and he had a long list of references. With his charismatic approach and a long list of credentials, you hired him. About one month later, you decided to do a little searching. You find out he lied on his application… not just one lie, but 50% of his references have never met him, and he had only minimal …read more