Over the past few years, coaching has gradually risen to a billion dollar industry while out pacing the growth of the consulting business. How does coaching differ from consulting? Coaches work on bringing out the best that’s already inside you. In small business coaching, the focus is on the “bigger picture” of what it is [...]

Looking at the past 30 years of National Boss Day on October 16th, workers everywhere might notice what has remained the same per the magazine Fast Company. “The big money is concentrated at the top, and the top is mostly men”. That isn’t true of the women who have been building their own businesses from [...]

Send Out Cards is a personal franchise that focuses on personal relationships. There are a couple of other companies that have products that are similar to Send Out Card, however there are no others that we have found that offer greeting cards through one-to-one selling using a personal franchise. We were involved in the first [...]

While most of us were growing up, we were taught to go to school, get good grades, find a career and retire at 65. This model doesn’t allow any of us to get ahead! We spend our lives living paycheck to paycheck and hope that we’ll be able to rely on Social Security or our [...]

Take a deep breath. We just witnessed one of the most gut-wrenching weeks in recent market memory. So, is it time to call it quits? Some market “experts” will tell you, yes. Take that advice and miss one of the biggest shifts in our history. How much worse can it possibly get? Most people seem [...]

Here are four easy and quick steps to check if the name of your new business is available. It certainly isn’t a complete list but it will get you started. 1. Domain name/website: To see if the desired domain name for a website is available and who owns the name if it is already taken. [...]

Just as growing up as a child brings freedom, it also brings the burden of responsibility, It is the same growing your business — being licensed to drive a car also means handling in a safe manner and not getting into accidents or drinking while driving. Growing up a business can bring its own lessons [...]

For the last decade, going to work meant getting up in the morning and traveling from home to an office, store, warehouse or plant. New information from a private market-research firm estimates that as many as 1 3 million people squeeze extra hours into their work week by taking work home from their full-time jobs, [...]

People are looking for trusted sources for guidance. Why do you think social networking is taking off? People want to help people and people want good information. You can’t fake it. You either have it or you don’t. People know. You might be able to get away with it for a short time, but not [...]

The economy is taking a toll on many of the small ‘store front’ businesses that are unable to keep up with their competition. One of the ways for a small retailer, a service professional (realtor, insurance agent), or a midsized contractor (DIY handyman, roofer, plumber) to create additional revenue is to increase credibility in their [...]

With the current state of the economy, personal bad credit seems to be one of the hurdles facing entrepreneurs. Starting a home business is one of the best opportunity for building wealth. The two challenges most people have are – Fear and they don’t believe they know how. Yet the sooner you get started, the [...]

When you first thought about venturing into the world of a business, you no doubt were looking at the many benefits and opportunities a business can offer. Then, after jumping in, you may have realized that success may take a little more time and work than expected. If you have been giving your business plenty [...]

Just as each and every one of us had to learn to walk, no one was born knowing how to be a successful entrepreneur. Every entrepreneur had to learn how to be effective at what he was trying to accomplish — and practice being effective until it became a habit. There are four key stages [...]

There are few resources helping the non-academic understand the trials and tribulations that young entrepreneurs face in their journey. Whenever possible, I encourage entrepreneurs to mentor and network to help the next generation of new business builders. It is the journey and insider education through stories that will provide the foundation for the entrepreneurs of [...]

Does change scare you? It stops many people and companies in their tracks! Without change you’ll never be able to improve, and you’ll never be able to take advantage of new ways of thinking or doing something different. Change is scary! That’s just the way it is for some people. No one likes to change [...]

Building your business credit share some similarities to how you built your personal credit , however there are some key differences that you need to be aware of when starting to build business credit. Personal credit is rated by a credit score and is based on payment history, amount of total credit, length of credit, [...]