We need more entrepreneurs and start-ups. A lot more of them! New entrepreneurs starting new companies means new products and services, new ideas, new approaches, and more people making MONEY! I’m not just talking about the fast-growing companies that expand at double-digit rates, the creation of more tech companies or a bunch of cool new [...]

A key principle for success is belief – believe in yourself, your team and your product or service. It’s actually not that difficult to succeed if you have the right ingredients. You change the ingredients then you change the outcome. But it starts with finding the courage to put yourself out there and start your [...]

So what exactly is a business incubator? A business incubator is an established professional environment that has been put together to help nurture and grow small business start-ups. They typically are used to help entrepreneurs with the early stages of small businesses development. Now they are available for the person who wants to start a [...]

Entrepreneurialism is alive and well and most likely happening in all around you right were you live, or if you are lucky it’s happening on your own kitchen table! Proof of this, is the 79 Million Americans who plan to start their OWN businesses in the next 3 years according to Forbes Magazine. You might [...]

It is no surprise that college students are bringing home more than a degree when they graduate these days. The average indebted graduating senior was $17,600 in debt on graduation day last year, according to a study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, while a Detroit News examination of national college loans found [...]

….without EVER asking for another penny! Do you find that fund raising is challenging, that there is an increasing level of need and that you are competing with a larger field for less support dollars? Also, do you find that fund raising demands a lot of attention and energy and that resources that could be [...]

The challenge to help the average guy become an entrepreneur with a low level of investment and risk drove three guys from Silicon Valley to act on a passion for helping others find entrepreneurialism. When Andy, Roland and I set out to help friends find their passion in a business, little did we know that [...]

The strategies, concepts, skills and tools needed to build a large business are the same needed to be successful in a small or home based business. The size of the business adds complexity but for a home based, personal franchise or small business we can take what seem to be complex strategies, concepts, or skills [...]

Wal-Mart got on top by constantly inventing new ways of moving the right products to the right customer, at the right time, and always, by the most efficient means possible lowering the cost. In other words, no retailer has ever optimized shelf space better than Wal-Mart. It’s this simple business secret that built the Sam [...]

A few years ago I had a great discussion with my brother-in-law about business in general and more importantly his business. First let me explain that he was in the retail businesses selling wooden gym sets. He loved the business, he was extremely good at it because he loved helping others, enjoyed children and was [...]

Shopping online is becoming more and more popular with each cell phone sold, computer delivered and shopping season that passes. You can find gifts, products and services for every man, woman and child through an online e-store. Did you ever think about using Personal Franchise as a way to distribute a product or service? Have [...]

Ever since reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki I think about the definition of an asset and liability. Robert’s definition of an asset is: “An asset is something you (can) own or control that puts money in your pocket. A liability is something you (can) owe and takes money out of your pocket.” [...]

Managing your most important asset, YOUR HOME, and leveraging it to make it a SUPER ASSET Most people feel, and have been taught, that their main asset in their life is their personal residence – their home. For most Americans it is their main investment. One of the first achievements of adult life is buying [...]

Have you realized that most new businesses started today are Internet-based home businesses? With the expansion of the Internet into more homes, and major trends moving in this direction every day, opportunities are now available to those who choose to take advantage of them and create their own home business. One of the advantages of [...]

With today’s technology and the Internet, there are almost endless home business opportunities for retirees and other people over age 50 to take advantage of. If you own a computer, and have broadband access to the Internet, you can start a variety of businesses from home and enjoy the income and flexibility of being your [...]

Want to retire? Retired and looking to enhance your lifestyle? Are you ready to join the 10 million Americans who are starting a new business? Starting a Personal Franchise opens up opportunities that will help you leverage your skill set to increase your income rather then decrease your savings. I went to a recent Financial [...]

If you still trust your 401(k) to lead you to healthy retirement, then you should stop reading now… This article probably isn’t for you But if you are one of the individuals that lost money and trust that your 401k was going to be your only retirement income, then I’ve have some information that you [...]

Financially things will get worse before they really get better, but the good news there are exciting options that are an island of hope amidst the gloom. Right now, things might be looking really bad to you. Every day, the economic news gets worse. Unemployment has been creeping up. The service sector is shrinking for [...]

The news isn’t good – you can see that each day in the newspaper and on television. Foreclosures are at an almost all time high and the forecast states we are not close to the end. Fuel prices are n’t accelerating as fast as they were but you never know if or when that will [...]

A Personal Franchise is a legal and commercial relationship between the owner of a trademark, service mark, trade name, or advertising symbol and an individual or group wishing to use that identification, products or services in a business. Each personal franchise business (franchise) has been authorized by a parent company (franchisor) to sell their goods [...]