You Need More Than Just A Great Idea! Today’s episode is with a very accomplished gentleman named Jeff Stoller. Jeff has quite the entrepreneurial resume. He was the President of Stoller & Associates, a firm that consulted and created business plans for a wide array of companies from start-ups to major corporations. He also ran…
Service Can Be Your Differentiator No Matter What Size Your Business Adam and I have one key thing in common- we both think that amazing customer service is one of the key ingredients to having a very successful small business. He believes it so much he wrote a book and has a business centered around…
Blogging, Affiliate Marketing & More In the premier episode of Entrepreneur Talk I chatted with Zac Johnson of ZacJohnson.com and Blogging.org. Zac is someone who I’ve seen over the years of being an online entrepreneur every time I wandered down the road of thinking about affiliate marketing. He’s be doing it since he was in…
Everyone who has ever worked in a company that has more than one employee knows how important human relations are for creating a healthy and productive working environment. And it is human relations that have been considered as the most important factor for business success. However, the latest studies showed that almost 90 percent of…
If you spend any time at all reading about or researching entrepreneurs you will very soon come across people discussing the “Aha! moment”. This is usually synonymous visually with the light bulb going off over someone’s head (do a google image search for good idea and see what happens). In person it’s a look on…
Many people hold off on starting a business because they figure they don’t have the money to start. But you don’t need money at all to start. In fact, the less you start with, the less you have to lose! So starting with nothing should really make you pretty fearless! I’ve always loved the brief…
When most people think of business risks they think of bad things that can happen to the business that are about the business. What if we open the restaurant and everyone hates the food? What is we start a website and we can’t get any traffic? These are internal risks and need to be addressed…
I had written a post earlier about how sometimes entrepreneurs shoot themselves in the foot by not discussing their ideas in order to validate the demand and market and competition, etc. The reality is the idea is usually 1% or less of the value of the total- the rest is execution. Here’s a perfect example….
Congratulations! You’ve had your business for almost a year (maybe more!) and the roller coaster ride has been exciting, challenging and rewarding. With all of the effort you put into working on and in your business, it’s important you maintain your company’s good standing status in the state (jurisdiction) of creation and/or the states where…
Not talking about your startup idea with people who can help you is worse than taking the risk of someone stealing it. Don’t believe it? Well, keep reading and find out why. Here’s what happens when you talk about your idea: People give you ideas on how to improve it You find out where people…