Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Too much to do and too little time? I certainly do. The only way I keep my sanity is by practicing good time management skills. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Lost time is never found again.” With limited resources, small business owners must spend their time wisely.
Why do you want to go into business for yourself? Are you running away from a bad situation with your current employer? Have you been unemployed for a while and you hope by starting a business you can create an income stream? Are you burned out in your current career and desiring to do something different with your life? Do you have a burning desire to start and build a successful business enterprise? Are you committed to do whatever it takes to be a successful entrepreneur?
It has been said that “small opportunities are the beginning of great enterprises.” That is certainly true for the millions of small business owners in the United States. But the birth of a new enterprise is often fraught with challenges and pitfalls. Each year there are about half a million business start-ups, but during the same time, there are slightly more business failures.
Being your own boss, controlling your own destiny, for many in our country is the American Dream. Starting and building a small business, however, is difficult. That’s why the failure rates are high. Entrepreneurs, particularly women business owners, face myriad challenges from finding the start-up capital they need to obtaining access to markets and technical […]
When I went to law school, I studied for hours to make sure I graduated in the top of my class. But my law license is no different than my classmates who graduated in the lower third. They did what was needed to pass and nothing more. They got the product they wanted — a law degree — and for them, that was good enough.