I’m not sure why I subscribe to so many business magazines; I never have time to read them. Maybe I hope that just the quick glimpses I catch of their glossy covers filled with young energetic multimillionaire entrepreneurs will inspire me to business greatness.
The cover story of the March issue of Inc. Magazine, Secrets of [...]
Posted by: Linda Sanchez, March 8, 2010
As a child, did you ever wonder what your teacher did over summer vacation? Nitesh Banta wondered that too, and to his dismay he found out that many teachers have to settle for subpar summer opportunities that do not fit with their skills, training and education. Upon further research, he found that many companies are [...]
morePosted by: Jennifer Escalona, February 24, 2010
Did you know that you spend an extra $80 to $100 per year on your energy bill simply by leaving your computer on at night? Well, Michael Turcotte knows all that and more, and his company, Turn Cycle Solutions is in the business of lowering residential and commercial energy costs while building a greener world.
Michael [...]
Posted by: Jennifer Escalona, February 22, 2010
For those of you out there who, like me, have little or no formal business training, it can sometimes seem overwhelming to be at the helm of your small business. I took a break recently to meet an old friend, a budding entrepreneur, for lunch. She invited me to come early and attend a business [...]
morePosted by: Linda Sanchez, February 5, 2010
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Service-providing business owners have many options when they decide to increase their revenues. They can work harder and… well… not at all smarter by taking on more and more work at low prices from clients who can’t afford them or they can be the superstars they want to be by getting the word out about [...]
morePosted by: Yolander Prinzel, February 3, 2010
If you’re stuck in a 2-year cell phone contract, or embarrassed to pull out your ancient phone to answer a text in front of your friends, then entrepreneur Shai Atanelov feels for you. And better yet, he’s doing something about it with his company Bigtime Wireless, the web source for “unlocked GSM cell phones at [...]
morePosted by: Jennifer Escalona,
“Rodents tend to enjoy eating cardboard. Homo sapiens do not,” begins the Guilt Free Kitchen’s website. Owner Megan Zumpano was 20-years-old and working as a personal trainer when she grew tired of cardboard “diet food,” and decided to create her own diet food that was not only nutritious, but tasty, too. In her own words, [...]
morePosted by: Jennifer Escalona, February 1, 2010
How many of us have watched a television chef work his magic and thought “I can do it better”? Art Weingaertner is one such person. The Alamogordo, New Mexico based 911 dispatcher and inadvertent salsa chef had his business-launching revelation in 2003.
“I was sitting at home on my day off and a TV chef made [...]
morePosted by: Jennifer Escalona, January 29, 2010
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Before I embarked on the adventure that is entrepreneurship, I had worked exclusively fornon-profit organizations. From public schools to anti-poverty agencies to my years as a Peace Corps volunteer, my professional goals were never financial as they are now. Still, I learned a lot about setting goals, planning, and accountability in the work place. When I [...]
morePosted by: Linda Sanchez, January 10, 2010
When you started your business, chances are you didn’t think of yourself as a “business person.” When it came to your professional life, you probably thought of yourself as whatever you do – a web designer, a landscaper, an interior decorator, a baker or one of the zillions of other job descriptions out there.
That was [...]
Posted by: Jennifer Escalona, October 25, 2009
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