First Step Marketing

• Ask your mother or best friend what they believe is your best quality.

Convert what you love doing into a profession.

• Ask yourself what job you would most like to do if you were a member of the crew on a luxury liner for 90 days.
• Your qualities tell you a lot about yourself.
• The biggest clue is to think about what you truly love doing. Read the rest of this entry »
  

Where to Look

How will you find employees? Your opportunities are limitless. Many companies advertise in their local newspaper, but some studies have suggested that newspaper ads actually bring in the smallest number of qualified applicants when compared with other methods. Read the rest of this entry »

Hiring a staff of employees, or even deciding whether to take on just one in the first place, can be one of the most difficult decisions a new entrepreneur can make.

Labor (and all the associated costs: insurance, additional equipment, supplies) and employer- paid taxes turn the employment section of your budget into your single largest expenditure. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the easiest type of business to start, and the one that most solo entrepreneurs select to get off the ground. A sole proprietorship also requires a minimum of time to start, since the most you have to do is to register with your state government as a new enterprise by purchasing a business license. Once you have it in hand, you’re off and running. Read the rest of this entry »

If so, how long have they been around? And have they been largely successful?

If there isn’t already a business filling the niche that you plan to fill, don’t fret. It may mean that you have a special talent for keeping your finger on the pulse of American life, but it may also mean that your idea is just a little ahead of its time. Sometimes being second in a given field is better than being first; if you’re providing a brand-new product or service that people haven’t previously viewed as necessary to their lives, Read the rest of this entry »

Basically, all businesses fall into one of two general categories: either they provide a service to a person or to another business, or they manufacture a product. There are infinite variations on each of these themes, but most businesses can be categorized in either of these ways. Read the rest of this entry »

Think about the last job you had that you really hated. Didn’t you start to resent getting out of bed every morning, knowing you were not going to enjoy yourself for at least the next eight hours of your day?

Now think about not only slaving away at that job but also assuming responsibility for every facet of it, Read the rest of this entry »