Embrace the Executive Summary – The Accelerators – WSJ. This is horrible advice for 99% of small business startups. If you’re blessed with coding skills and an incubator, go ahead and follow this advice. If you are starting any other kind of business, with YOUR money on the line, you need to build a budget/plan. Check outContinue reading “Embrace the Executive Summary – The Accelerators – WSJ”
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Starting a small business – Websites
Check out a free webinar happening now. Click here now. I should have shared this earlier. It is full of great ideas. It’s free. No one is trying to sell anything, except a download of the video. If you have time, check it out. I’m stuck on hold with IRS and taking notes from webinarContinue reading “Starting a small business – Websites”
Starting a small business – Restaurants – UPDATED
Just don’t. “When I save some money (or inherit it or win the lottery), I want to start a little Uzbek restaurant where all my friends can come and hang out. It will be like a party every night.” How about: “I can cook so I can open a restaurant.” A successful restaurant might be theContinue reading “Starting a small business – Restaurants – UPDATED”
Top 5 Principles of Economics for Entrepreneurs
Top 5 Principles of Economics for Entrepreneurs. This is a good read with sound advice for all business owners.
Starting a small business Part 8
What business should I start? Harking back to one of my early posts, does the world really need another __________? Fill in that blank with the type of business that you are thinking of starting. I now know that the world really didn’t another CPA firm specializing in individual tax preparation and small business accounting.Continue reading “Starting a small business Part 8”
Starting a small business – Taxes Part 1
I should be finishing a third response to the IRS for a client under audit. The response has me so angry and frustrated that I decided to start a new thread. By the way, I’ve had 3 clients get audited in 10 years of having my own firm. That’s 3 out of about 3500 taxContinue reading “Starting a small business – Taxes Part 1”
Thank You
Thanks to everyone for following, liking posts and comments. Please feel free to ask questions in the comment section and I’ll make sure to get a reply to you. Thanks again
Starting a small business Part 7
Do what you love and the money will follow. Excuse me while I wretch. I love sleeping and drinking beer. I don’t think following either of those loves will result in any success. Unless… You should be passionate about your business idea. Don’t let the passion blind you to the obvious necessities of finding customers,Continue reading “Starting a small business Part 7”
Starting a small business Part 6
Everything that I learned about marketing in college and before starting a business was WRONG. Marketing is the most important responsibility of a business owner. Read that again. You may think that you’re a mechanic, software developer, hairdresser, CPA, etc, but you’re not. You are a marketer. I didn’t understand this until I wasted a ton of money.Continue reading “Starting a small business Part 6”
Do a Ton of Homework Before Writing a Business Plan – The Accelerators – WSJ
Do a Ton of Homework Before Writing a Business Plan – The Accelerators – WSJ. The headline is misleading. The best advice is in the last paragraph so read that first. The author is from the renowned New York Tisch family. It appears that most of his article assumes that you have a large potContinue reading “Do a Ton of Homework Before Writing a Business Plan – The Accelerators – WSJ”
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