Most Important Thing I Learned in My Professional Life

… is that there may not be such thing as a “professional” life… who you are comes through what you do in the subtlest of ways. The way you conduct yourself in business and the way you conduct yourself in private should be based on the same set of core values that you have identified [...]

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Here’s a Great Bootstrapping Story about a Little Business That Could

Robeez was a baby shoe company started in 1994 by a mother in Canada in the basement of her home. She made soft soled shoes for her son (Robert – the “Rob” part of the brand name) that would help him move with ease (the “eez” part of the brand name). I knew about Robeez [...]

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Don’t Quit Because It’s Too Hard…

Rule #2 If you think working for someone else is hard, you should try working for yourself! Starting and running your own business is hard. You’re taking a ton of risks, working a ton of hours, and sometimes you wonder if you’re just plain nuts for even bothering. Don’t quit because it’s too hard. Quit [...]

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Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs: Rules to Live by – Introduction

Since leaving traditional employment altogether in 2004 and starting and operating (and closing) several small businesses, there are some rules that have kept me productive, the business profitable, and small business entrepreneurship a fun enterprise. This series will share the most important rules to live by, if you want to keep your business rewarding, profitable, [...]

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Kiva for U.S. Small Businesses?

According to the Wall Street Journal, Kiva is now expanding its microlending to small businesses in the United States. As a small business owner, I should be enthusiastic about this, right? Well… not quite. I hate being a pessimist about this model, but the reality of our culture or social consciousness made me immediately ask [...]

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Loans for Self Reliance and Breaking Barriers

I’ve heard of Kiva some time ago, but it wasn’t until last year in July 2009 that I made my first loan. I looked around the Kiva site and read through stories from people all over the world who are flexing their entrepreneurial muscles regardless of what conditions they live in, to support their children [...]

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If You Want to Work a 4-Hour Work Week…

If you are one of those people who are here looking for ways to work a 4-hour work week… THEN YOU’RE IN THE WRONG PLACE! (Whew… I wanted to say that for a LONG time!) I have not found someone to take me where I am and need to be (a mom first, and world [...]

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