07.05.10
Posted in business at 10:16 am by site admin
Check out this article about solopreneurs (sole-proprietor entrepreneurs) who bring in $100,000+ a year. Its a short read, with no magic formula for success, but it may give you an insight or two that you can incorporate in your own affairs.
Q. Sue, what was the key motivating factor in your drive and determination to become your own boss?
A. I always wanted to be my own boss and I don’t like being told what to do! I was tired of the Corporate America thing. In my mind there was a lot of wasted money and time and I knew I could run my own company better. I just didn’t know what kind of company I was going to start. The type of product and the way I got into it all kind of happened by chance. If you want to read more about this, check out the Dallas Morning News Article in the Press section of my website—she said it nicely and concisely.
And also,
Q. Do you have a “top strategy” for success that you’d like to share?
A. Don’t ever expect anything to happen without a lot of hard work.
Q. Sue, entrepreneurs are idea machines, and that’s great. But sometimes too many good ideas can clutter the picture and stop progress. How did you harness your best ideas and bring them to fruition?
A. For me, I give the customer what they want. If ever something is a slow seller, I discontinue it. It’s nice to have a lot of products to offer customers, but too many is confusing as well. Listening to the customer is very important.
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04.27.10
Posted in business at 2:35 pm by site admin
Check out this article providing 10 tips to improve you elevator sales pitch. Here are the two I think have subtle importance:
2. Have a hook. As Mel Pirchesky advises, “The objective of the first ten or fifteen seconds is to have your prospective investors want to listen to the next forty-five or fifty seconds differently, more intently than they would have otherwise.”
3. Pitch yourself, not your ideas. As Chris Dixon writes, “The reality is ideas don’t matter that much. First of all, in almost all startups, the idea changes – often dramatically – over time. Secondly, ideas are relatively abundant.” Instead of talking about ideas, highlight what you’ve done – the concrete accomplishments or skills – rather than some intangible concept or a future goal.
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09.06.06
Posted in business, society at 7:47 pm by site admin
Check out this article on businessweek.com about the US population hitting 300 million. A large population means large market for goods and services. An interesting point in the article is that the US has a larger population percentage under the age of 20 (28%, compared to 25% in france, 20% in Germany, and 19% in Japan). Read the article for more info.
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08.16.06
Posted in business, health at 8:45 pm by site admin
Check out this article about the top 6 quesionts you should ask when joining a startup. I think the last one What will the startup do for you is the most important. Its imporant to be aware that joining a company that is still in development translates into a lot of hard work, that potentially will not go anywhere, with people that may or maynot work together well. Of course this may pay off. Point being: Is the juice worth the squeeze?.
For those of you continuing onward, here is another article title “the top five engineering hints you’ll hear. Bit wordy of a read. Basically says world is complex: different problem domains, different situations. Things may not always work, especially when something is changed. Eh, read it if you are curious.
But whatever you do, take a look atthis article talking about how stress can shrink and age your brain. Nothing terribly exciting here. Just exercise, be happy, and relax.
Earlier research showed that the neurons shrink in the hippocampus, and that seems to impair memory in response to stress, he said. More recent research suggests that the same thing happens in the brain region called the prefrontal cortex, which is crucial for decision-making and attention, he said.
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