Angel, Advocate and Thought Leader, Joe is a serial entrepreneur whose business mission is to foster and cultivate entrepreneurship in the US and abroad. More →
0When I think about it, I get why the corruptocrat big-labor bosses call for the “workers of the world” to unite.
It is how they amass power and influence. There is power in numbers. We all know that.
But why is it that entrepreneurs scatter at the thought of building a large and powerful coalition.
Don’t get me [...]
1ThriveAL is one of my favorite blogs started and operated by the coolest and hippest CPA I know, Jason Blumer.
Jason is neck deep in tax season so he asked me to do some guest posts for his blog. We chatted about it and decided that BOSI Entrepreneurship would be the perfect topic to talk about.
So [...]
2Having seen a small army of entrepreneurs go through the BOSI Profiling System, I am becoming keenly aware that the #1 BOSI profile coming out of the system is the SO or OS. Its no surprise really, because specialists and opportunists make up over 75% of all entrepreneurs.
What? You don’t know your BOSI Profile? Then [...]
2From a guy who has had GREAT business partners and some nightmare ones…here’s a quick 30 second video thought-of-the-day on the topic of business partners.
Share your thoughts and comments below
yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = “Thought of the day – Business Partners”;
yahooBuzzArticleId = “http://www.joeabraham.com/433/joe-abraham-thought-of-the-day-business-partners/”;
[...]
0Another big question that comes up from young entrepreneurs is the viability of VC funding for their business.
Many entrepreneurs will go right from idea to “I-have-to-write-a-business-plan-and-get-vc-funding” mode.
The fact is, that’s not how it works. Here are a simple set of points on VC funding. Read through them and decide if this is indeed the path [...]
2You’ve probably heard the whole concept of building tribes by Seth Godin.
It is a concept that is sweeping across business (with real results) very fast. It is here to stay.
But how do you go about implementing this strategy in your small business?
Here are some simple steps.
1) Join some tribes first: It is disingenuous to say [...]
1This question comes up quite often from entrepreneurs starting up their first enterprise.
Question: How do I recruit top talent to build my startup? How many people should I recruit when I am just starting up?
Answer:
1. Figure out what it is going to take to get your venture to a point where you have proof [...]
1I recently answered a question on LinkedIn for an entrepreneur concerned about getting their business model ripped off by a bigger player with deeper pockets.
Question: As a startup, specially when the presence is quite small, how does one deal with preventing the business model from being copied by another company, which probably has a better [...]
1Here are my thoughts on New Year’s Resolutions for 2010.
The audio player below will play the track from my appearance on WRVA 1140 earlier this morning.
Listen and enjoy, but don’t stop there…
Make sure to let me know what some of your resolutions are for the new year. Use the comment box below!
WRVA is a [...]
0It seems like every time I write about chambers of commerce, I’m bringing out a whipping stick. I don’t want it to be that way, but I just care so much about what chambers were about. More importantly, I care about what chambers could be in the future.
I just know for a fact that if [...]
