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 →
SCORE and SBA.gov tips
0So you’re looking for some advice on the next move to make in your business. You ask around and people recommend going to your local SCORE office or visiting SBA.gov.
After all, just walk in with your business idea or frustration and they’ll help turn it into a million bucks.
Sounds great doesn’t it?
Well…
I want to [...]
A Chamber Membership Drive Idea
2So you’re looking for ways to attract more new members to your chamber, huh?
Here’s a tip that has worked 100% of the time for the chambers that have executed it correctly.
(Yes, there are some that have botched it up by putting their own spin on it).
When it’s membership drive time, don’t just hand each current [...]
Should I have a business partner?
2Having seen the startup, growth, sale (and occasional demise) of hundreds of companies, I have noticed one alarming trend.
A significant majority (I’d say over 80%) of partnerships that start off with the greatest of aspirations and commitment, end.
Some end well. Most end horribly.
So if you’re embarking on a new enterprise, here are 5 tips to [...]
The Business Plan…Resurrected!
0It is interesting to see what economic change triggers.
Sure, it triggers us to count our pennies, buy in bulk, conserve energy etc. etc.
But you know what else I notice it has a lot of entrepreneurs doing?
It has them dusting off (and in some cases resurrecting) their business plans. That’s a good thing (more on that [...]
The Buffet Line is Open…
0Mmmm! Golden Corral.
Do you have a GC in your town? If not, you probably have something close to it.
I’m talking about the type of place where you walk in and grab a tray. Then you pile on as many plates as will fit on that tray, pay a grumpy cashier a few bucks and [...]
Reinventing the Original Social Network
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This post is in response to some questions and comments I got from the post I made on April 28th. If you haven’t read that post already, do that first by clicking here.
Ok, so we agree that Chambers of Commerce need to reinvent themselves to survive this changing marketplace.
But if you’re a Chamber leader, [...]
What Happened To The Original Social Network?
1Survey respondent #1: “Oh yeah, I’m a chamber member. But I don’t think I’m going to renew my membership this year.”
Survey respondent #2: “I am a member of my chamber, and the networking has been good. But I can’t say it has grown my business in any tangible way.”
A survey of small business owners shows [...]
Starting a Business-Step 1
2Every business typically starts on a paper napkin (or scratch pad, or legal pad, or white board…). The point is, that there’s a magical moment in time when the light bulb goes off for the first time in an entrepreneur’s mind and they reach for pen and paper to jot it down.
I’ve sat at countless [...]
The Story Behind BOSI DNA
1Before the story gets too convoluted or watered down from the numerous times I’ll probably have to tell it, I wanted to archive the “real” story of BOSI DNA.
In case you didn’t have the faintest clue what BOSI DNA is, BOSI is the concept behind the book concept I am working on called “BOSI Entrepreneurship”. [...]
7 Steps To Business Startup
0Seven Steps?
You mean I just don’t come up with an idea, form a corporation, build a website and get rich? You ask.
Nope!
I’ve watched the statistic of business failure grow from 85% to 96.5% over the past 10 years. A lot of it has to do with how impatient first-time entrepreneurs are with the startup process. [...]
