Are You Confident in Your Talents?
In my next bestseller, Yes! Energy: The Equation to Do Less and Make More, I relay a conversation I had with a workshop attendee named Max. Keep reading to get […]
Google+ Helps Entrepreneurs Get More Social
Yes! (If you could see me right now, I am doing the happy dance around the Live Out Loud offices.) Google+ has opened its doors to businesses. This hasn’t always […]
The Tutoring Business Boom
If you can’t seem to think of a business that’s booming these days, consider the tutoring business. It’s doing just that. Smartmoney.com carried an article titled “Behind America’s Tutor Boom” […]
Service Business Startups
“One thing that really helps a state like New York is having a service business community that’s very attuned to the needs of entrepreneurs,” said Eric Thompson, an economics professor […]
How to Assess the Market Potential of Your Idea
https://www.inc.com/guides/201109/how-to-assess-the-market-potential-of-your-new-business-idea.html Not sure if your new business idea is good enough to succeed? Here are six ways to test it. By Darren Dahl | Sep 6, 2011 The facts are sobering: the majority […]
Do I Need a Business Plan?
The short answer is yes, you need a business plan. And many people will tell you that your business plan has to be as perfect as you can get it […]
The Oldest Profession Known to Man
It’s not what you think. While I was driving the other day, I saw a sign that said “Coming Soon. Auction House.” It was on a large, vacant piece of […]
Starting a Small Business the Smart Way
Your business has to be something innovative! That’s what a lot of entrepreneurs dream of coming up with, but why? Innovative is risky Groundbreaking is unknown territory Product uniqueness is […]
Advantage: Google’s Patent Search Tool
Last week we discussed the Patent Reform bill that just passed so I thought I’d talk about Google’s Patent Search tool today. Why should you be interested? Google allows you to easily find just about any kind of information you might want within the (approximately) 8 million patents and 3 million patent applications on file at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). We’re talking anything from inventors to patent numbers to specific technologies;