My fav magazine, Entrepreneur, now has an on line computer resource center offering: Create text documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Save your favorite Entrepreneur stories and web pages....
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After almost 20 years in retail, I'm on the look out for new resources, sites and books that help the retail owner be successful. As a business owner you live and die by ROI: Return on investment....
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I just opened a new file to begin an article, turned my back for a moment and...well, you can see for yourself - Maya decided to join the process. Just one of the challenges of working from home....
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I have a never ending list of books that I want to read; many of which I already own and a couple I plan to write, but one that is on my list is Good to Great by Jim......
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This month's E-Myth newsletter talks about the importance of having procedural manuals for your business. I know I am guilty of being without a written process for my business, but I keep telling...
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It's Blog Action Day and bloggers all over the world are participating by dedicating day's post to efforts to save our environment. One of my customers, PageMax, is doing double duty when it...
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I'm trying to loose weight. In an effort to embrace my new life, aka single and over fifty, I have shifted my focus from what everyone else needs from me to what I need for me. One of which......
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In Entrepreneur magazine last month they listed the top 500 entrepreneurial businesses in the US. The majority were men (88%) and the average age - 44. Most got their start-up funds from their own...
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This is the library at the Chautauqua Institute in New York. An institute of music, art, philosophy and religion that has been in place since 1874. I am here this week studying and writing my book The...
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It's summertime and lemonade stands run by elementary school entrepreneurs have popped up all over town. When I was that age I didn't have a lemonade stand but I did find things to make, put...
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I don't work 9-5. In fact, there are very few entrepreneurs that do. Do you know when your most productive time of the day is? For some it is at 4:30 in the morning. For others it is late at......
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Not long ago I came out in favor of multi-tasking. A week later I attended a seminar in which Chris Perrow of Perrow Systems helped me begin to realize that perhaps I was shooting myself in the foot...
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So often in business we meet with other, either in person, on the phone or on-line. We discuss projects, plans and proposals. But have you had a meeting with YOURSELF? Perhaps it's time to grab a...
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I do. Sick, isn't it? But here's the deal. As a working mom I need to make sure that my kids are taken care of during the summer so that I can continue to make a living. They are......
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In an effort to become more organized this year, I have been using Chris Perrow's "12 Steps to Organizing Success" Planning calendar. I also use my write on wipe off calendar, Microsoft...
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I made a pork roast for supper tonight with mashed sweet potatoes and green beans. Yum. But oh the dirty dishes. Even in these modern times with dishwashers, some things just don't fit in the...
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As a small or solo business owner you probably are challenged at times getting all of the back-office work done that it takes to effectively operate your business. Maybe it is time to consider a...
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A new survey commissioned by Office Depot reveals that many individuals (34 percent) lose significant amounts of time - more than 15 minutes a day or nearly two hours every week - hunting for lost...
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In this great post at the Freestyle Entrepreneur he offers two things of great value, a link to a Forbes interview with two congressman regarding the 2007 small business legislative agenda and some...
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Which of the following events are real? - Due to storage limitations, the U.S. government's computer systems delete huge volumes of terror-related intelligence information before it has even been...
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Tip of the hat to CoolBusinessIdeas Personalized comparison shopping site, DealMine.com announces the launch of its wireless application for consumers to access their membership deals on the road....
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You are a Mom/Pop brick and mortar store and this weekend a nationwide chain is opening their doors within your market. Is it time to panic? It's past time. Too frequently we wait until it's...
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