These difficulties probably apply to most small businesses in the USA. Look for a follow-up post on the positive flipside. I’ve been in the entrepreneurship game for almost 7 years now. I enjoy the unique lifestyle it has formed. If the following 3 hard things weren’t in the mix, or the pain was lessened, I […]
Entrepreneurship
The Redemptive Entrepreneurial Effects of Laziness
I promise there is a point to my contrarian thesis. I’m teasing out a phenomenon that is responsible for many wonderful and innovative tools of modernity. Consider Stan He gets the same email every Friday with a log of the week’s new customers. He has been dutifully hand-copying that info into a spreadsheet for 8 […]
Entrepreneurship, Social Media and the Economic Impact of Gen Y
(This is a guest post, interested in writing for us?) Generation Y, those born between 1980 and 1995, are used to having the world at their fingertips. The rise in technology has given this particular generation more opportunities than their parents and grandparents. Add to this a growing entrepreneurial spirit, and it’s clear to see […]
How to Get Your First Clients as a Young Web Developer
A guy I met while at college pinged me on Facebook and asked: I was looking at starting a small graphic design/ website design company and was wondering if you had any pointers or tips on the best way to start, and how to develop a client base. I was thinking about starting by bidding […]
Finding Your Entrepreneurial Passion
I’m on a workation right now (this was last week, just got around to publishing now). Yep, I am sitting poolside in sunny California. (no jealousy) This has been a glorious week of exploring the San Jose/Los Altos/San Franciso area. The work part of this vacation comes every morning when I get up before 6 […]
Chaos = Opportunity | A look at New Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs thrive on market imbalance and chaos. Profit comes from inequalities and disorder in the marketplace. Entrepreneurs make money by bringing balance to these disorders. Price of a good is high in one area of the world and low in another. Entrepreneurs will buy in the one and sell in the other. Producers may be […]
Entrepreneurs: “Going it Alone”…Really?
Just got back from my yearly eye appointment where I always seem to hear bad news and the Ophthalmologist started to make small talk… Him: where do you go to school? Me: Grove City College in Pennsylvania. Him: What are you studying? Me: Entrepreneurship! Him: [usual perplexed laugh] that’s cool. So… planning on going it […]
An Open Letter to Incoming Entrepreneurship Majors
I am about to start my junior year at Grove City College. The cliche is true; it flies by! Looking back on these 2 years I have learned so many different things and found myself wishing I had known them at the beginning of freshman year. With the help of some great fellow entrepreneurs and […]
Where did it go? …The Disappearing Car Door
I just had to share this. Watch the video! This is an amazing piece of innovation that just looks so cool. Entrepreneurs never cease to amaze me. If you think something has been pushed to the limit in innovation, you are almost always wrong. From Jatech LLC > Disappearing Car Door. Hat tip to LewRockwell […]