If you want to be successful as an entrepreneur, innovate! You will never be that successful if you are not innovative. This topic, being innovative, is quite closely related to my last article in this series about being flexible. In that previous article, I talked about watching for services or products that are needed and […]
Be in front of the curve
If you want to be successful as a small entrepreneur, you really must be in front of the curve. Don’t be late in arriving at something new! If you have a niche that you participate in, watch it closely. If you see something new, consider carefully if you think that you should do it too, […]
Be Flexible
If you want to be a “small time” entrepreneur, you really have to be flexible. What do I mean by “small time”? Well, most likely you are not going to be reading this if you will be a “big time” guy. If you have the means to open up the next “Ford Motors” or “United […]
Be Diverse
In the introduction to this series of blog articles, I mentioned my belief in streams of income. I said that each stream was a tributary that would feed the river of income that you would want to create for yourself. If one of the streams experiences drought and the water flow slows down, that’s still […]
Succeed as an Entrepreneur
I am an entrepreneur. I always have been. Even when I was 9 years old, I started little businesses and made some decent money for a kid that age. I had landscape services like lawn mowing and such, I had babysitting services, and I operated these “kids enterprises” as legitimate businesses. I “advertised” mostly by […]
I wish I could make a living online
I have a friend. It is a person that I have never met in person, but we have had conversations online for probably more than 5 years now, perhaps as long as 7 or 8 years in fact. I’ll call my friend “Mike” for this post. Over the years, Mike and I have mostly discussed […]