Small Business Profiles
Local Young Entrepreneur
Opelika-Auburn News:
While Auburn and Alabama are battling it out on the college football field, this young entrepreneur from Opelika, Alabama is growing his new business, Tiger Home Inventory Service.
Marc Dolan, currently a student at Opelika High School, started Tiger Home Inventory Service for home owners and business owners in the Auburn, Opelika and Columbus, GA […]
Accounting & Finance
How to Translate Business Wealth into Personal Wealth»Courtesy of Entrepreneurs.About.com:
If you are an owner of a business and are stuck trying to figure out how to convert your business’ value into personal gain for yourself, the following are five steps that will help lead you to this goal.
Accept a paradigm shift.
Relinquish the 24/7 work model and shift to work being an […]
Inspiration & Education
Unleash Your Entrepreneurial Spirit»Courtesy of Business Know How:
The realization you’re in the wrong career does not hit like a lightening bolt. Rather, it festers within you for a long time, slowly worming its way into your consciousness, until one day you realize you’ve known it all along.
It’s romantic to think the heavens will offer up […]
Legal & Taxes
Choosing a Retirement Solution for Your Small Business»Small businesses are increasingly becoming concerned with offering their owners and employees retirement savings options, such as a 401(k). The problem, though, is that there isn’t as much out there for this market as there is for the larger corporations. This problem is slowly changing. If you are researching retirement savings solutions for your […]
Marketing & Sales
Small Businesses Have a Marketing Advantage Over Big Businesses, Really!»Courtesy of :
This is the first page of Seth Godin’s book Small is the New Big:“Small is the new big. Recent changes in the way that things are made and talked about mean that big is no longer an advantage. In fact, it’s the opposite. If you want to be big, act small.
Consumers have more […]
Starting a Business
Five Myths about Financing Start-ups that Hurt Entrepreneurs»Courtesy of Small Biz Trends:
Most entrepreneurs believe a bunch of myths about financing new companies that hinder their efforts to raise money. Here are a few:
Myth 1: It takes a lot of money to finance a new business. Not true. The typical start-up only requires about $25,000 to get going. The successful entrepreneurs who don’t […]
Technology
60 Free Web Tools & Resources for Entrepreneurs!»Courtesy of Work.com:
From ecommerce to social networking, there are many cool new tools that allow you to get your web presence jumpstarted for cheap. Here is a list of the best free resources for web 2.0 design, development and ecommerce. To view the list…
