Archive for November 17th, 2004
My personality is that of a planner and strategist. I am the guy that makes big plans and am always thinking of new ideas, but runs out of gas and forgets to pay the bills on a regular basis. When it comes to putting things on paper, I like to have a plan or template [...]
So You Want to be an Entrepreneur?
When you’re looking to go into business for yourself, how do you decide what business to go into? For myself I prefer a business-to-business (B2B) firm. For me that filters the type of people I deal with on a day-to-day basis and gives me weekends off – sort of. If you go into a retail [...]
Women are jumping into the startup fray and doing well. According to this article from FastCompany.com, women are at the helm on 55% of the startups. The real kicker is that only 10% of venture capital goes to companies being started by women. So more women are starting companies with less money and being successful. [...]
The cheapest startup out there
Everyone is always talking about Ebay so much that I sometimes tire of it. However, those are the times I forget how great it can be. For the shopper, almost any product seems to be available at some point and for the seller, there is not a cheaper way to start a business. An article [...]
Your Sales Representatives Time Management
Most salespeople spend only 10 percent of their available time actually selling, according to the latest figures from Proudfoot Consulting’s annual sales force effectiveness study. The study also shows a serious disconnect between how sales people think they are spending their time and what is actually happening. – Active selling – 10% – Prospecting – [...]
