St. Patrick’s Day is no stranger to legal controversy. Gay Irish groups in New York and Boston have had protracted (and unsuccessful) fights with city leaders over the right to march in the parades. And this year, there’s an unsual legal issue (albeit an ecclesiastical one). According to CNN online, for the first time since [...]
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Would that we could wave a magic wand and–POOF!–be a successful entrepreneur. Actually, it’s usually more a matter of becoming a successful entrepreneur and gorwing into the role than all-of-a-sudden being it. In this short video interview with Carolyn Kepcher of Work Her Way, I briefly discuss how a busienss owner might get in the [...]
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Strategic alliances, joint ventures, collaborations . . . whatever you want to call them . . . are very delicate creatures. Like other relationships, your “intended” wants to feel special, wants to be comforted in the knowledge that there is a meaningful reason your two companies have come together. You don’t want to find out [...]
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When it comes to business plan outlines for the coming year, many of us touch on the usual suspects: honing the target market, developing outreach plans, considering new revenue sources. In short, it’s usually about what more we can do. What additional responsibilities we can put on our plate. How we grow through casting a [...]
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Tune in for this spirited interview with Ana Harvey, Director of the SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership. New opportunities are afoot for women-owned businesses to get a larger share of the federal contracts pie. Listen in as we discuss: The new rules for federal contracting opportunities The kinds of women-owned businesses that can best [...]
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Whatever I may want to say about the current occupant of the Oval Office and those seeking to sit in his chair, I wouldn’t want the job. Not for a million squillion dollars. Whether it’s brass balls or sheer insanity that makes people want the post, I’ll tip my hat to them for tenacity and [...]
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I had never really thought about the symbiosis between business and banking, but here’s an interesting tidbit by Shaun Parker on the history of how it came about. According to Parker, banks themselves owe their standing in the economic world due to the entrepreneurship of middle age traders. The first to take advantage of the [...]
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After yesterday’s steam pipe explosion in midtown Manhattan (just a few blocks from my office — too close for comfort), I figured a little levity was in order today. Here’s a joke about father and son-in-law business partners that gave me a chuckle. Enjoy!
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Want to reach a huge market that wants–and needs–to contract with women-owned businesses? WBE certification may be for you. What if you found out about a huge untapped market for your products and services–a market of at least $200 billion? A market eager to find reliable women-owned businesses to work with? A market that has [...]
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Like Josh Mullineaux, I was bombarded with messages as a kid, cautioning me to think about my actions: “You are what you eat.” (I’m chocolate cake?) “Birds of a feather flock together.” and “If everyone else were going to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you?” But it’s only recently that I started to realize just [...]
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Taking on a business partner is not a decision to be made lightly. It’s much like getting married. With the tools provided to you in The Entrepreneur’s Prenup you will always have the partnership guidance you need, regardless of where you are in your partnership process.
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