Learn how women entrepreneurs can use public speaking to build credibility, inspire action, and drive business growth through confident, strategic communication.
Around the world, it is estimated that there are about 5.676 million divorces per year around the world. Given the huge market, some entrepreneurs are starting businesses that cater to those who are undergoing through divorce. Learn some business ideas that target the market of divorcees, many of which are aimed to helping those move forward in their lives.
A reader has started an organizing business six months ago. While she has been giving out her business cards, she still has not landed any customers. Here are some suggestions on how she should develop her marketing strategies and some marketing tactics that she could use.
The inspiration to start a business can come from a variety of sources. For most people, the idea to start their business comes after seeing a problem that they want to address. They then look for the root cause of the problem, and identify how the problem can be solved – which then serves as the basis of their business. Learn how some women entrepreneurs found the inspiration to start their businesses.
What are the first steps you need to take when starting a business? I have outlined some crucial steps that will help guide you in the right direction.
Starting a business is very daunting, more so during tough economic times. But not for Julie Anderson. In January 2010, she left her executive level job to pursue her passion for interior design and start Anderson ReDesign. Read Anderson's experience in starting her interior redesign business.
An increasing number of people are thinking of quitting their day jobs to start their own businesses, preferably at home. A home business is seen as their path towards achieving their dreams of economic security, more free time, a healthier or more productive lifestyle, and a chance to be closer to family and friends. If you are presently working as a full-time employee, and planning to start your very own home business, here are several ways to ease yourself from full time employee to entrepreneur.
Risks are a constant in entrepreneurship. There are always risks in every step of starting and running a business. The key is anticipating these risks, and trying to find ways to reduce (if not totally eliminate) risks.
One of the hottest new home businesses today is the virtual assistant business. It is the reinvention of the secretarial and administrative assistance business in the age of the Internet. Learn how you can start a virtual assistant business from home today.
What does it take to really need to successfully start a business? Martha Stewart, one of the most successful women in business today, lists down the essential elements to start an entrepreneurial venture in her book “The Martha Rules.”
We all know the stats: 80 percent of new businesses fail. The question, therefore, is: How can your business be part of the 20% that succeeds and flourishes? With so many businesses being started, why do some succeed while many more fail?
Alison Leibeskind, founder and creative force of knitwear fashion accessories company, combines her vast knowledge of visual arts with a solid understanding of her market to push her business to success.
