Mindblown: a blog about SHY Entrepreneurs.
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Promotional Discretion, Appropriate Considerations When Selling a Product
Well, we had our baby girl over the weekend and she is beautiful. I would love to go on and on about the new addition to our family but that is outside the scope of the site and probably wouldn’t be that interesting to anyone who doesn’t know us. Instead, I will expound on the…
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Thanksgiving, an Entrepreneur’s Endeavor
It could be argued that Thanksgiving is something we celebrate because early entrepreneurs did what no one before them could. To that I lift a glass. Thinking about the obstacles that stood in from of the early settlers gives me a greater level of appreciation for what we have. Our standard of life is so…
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5 Steps to Start a Small Business
With everyone talking about the economy I decided it would be a good idea to discuss an approach to small business that if followed would minimize the number of failures. These 5 steps to start a small business provide a solid foundation to any venture and should not be ignored. It is in the success…
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How to Increase Profits in Business
In discussing profitability we are effectively discussing the efficiency of a business to make money. In other words, how can we squeeze a little more money out of the existing establishment? This topic is well worth discussing as most people find themselves in need of small business financial help. There are many effective ways in…
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How to Manage a Business Successfully
I recently had an interesting conversation with a business owner on the topic of how to manage a business successfully. We concluded that all businesses are working towards further growth and that a primary management concern is growth strategy. So, to manage a business successfully, one must manage growth successfully. How is this accomplished, and…
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs for a Small Scale Business
For those of you who don’t know, Abraham Maslow published a paper in 1943 titled “A Theory of Human Motivation.” In this work he established a hierarchy of needs that he argued was fundamental to all humans. The structure of his hierarchy is often portrayed as a pyramid with the more basic needs making up…
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Where to Start Small Business Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?
So you run a small business, you don’t have much money behind you, and you decide the web is a great place to increase your marketing efforts. A website is relatively inexpensive to build especially if you can carry some of the technical burden, and it provides a means by which you can reach the…
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Business Model Generation Template
The formula for success is a question that has long plagued entrepreneurs, but a helpful tool now exists that will assist in identifying the primary metrics of any business. The business model generation template comes from the minds of 470 contributors and was compiled in the book Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game…
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Why is Time Management Important?
Time is the only one true fixed resource. Having a finite amount of time to complete any task makes time management an integral part of an organization. Entrepreneurs often have difficulty balancing their planning and organizing while simultaneously entertaining potential customers. What most don’t realize is that the time they have is very limited, and…
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How To Make Money On Craigslist Location Arbitrage: $60 Dollars in 1800 Seconds
I am living proof that $60.00 can be made in as little as 1800 seconds on Craigslist. 1800 seconds is 30 minutes, but 1800 seconds sounds more impressive to me. Location Arbitrage My wife and I were shopping for a rug at a well-known department store. The strange thing was that the rug was half…
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