Escaping the walls of the cubicle farm to the land of milk and honey is full of all sorts of booby traps. You can, however, help guarantee the success of your journey to entrepreneurship by acknowledging this simple fact: A business success or failure is largely determined by the individual who starts it, and since you are an individual looking to start a business, its success largely depends on you. Having a business is almost as simple as wanting a business, but if you’re embedded in the unfortunate reality of the rat race how can you prepare yourself while you are still slaving away at that 9-to-5?
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An Inspirational Entreprenuer, the Kite Maker
Some of you might be aware that I am developing my own business with friends and family members here in Silicon Valley. I spend a lot of time researching how other people start businesses and how they’ve become successful, but there’s one story in particular that I found rather inspiring this morning and just thought I’d share it with you:
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Another Day in the Business Machine
Not a day goes by that I am not thankful for the opportunities that have come way. When I landed my present job at a Fortune 500 company in the Bay Area I thought “hey this was going to be my ticket to prosperity and leadership.” Call me impatient, but it has been neither.
Successfully Selling Drugs Part 2
To conclude my campaign on how drugs can lead to a successful life, one of my close friends (ok, not as close as I’d like her to be) just recently got into selling drugs for a living. And these are actually legal! She is a Business owner of her own line of Usana health products. Continue reading
Successfully Selling Drugs Part 1
The drug industry is a dynamic force of nature. The sales of drugs can provide you with residual income if the customer is dependent on the drug. Legal or illegal, I have seen people I know from both ends of the spectrum make a successful living off of this industry. Where most people fail, few succeed. These next few articles share with you an in depth look at how it has helped shape the lives of a couple people I personally know.
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The Hallmark of a Business Woman
It seems like all the business ideas are taken these days. No matter who you are or what you might like to do, by and large your great idea has already been thought up by someone else. (Then again if you’re like me you have a million great ideas and they’re constantly being executed by someone else, DOH!) So, how does an average Joe or Jane go about deciding what business to create or what market to penetrate? And how does one leverage their contacts to make this dream a reality? My mom knows.