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7 Actions to Reduce Stress In Seconds

Life is stressful, especially if you’re in a startup or are an entrepreneur. That’s why sugar, caffeine, high fat snacks and comfort food are so popular. The thing is, that...

Positive Thinking… Is It Bad For Your Business?

Is there such a thing as being too positive? Yes. Positively yes. At a recent Anthony Robbins event, run by the king of positive himself, nearly 24 people severely burned...

How To "Un-Gruntle" Disgruntled Employees

So you have an employee or two and they are disgruntled. That is a problem for lots of reasons but especially the function of your business. So how do you...

Early Adapters Versus Early Adopters

There is a lot of talk about early adopters, those risk taking customers who are the first to try out your product. But what about the early adapters? They are...

The Video Game Life

If you win a level in your favorite video game, the reward is the next, harder level. In life, you are winning levels when you get bigger challenges. Your job...

Shrimp with A Side of Dry Ice

A shrimp cocktail appetizer may sell for $12. A shrimp cocktail appetizer served in a “smoking” chilled glass, you know that cool dry ice effect that creates a fog cloud...

Have Fun Dad!

"Have fun Dad!" My kids always say that when I leave the house. I could be going to a lawyer’s office or a funeral (which are one and the same)...

Review Partnership Agreements Every Fifteen Months

It seems to be a tradition that business partnerships and operating agreements 1. Don’t ever get reviewed, or 2.They get reviewed once a year at the same time. Instead, review...

If The Local News Starts Reporting Good News… Get Scared

People are drawn to the unexpected, the atypical and the different. We are intrigued by the stuff that isn’t the normal fair. That is why violence, murder and death is...

The Least Expensive Business to Start

Inevitably a service based business is the least expensive business to launch, because the primary asset is you. You can immediately start a car cleaning business, consulting business, or a...

The Least Expensive Business to Start

Inevitably a service based business is the least expensive business to launch, because the primary asset is you. You can immediately start a car cleaning business, consulting business, or a programming business – if you do all the work.

Yes, there will be supplies, materials or equipment that you need. But you can limit them, rent them, or start with used ones. There is always a way to get started with little cost when you start a service based business.Just be aware of the one big trap.

To start the business, you will need to do the work. To grow the business, you will need others to do the work. Easily said, not easily done.

The day will come that you have done the work for so long, that it will be hard (or impossible) to get others to do it. If you can’t make the transition, your company won’t be able to either.