SISARINA SPEAKS
Entries tagged "starting a business"
MISTAKES: Attitude, Professional Help & Hiring
August 15, 2011
by Melanie Spring, @Sisarina
Mistakes are not easy to admit to... we all like to say we learn from our mistakes but I wonder how many...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: mistakes, entrepreneur, starting a business, building a business, professional help, accounting, hiring, positivity, uplifting, inspiring
MISTAKES: Confessions of a Blogger Turned Entrepreneur
August 9, 2011
by Roxanne Alvarez, @microfinanseer
July was a bit of a rough month between record heat waves, moving plans falling through yet still needing to move from...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, starting a business, business mistakes, business tips, business systems, business success, entrepreneur, start a biz, discovering, empower, marketing, business sales, business marketing
My Time... Away From Everything
March 22, 2011
by Melanie Spring, Sisarina
Have you had days (or weeks) where you are working so much that you forget to eat? That you get much less...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, business goals, business owner, intentionality, company values, curiosity, discovering, entrepreneur, future leaders, getting ahead, goals, goal setting, intentional, growing a business, inspiration, intention, keeping it simple, networking, motivation, personal goals, overachievers, perspective, reflection, sisarina, starting a business, women business owners
Breathe: Take Care of #1
March 7, 2011
by Jessica LaGarde, Peace at Hand Massage Therapy
As small business owners, it is easy to give our business and our clients first priority, and to...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, business owner, checklist, creativity, discovering, empower, entrepreneur, getting ahead, guidance, inspiration, intention, intentionality, mindfulness, motivation, positive attitude, personality, personal goals, reflection, starting a business,
Patagonia: Product, Planet & People
February 2, 2011
by Jenny Trucano of Small Act (@SmallAct)
Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia, led the way for businesses to measure organizational success not just by profits,...
Filed under: Non-Profit - Tags: business, non-profit, businesses grow, business goals, company values, community building, conversations, creativity, customer development, customer feedback, curious, curiosity, generosity, creative genius, discovering, entrepreneur, environmentall-friendly, future leaders, getting ahead, giving, goal setting, growing a business, guidance, inspiration, marketing, mindfulness, positive attitude, reflection, resource, sincerity, starting a business, strategy, success, successful business, Small Act
Get Organized, Be Efficient
January 26, 2011
by: Melanie Spring, Sisarina
As business owners, we have to maximize our time, be efficient and find profit in the nooks and crannies. There are 24...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: business, business goals, businesses grow, checklists, discovering, empower, entrepreneur, growing a busienss, guidance, mindfulness, time saving tips, efficiency, profitability, time management, free online software, free online applications, personal goals, reflection, saving money, searching online, intentional, intentionality, starting a business,
Business Plan Simplified
January 17, 2011
by Melanie Spring, Sisarina (@Sisarina)
True or False: All businesses without a business plan fail. FALSE.
10 years ago today I started Sisarina. (Yep, now I...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: business, starting a business, growing a business, businesses grow, business goals, checklists, client, company values, customers, discovering, guidance, goal setting, goals, identity development, influence, intention, intentionality, marketing campaigns, marketing, mindfulness, motivation, personal goals, resource, reflection, ROI, searching, self-promotion, sincere, sincerity, solopreneur, entrepreneur, strategy, success, technology, transparency
Go Beyond Goal Setting
January 6, 2011
by Matt Brock, Divergent Planning (@matthewbbrock)
Most people set goals in life but far fewer are able to live their life intentionally toward achieving those goals....
Filed under: Goals - Tags: goals, goal setting, business, businesses grow, business owner, company values, entrepreneur, growing a business, guidance, inspiration, intentional, intentionality, knowledge vs information, personal goals, business goals, reflection, starting a business, strategy, transparency
How to Write a Simple Website RFP
November 26, 2010
You need a website. Either a brand new one or an overhaul of your current one. You walk into a web design firm and they...
Filed under: Web Design - Tags: brand identity, branding, business, Business Branding, business owner, checklists, identity development, interactive web strategies, marketing, project management, project management, small business, starting a business, strategic partnerships, web design, web design process, web developer, web marketing, web site development, web site launch, web-based, website, website design, website content
Entrepreneur Talk: Stop Spinning & Do What Makes You Happy
November 22, 2010
I have a friend who has said more than once that she admires ‘what I’m doing’. [I run a small business]. We met years ago...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, businesses grow, business owner, discovering, empower, entrepreneur, getting ahead, future leaders, human knowledge, inspiration, reflection, starting a business, success,
National Entrepreneur's Day 2010
November 19, 2010
So it's Entrepreneurs Day, but no entrepreneur is aware of it because they are too busy! I always kind of laugh when people call me...
Entrepreneur Talk: Recommended Reading via Twitter
November 16, 2010
I heart books. I'm drawn to bookstores, new and used. I've used antique books to decorate my office. My living room at home has a...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: busienss, brand identity, reading, business owner, Business Branding, company values, conversations, customer development, discovering, growing a business, inspiration, knowledge vs information, reflection, resource, books, starting a business, small business, social media, marketing, entrepreneur, work life balance
Entrepreneur Talk: Listen For Your Voice, Speak with Passion
October 14, 2010
I’m certain when you decided to become an entrepreneur, it wasn’t strictly because you wanted to become a millionaire, but rather you had a desire...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, businesses grow, business owner, discovering, empower, entrepreneur, getting ahead, future leaders, human knowledge, inspiration, reflection, starting a business, success,
Entrepreneur Talk: Running to Shut Off
September 27, 2010
You became an entrepreneur because you love what you do & wanted to give that service or product to others. You work harder than anyone...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, businesses grow, business owner, discovering, empower, entrepreneur, getting ahead, future leaders, human knowledge, inspiration, reflection, starting a business, success,
START A BIZ: 5 Lessons Learned
September 15, 2010
by Roslyn Ashford of ra redoes rooms
So… you're thinking of starting a business?! Congrats! After six years of running my service business, I can easily...
START A BIZ: Create a Safety Net
September 14, 2010
by Elizabeth Buie of Luminanze
My decision to go solo pounced on me and took immediate hold.
One evening in the spring of 2007, just after dark,...
START A BIZ: Making the Ask
September 13, 2010
by Casey Golden of Small Act
Every business needs at least some money to get started. Depending on your business, you might need to seek investors...
START A BIZ: Public Speech 2.0
September 10, 2010
by Jill Foster of Live Your Talk
As a new business owner, I keep re-visiting these questions:
Where are my most ideal customers?
Am I accessible to them?
And...
START A BIZ: The Uber Simple Start-Up Guide
September 9, 2010
by Kathy Korman Frey (aka Chief Hot Momma) of Hot Momma's Project
A good friend of mine is a riding the entrepreneurial break, BIG TIME. She...
START A BIZ: The Importance of Partnerships
September 8, 2010
by Greg Kihlström of Carousel30 Interactive
Starting a business takes a lot of work. A lot. So, being the type of person that works long hours,...
START A BIZ: Just Do It
September 7, 2010
by Heather Coleman, Future Entrepreneur
But...but...but…I can’t. Wait, that’s not true! The real truth is I just haven’t… yet. I am holding onto the hope that...
START A BIZ: Real Talk
September 3, 2010
by Evelyn Bandoh, RFC of EAB Creative Planning Services
For over 8 years, I have been either teaching about, growing my own or helping to grow...
START A BIZ: Never Look Back, Always Look Up
September 2, 2010
by Erin Pfiffner of The Epiffany Effect
I'd like to think I'm one of the lucky few who have had opportunities fall into my lap and...
START A BIZ: The Alternative Entrepreneur
September 1, 2010
by Nicole Skuba of Online Marketing Branch
I own a business and I don’t work nonstop or sacrifice time with my family. It is not the...
START A BIZ: Know the Little Guys
August 31, 2010
by Veronica O. Davis, P.E. of Nspiregreen
There is the old business adage that says, “it's all about who you know.” It's nice to know the...
START A BIZ: Starting a Biz is Like Raising a Child
August 30, 2010
by Beth Schillaci of VillageWorks Communications, Inc.
Reflecting on my 11+ years in business for myself, I thought about when I made the leap to...
START A BIZ: Know the Law
August 27, 2010
by Nellie Akalp of CorpNet
Starting a Business? ...Get your legal ducks in a row!
Yes, I know. Most of you did not start a business because...
START A BIZ: It Takes Faith
August 26, 2010
by Amy Phillips of Social Pollen
Remember that part in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade when Indy was finally going through the last tests to...
START A BIZ: Partnering
August 25, 2010
by Matthew Brock of Divergent Planning
“If we are together nothing is impossible. If we are divided all will fail”
Winston Churchill
Not every business owner desires or...
START A BIZ: Ask For Help
August 24, 2010
by Keri Kae Almstead
For some, new enterprises are born out of job dissatisfaction or financial need. After my position was eliminated, I spent the better...
START A BIZ: A Life of Its Own
August 23, 2010
by Dan Morrison of Citizen Effect
I never planned on starting an entrepreneurial nonprofit. It was a complete accident, but a happy one. I was running...
START A BIZ: Taking the First Step
August 20, 2010
by Jesse Bouman of Demeter Interactive
My Dive Into Entrepreneurism
Starting my own company is the most exciting and terrifying thing I’ve ever attempted. Nearly six weeks...
START A BIZ: Lessons Learned
August 19, 2010
by Gabe Hilado of Zenpo Software Innovations
Ten years ago, at the peak of the dot-com boom a group of friends and I decided to start...
START A BIZ: The Sign
August 18, 2010
by Mary Kate of Mary Kate McKenna Photography
Note to self: be prepared for big answers when you ask for them.
In 2007, On my way back...
START A BIZ: Vision
August 17, 2010
by Joe Natoli of Mind Over Machines
Some men see things the way they are and ask, "Why?"
I dream things that never were, and ask "Why...
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