August 2007

August 31, 2007

Growing Your Business: Don’t Want it Too Badly

A good friend of mine was presented with an opportunity to buy a distributorship for a voice-over Internet protocol phone system. He asked me for assistance in putting together his distributorship. As I reviewed the agreement and the opportunity, I didn't really understand what he was so excited about. I saw something that didn’t seem to have great potential, and I was mystified by his enthusiasm.

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August 24, 2007

Joel Block's Interview With Michael Dresser

Yesterday I was interviewed by Michael Dresser on his live radio talk show. Michael is a syndicated radio talk show host who is on the air every weekday. During this interview, I shared some insights and strategies that can help you reach your highest potential as an entrepreneur or small business owner. I even included some of my recommendations on how to best raise capital for your business.

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August 23, 2007

Helping Entrepreneurs Reach Their Highest Potential

At 1:30pm PT (4:30pm ET) today, I'll be interviewed by Michael Dresser on his live radio talk show. Michael is a syndicated radio talk show host who is on the air every weekday. During this interview, I'll be sharing insights and strategies to help you reach your highest potential as an entrepreneur or small business owner. This discussion will include some of my recommendations on how to best raise capital for your business.

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August 21, 2007

Growing Your Business: The Personal Touch

When you are growing your business, you must remember how much customers appreciate the personal touch. Business owners who are extremely busy - particularly new business owners - frequently fall down in the area of staying in touch with their customers. I'm guilty of this, too. The fastest and easiest way us to communicate nowadays is e-mail, and although e-mail is a brilliant and incredibly useful tool, it is frequently abused and misused.

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August 17, 2007

Growing Your Business: Somebody's Always Mad

In any business relationship - which necessarily involves multiple people who are working together to accomplish a common goal - someone will always be dissatisfied by an outcome. Even when the success is great, someone will be less than satisfied if the outcome wasn't the result of his or her idea, if it didn't go exactly how the person wanted, or if the person didn't receive the personal gain that he or she had wanted or expected.

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August 13, 2007

Growing Your Business: We Succeed at What We Focus On

Did you ever notice how when you take your eye off the ball, the ball seems to get away from you? It happens to all of us at one time or another. I used to be involved in the stock market, and in the early 90s, I was doing very well and I called my broker every day.

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August 10, 2007

Growing A Business: Reality Check vs. Living In Denial

A friend of mine was sure that he would be losing his job before too long. He knew that it was time to craft a resume and contact headhunters. He knew that it was time to make other arrangements.

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August 8, 2007

Raising Capital: A Smart Way To Create More Customers

If you’re selling products and services, one way of raising capital would be to help your customers get the money to buy your products. Think about this: If you sell a large piece of equipment that costs a million dollars, and your customer doesn’t have a million dollars, and your customer’s bank doesn’t want to give him a million dollars, you might have to come up with a financing alternative to help him get the money so you can make the sale.

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August 7, 2007

Raising Capital: How Do Grants Work?

How do grants work as a capital-raising strategy?

Grants are fantastic if you can get them. Grants are given for many different purposes. They are given to non-profit organizations and sometimes to for-profit organizations that meet certain criteria. If you have the ability to get a grant, and the work you’re doing qualifies for a grant, I’d consider putting forth some effort to apply for one.

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August 6, 2007

Growing A Business: Not Every Dollar is Created Equal

As an entrepreneur, you must understand that some of the dollars flowing into your business are more important than other dollars.

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