StartABiz Staff
By Brian O'Connor
According to the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Report, 69% of U.S. entrepreneurs start their business at home, and a vast majority of them (59%) continue to work from home, even after their business is up and running.
This presents any number of home-office design challenges, some of which can be rectified with proper planning. But not all of them can...
By Rick Lepsinger
It’s time to put an end to a decades-long debate.
For years, leadership consultants have discussed the differences between leadership and management and which approach is more effective.
Some contend managing and leading are mutually exclusive roles that require different values and traits. This conventional way of thinking says managers value stability, control, and efficiency, whereas leaders value flexibility,...
Are you thinking of transitioning from the office to working at home? Before making the leap, ask yourself these questions:
1. Am I able to perform all of my current duties outside of the office?
Deciding to work from home is the easy part, but is it really realistic for you to work from home? All jobs are not created equal. ...
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Busy works schedules, toxic relationships, bad habits — there are many things that make living a tough job. If that’s how you feel about life, here are 15 simple ways to hit the reset button and reinvent a whole new life and being.
1. Take a break from everything you’re doing. You need ample time to introspect on...
by Laura Vanderkam
Of course, you cannot actually add more time to the 24-hour day or 168-hour week. But talk to productivity experts and highly productive sorts and you’ll find that a few techniques dwarf all others in terms of helping people spend more time on what matters and less on what doesn’t. If you free up two...
by Jen Waller
In today’s guest post coach Tonya White Johnson shares some of her experience and thoughts about establishing her own business.
Entrepreneurship! This 16 letter word has so much power and yet projects so much fear. It is a dreaded word for some and a liberating journey for others. For me it is a liberating journey. Yes, it’s challenging. It...
Some people have a great idea they want to see through, some could think of nothing worse than going out on their own. Today, the word entrepreneur is the new black and we are talking start-ups all over again. I’ve seen several cycles through my career and worked with my first entrepreneur in my early twenties.
There is nothing more...
by Martin Zwilling
Many people feel that they just aren’t smart enough to be an entrepreneur, yet there seems to be no convincing evidence that a high IQ is a prerequisite for this lifestyle. We all know of successful businesses started by first-time entrepreneurs who dropped out of school, and according to many sources, “street smarts” (experience) tends to trump...
Should staff be allowed to start and run their micro business on the side while working in a corporate job? Or better still, run the business in between full-time work with their employer's blessing. My answer is no, with qualifications.
The idea is not as crazy as it sounds. Some professional service firms are allowing staff to launch a startup...
by Chantal Bechervaise
When people start a business, they do so with the aim of making it a success. For the most part, that goal gets achieved. But, some unlucky people find they have no choice but to stop trading. If they have regular customers, business owners may instead opt to sell their companies.
On the face of it, you might...