Entrepreneurship

Send this article to Twitter!Coffee: It’s grown in Kenya and exported all over the world. The two American owners of Java house have essentially tried to create a mini-version of starbucks in Kenya. Listen to the original founder of this coffee drinking craze. NB: The interview is in the second half of the show,...
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Send this article to Twitter!Someone I know who has a sales job has just been given a warning: Bring in the clients or else….. He had two years to produce, but wasn’t quite able to do it. It’s very, very, hard to get people to give you their hard earned money, especially for a...
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Send this article to Twitter!I had an article a while back on a friend of mine who was thinking about starting a dog walking business (don’t laugh). He had worked part-time for a dog walking company and every time he’d go into the office to pick up his schedule, he’d see his bosses sitting...
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Send this article to Twitter!Last night I was on the phone with a customer service rep from Direct-tv. I was trying to order the international sports channel, Setanta. After my call went through, I was connected to some African-American rep who was clearly based in the south (based on the accent I detected). Anyway,...
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Send this article to Twitter!Where? tell me now! wapi? ……(because that’s where the money is!) I have to figure out this demand conundrum before I put any money down into this new venture that I want to try out. So, I found this tool yesterday that will give you a general idea of what...
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Send this article to Twitter!I’m not in a good mood today.  One reason is that it’s Monday and I’m always a little grumpy on Monday’s. My “happiness meter” seems to get progressively higher as Friday approaches. The second reason for my grumpiness is that I finally decided to wind down an on-line business that...
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Send this article to Twitter!I got this list from the website, Startupnation.com . The only ideas that seem to be viable are the tutoring idea and the online professor idea. I can see how both idea’s could work, especially if you have strong skills in mathematics (since that’s the subject that most American students...
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Send this article to Twitter!I was reading about this woman who’s opened a couple of Mexican restaurants close to where I live and they’ve both become very successful. As I was reading her profile, it was interesting to discover that she is not Mexican at all. She is Japanese American and she mentioned that...
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Send this article to Twitter!I’m getting desperate and um…um…um….every time I read about a “sure thing” business idea, the word “pornography” always seems to come up. If the basic assumption in business is that you have to figure out where the demand is, then isn’t sex a sure seller? Share on Facebook
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