Posts Tagged ‘entrepreneurs’

Did you learn all the key business lessons from this recession? Toilet Paper Entrepreneurs share their lesson learned. Did you learn the same things?  Read more »

Meet them at your office, or better yet meet them at theirs. NOT! Those are the traditional meeting spots, and surely don't help your meeting stand out from any other meeting. Try one of these new spots for a meeting, it will help you stand out, may get the juices flowing, and in some cases make a permanent positive memory.  Read more »

Learn from your peers, damn it! Too often entrepreneurs make big investments, expecting big returns and it doesn't come true. Here are the experiences of some fellow entrepreneurs on where they wasted money. Don't make the same mistakes! The tips are right below the ad for The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur (which is not a waste of money, by the way).  Read more »

Now that Q1 of 2010 has passed us by, I reached out to the TPE community to learn what's working, what's not working, and what to do about it. Here are the tips you need to successfully navigate (and grow during) the remainder of 2010.  Read more »

Everyone has an opinion about your business. Too bad it is often wrong. Here are 54 pieces of bad advice that entrepreneurs have, thankfully, ignored. You should too...  Read more »

The saying, “Go with your gut” is so overused, we sometimes forget that it’s 100% true. We are genetically programmed with a lifetime of knowledge that equips us with the ability to make GOOD decisions, quickly. You may call it instinct, or street smarts, or even ESP. Whatever you call it, you must trust it, because your gut will be right most of the time...  Read more »

The saying, “Go with your gut” is so overused, we sometimes forget that it’s 100% true. We are genetically programmed with a lifetime of knowledge that equips us with the ability to make GOOD decisions, quickly. You may call it instinct, or street smarts, or even ESP. Whatever you call it, you must trust it, because your gut will be right most of the time...  Read more »

We’ve all played some version of the game, “What would you do for a million dollars?” Would you jump out of a plane, run naked through the mall, break into song on the subway? It’s a fun game, mostly because we assume that unless we make it on to a reality show, we’ll never actually be presented with the opportunity to do something wild or scary in exchange for a huge pile of cash.

The truth is, if you’re an entrepreneur, you ARE being asked to do something wild and scary for a huge pile of cash...  Read more »

What if I told you that the fact that you don’t know what you stand for and/or haven’t communicated that to your customers is losing you business? I mean, like a shit-load of business. Now, would you take the time to answer the question? If you don’t know what you stand for, you’re missing out, people. Big time.  Read more »

Many resources exist to help get a business get off the ground. And you don't have to pay for it, in many cases. Here are a list of resources the TPE community has used to help their businesses:  Read more »

This may not be the most PC of topics, but I say, screw PC.  Here’s the deal.  As entrepreneurs (especially as women entrepreneurs), we put a lot of time and energy into growing our business.  We get up early, work like crazy, cook, clean, take care of the kids and by the end of the [...]  Read more »

John D. Rockefeller Greatest Wealth – $318 Billion at age 74 First Job – Book keeper Andrew Carnegie Greatest Wealth – $298 Billion at age 68 First Job – Textile laborer Henry Ford Greatest Wealth – $188 Billion at age 57 First Job – Machinist Warren Buffet Greatest Wealth – $62 Billion at age 77 First Job – Newspaper delivery boy Bill Gates Greatest Wealth – $57 Billion [...]  Read more »