If you are running full speed ahead all the time, the engine will burn out and it won't be pretty. As an entrepreneur you need a break occasionally, in fact you MUST take a break from work. Here are a list of 75 ideas that the TPE community came up with for taking that time off - everything from a mini 20 minute retreats, to tropical resorts, it's all here:
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There are entrepreneurs who do all types of things from making spoons to making things that can... ahem... spoon. In this episode of On A Roll, Mike Michalowicz interviews Douglas Hines, of TrueCompanion.com, the inventor of the world's first sex robot, Roxxxy
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There is a 97% chance that your office voice mail greeting stinks. Are you an ultraconservative firm? Then you better tune up the voice mail to a white glove level. Are you a high energy firm? Then that voice mail better bring some serious juice. Or are you a poke a little fun at life type fir? Then your voice mail better be like mine:
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Entrepreneurs sometimes (maybe it really is a lot of times) get it wrong. We work, work, work, hoping that down the road we are going to live, live, live. Here is the dealio. You need to start living now. And one great way to do it is through a bucket list...
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Talk about brain dumps... if you are looking to learn all about entrepreneurship this is the place to start. The TPE community shared this amazing list of resources that you can find online to learn everything there ever was to learn about being an entrepreneur...
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Master negotiators maximize their gains AND maximize the gains for the guy on the other side. Here are the 4 steps necessary to become a master negotiator...
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Customers are good. Customers who come back for more are better. Actually they are WAY better. They are far easier to sell too, they require less education about you and your company, and you already know how to tickle their fancy. Here is a list of some obvious and a few really unique ways to keep your clients coming back for more, and more, and even more...
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It seems every entrepreneur needs to raise money. Scratch that. Some don't, but it feels like all do. So here is a question about just that, and in this On A Roll video you will learn both the traditional method of fund raising through angels and VCs as well as the boot strapper model to "internal raises"...
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Growing a multi-million dollar company, or even a "multi-thousand" dollar company, requires you to get the word out. Big time. Now before you start bitching and moaning about how the big competitor down the road has a marketing budget that is bigger than the federal governments budget, I want you to know you have stuff they don't. You see, the small business entrepreneur can out market the big boys, and land the big fish. Here's how...
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Mom entrepreneurs have advantages. But before you get your undies in a bunch, let's get one thing straight. This is my perspective. A guys perspective. And you're right, I can't relate.
I observe, though. And mom entrepreneurs are starting to crush it. Here's how...
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I am kinda a gadget guy and kinda not. I have the latest greatest mini-notebook, but my cell phone is from like 1963. The reason is that gadgets can be time drainers more then productivity gainers. With that in mind, I reached out to the TPE community and asked them what gadgets increased productivity and how did they use them. Yes, the iPhone is referenced over and over, but the uses are some what different. Perhaps in this list you will find a few things you never thought about before, or find a new way to use what you already have.
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An interview with Terry Starr, co-founder of MyWorkButterfly.com. Her website is one of the fast growing sites on the internet, and a lot of it is to due with her one-on-one interviews with celebrity moms. In this On A Roll episode, Terry Starr shares her secret on how to get celebrities to endorse your product.
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Mom entrepreneurs have advantages. But before you get your undies in a bunch, let's get one thing straight. This is my perspective. A guys perspective. And you're right, I can't relate.
I observe, though. And mom entrepreneurs are starting to crush it. Here's how...
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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...
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Pilot episode "An Ice Cream Fix" of Bailout! with host Mike Michalowicz. Michalowicz uses an ice cream truck to fix a cash strapped business.
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Picking the price for your service isn't as easy as picking a number out of the air. Go to low and you might lose money. Go to high and you might lose (or never get) customers. Here are 12 ways to get your pricing right!
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It’s YES. The most dangerous, damaging word in business is YES. I know what you are thinking. “What the hell, Mike?" Let me tell you why I'm right...
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Kevin Daum spent the afternoon at my office and after our interview he was kind enough to pose for a quick picture. In his left hand is his copy of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, and he is proudly showing of his "New York Times Best Seller" tattoo. Kevin is so committed to his vision for his new book ROAR! that he tattooed his goal of being a NY Times best seller on his chest:
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Every entrepreneur at some point or another gets stuck in a rut. Things just come to stand still, and the ideas flow like tar. Cold tar. As always, the TPE community stepped up and shared their best ideas on how to get the brainstorm going again... and to get the good ideas flowing.
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An amazing interview with Gary Vaynerchuk, where he addresses the cynic's comments on that he wouldn't have had this success if it wasn't for his father...
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Worried about your entrepreneurial venture being a disaster? Too many of us are frozen with fear of the worst case scenario. The TPE community, shares their worst case scenarios AND the actual outcome.
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Oh, that elusive first client. We desperately need them to get our neophyte business off the ground. Their referrals are the key to subsequent business… to sustaining our business. And, to be truthful, until you service them we don’t know if we really can pull it off.
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Talk about an inspirational video! If you want to be a world class entrepreneur, you need to listen to the wisdom that Will Smith shares...
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