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Statistics show that 97% of new year’s resolutions get broken, most within the first week of the new year. I prefer to set SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, [...]

This is a guest series by Jane Wesman. Jane is the president of Jane Wesman Public Relations, Inc., a firm that creates high impact book publicity campaigns for publishers and writers. She is also the author of Dive Right In -The Sharks Won’t Bite: The Entrepreneurial Woman’s Guide to Success.

Do you dream [...]

Are you where you want to be in your life professionally? Are you making what you thought you would be making? Have you accomplished everything you wanted to accomplish to date?

We all have dreams and goals of obtaining something, whether [...]

Welcome to the first edition of the She Takes On The World weekly blog carnival for women entrepreneurs. The goal of this blog carnival is to share a selection of quality entrepreneurship articles and introduce you to fellow women entrepreneurs. There is so much [...]

Today I am pleased to be featuring an interview with a woman whom I greatly admire, Sabrina Parsons. Sabrina is the CEO of Palo Alto Software (PAS), makers of Business Plan Pro and Marketing Plan Pro. Prior to stepping into her role as CEO, she [...]

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Every day around the world millions of people think of new business ideas yet only a small fraction of these ideas will ever become businesses.

What prevents these ideas from becoming businesses? Perhaps the idea [...]

Starting a business with a partner is a big commitment. In my opinion, it is so easy to be a solopreneur with social media and access to talented freelancers. You should have a clear reason why you need a business partner. As a solopreneur you can use a website like Elance.com to hire freelancers [...]

I have been asking myself some important questions about my business and my blog. I have been revising and updating my business plan. I think these 10 questions are important to revisit [...]

My awesome business partner, Eric Janssen, put together this post and slideshow about entrepreneurial marketing and the information you need to know in order to make marketing decisions as an entrepreneur. As entrepreneurs and freelancers, I feel that sometimes we need to go back to the basics and this slide show [...]

Natalie, I would love to know about finding a location for a business. I am looking into opening a tanning salon but the location aspect of it is really overwhelming. -RandomHappyLife

Thank you for the question. It is a good one. Retail, food, and service based businesses often require an office or storefront location. [...]

At the beginning of January I wrote a post about setting goals and visualizing success (read it here) for yourself and your business. One of the tools I use to visualize success is a vision board. A vision board is a collage of pictures and words that represent your dreams and goals. It is [...]

I’ll admit it: I have had it easier than a lot of other entrepreneurs. I started my first business when I was very young. Other entrepreneurs start their first business when they have bills to pay, a mortgage, and a family. I didn’t have any of these things. These factors stop many other would-be entrepreneurs [...]

Lately I’ve come across a lot of questions from people wondering what to name their business or if there are naming techniques they should follow. One guy was creating an online store where he would be drop shipping a variety of items including video game accessories, flashlights, cell phone accessories, camping gear, remote control cars, [...]