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Overcoming fear in business

March 4th, 2009 · No Comments

If you have already started your business, or you are in the midst of dreaming about it, you’ll be able to relate to the feeling that ranges from nagging doubt, to heart palpitations.
It’s fear. The entrepreneur’s enemy #1 shows up in a lot of ways… limiting yourself and the sheer scope of your business, being [...]

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Tags: Becoming a solo-preneur · Entrepreneurs Unplugged · Fellow fugitives · Getting a real job

Why employees become entrepreneurs

November 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Every entrepreneur has a story to tell. More often than not, behind every successful entrepreneur is a story of toxic workplace experiences, and horrible contortions needed to fit a lone wolf into sheep’s clothing. Others have dipped and swerved their way through a variety of university degrees and radically different variety of jobs until they [...]

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Tags: Becoming a solo-preneur · Getting a real job · Uncategorized · Working at home

Service or servitude?

November 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Michael Katz over at It Sure Beats Working wrote a succinct and very astute post last week that brings up something important for all entrepreneurs, especially those who provide professional or consulting services. Having an “anchor client” sounds great until you remember the purpose of an anchor is to weigh an object, meaning YOU, down!
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Tags: Becoming a solo-preneur · Getting a real job · Marketing yourself