Of the four million new US businesses that open every year, about half are still in business after five years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (Entrepreneurship and the US Economy.) In all fairness, not all of these businesses failed. Many were consultants...
Debrief for Free Mastermind Oct. 2022 (Join us next month!) Hey there! Patricia Bottero here at Open for Business – Start a Business Lab. Today we had a mastermind for 10 aspiring entrepreneurs who have questions about starting a business or quitting their job...
Sometimes we lose a job. Other times our job loses us. Laid off or disengaged, crushed or bored, it’s a slippery career slope. Let’s face this. The path of resenting the hours of our life spent pursuing just a paycheck — because the passion we used to feel for our...
A great question I’m often asked is: “How do you come up with an idea to start a business if you don’t have an idea?” My answer’s simple: “You look for problems.” (Not the kind that gets you in trouble.) You go look for problems that enough people have. Problems are...
What if you want to get into a business you own but you have no ideas for a business startup? No worries, there are 4 paths to business ownership and the right path for you might or might not be starting a business from scratch. What if you want to get into a business...
