March 2008

Monthly Archives

  • No One Cares Like You Do, Just ask Howard Schultz

    Hot on the heels of McDonald’s entering the premium coffee market, Starbucks is reportedly testing a $1 coffee offering. Is this the beginning of the end for Starbucks or a brilliant ploy to get cheapsters in the door and jack them up on high quality caffeine and ply them with samples of the $5 a […]

  • 15 Reasons Not To Be An Entrepreneur

    While successful entrepreneurs may tell you that starting your own business is hugely rewarding, and that everyone should pursue entrepreneurship as an ultimate goal, there are a substantial number of reasons for why entrepreneurship may not be the ideal choice for a large number of people. So before you ditch the salary, consider what it […]

  • 4 Components to Increase Your Luck Value

    Have you ever met someone that seems like they have the Midas touch? You know the person I’m talking about. They are the ones that it appears that everything goes their way. From the outside it looks like everything falls into their lap. No effort, just plain luck. You would think that everyone is waiting […]

  • No Risk, No Reward

    Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain Everywhere you can find pubs and cafes that are […]

  • Do You Have What it Takes to be an Entrepreneur?

    Having a good idea doesn’t make you an entrepreneur. Neither does a business degree. Entrepreneurs come from a wide range of backgrounds, challenges and influences. Unfortunately, many businesses are started and then dissolved, not because they didn’t have a workable idea, but because the entrepreneur lacked certain skills. Often times many hardships must be experienced […]