Posts Tagged ‘transferable skills’

A New Business Waiting to Be Born

Posted by Ronald Lorne Smith on March 21st, 2011 under Business Ownership, Small Business Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  •  1 Comment

Even though you now (hopefully!) have a strong sense of the entrepreneur you’re capable of being, it can be tough to finally choose the business you want to launch. To help you along, we’re shortly going to investigate current and future business trends – ideas that are really making a splash. That, along with your [...]

Top Ten Business Trends

Posted by Ronald Lorne Smith on March 21st, 2011 under Business Ownership, Franchises, Small Business, Tips and Trends Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  •  1 Comment

In our last post, we talked about what types of factors you should consider when selecting a business to go into. In today’s post we cover the top business trends of today according to J. Wang and K. Ohngren at www.entrpreneur.com. Top Ten Current Business Trends: Generation Y. Today’s youth have more purchasing power than [...]

The 5 Questions You Must Ask When Going Into Business for Yourself

Posted by Ronald Lorne Smith on March 21st, 2011 under Business Ownership, Franchises, Small Business Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

Now that you have an idea (or three!) swirling in your head, it’s time to narrow it down. Sure, you can eventually have more than one business, but for obvious reasons it’s best to focus your efforts on one at a time. It’s time to think seriously about how your new business concept will be [...]

Question #1 So What Exactly Am I Selling?

Posted by Ronald Lorne Smith on March 21st, 2011 under Business Ownership, Franchises, Small Business Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

This is the first post in a five part series that covers the five questions you must ask when going into business for yourself. Each of these five questions need to be addressed and adequately answered during your due diligence process. The 5 questions are: So what exactly am I selling? Who’s lining up to [...]