Hey! So you are taking the big leap and starting a new business. Congratulations! If you haven’t already, check out PART 1 of this series- it’s all about mindset for business. Many entrepreneurs don’t realize how much their attitudes, existing habits, and preconceived...
In the first two posts in our series on starting a business, we talked about assessing your attitudes about becoming a business owner and taking a big picture look at your business idea. Now on to another component to launching your business: the real planning...
A few weeks ago, I started teaching a college class that covers design basics and other foundational skills for design students. The class also includes teaching the students creativity. Preparing a lesson on creativity is hard! How do you talk about creativity? How...
I'm a member of several online groups and one of the hottest - and most reoccurring topics are centered around disgruntled customers, and how to handle them. It's clear that many want to keep happy customers but also encounter difficult situations and people. While we...
Being a small business owner can be hard. So we are always on the lookout for tools, apps and ideas to help simplify day-to-day life so you can focus on the more important things. Here are a few things that we are loving right now. 1. I once was lost... Lost keys?...
I wear the title of creative entrepreneur proudly, and while I consider myself to be super creative, like others in this arena, I sometimes struggle with staying organized. I'm relying now more than ever on online tools to help manage my business, calendar and...
Is it just us, or do things never seem to go as planned? If you do a soft Google on when your best plan falls through, you’ll find approximately 14,287(ish) inspirational quotes about seeing it through when things don’t turn out as we hoped, dreamed, or even planned...
One of the most exciting and terrifying milestones of being a solopreneuers is realizing that your business is growing and that you need help. This was a particular painful moment for me. I was working on a project which required some refined technical skills. I was...
It may seem cliche sometimes, but setting goals for the beginning of the year make a lot of sense. As an entrepreneur, this time of year is a transition between the close of one financial year and the beginning of a new one. It's logically a great time to evaluate...