Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

Your Sales Responsibilities as a Small Business Owner

Posted on July 9, 2012 by don.gray@salesengineeringgroup.com

Small business sales challenges Recently I met with two business associates of mine whom I have known for a few years. The story that unfolded about their business and what they have decided to do about it is something that … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Hiring, Marketing, Sales | Tagged Leadership, Sales, sales culture, sales for small business, sales forecasting, Sales Leadership, Sales Management, sales process, sales responsibilities, sales role definition, Small Business, small business sales, value, value messaging | Leave a comment

Should Small Businesses Really Fear Obamacare?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by asechmentor@gmail.com

what does small business have to fear from obamacare, aside from taxes? Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship, taxes | Tagged bloomberg business, cnn, company health insurance, fox business, fox news, fox small business, obamacare, Small Business, solutions forum | Leave a comment

Crowdfunding to help find investors for your business?

Posted on July 7, 2012 by asechmentor@gmail.com

crowdfunding sites and cautions in pursuing funds Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged crowdfunder, crowdfunding, indiego, inside tucson business, kickstarter, lorraine harrington, microventures, wefunder | Leave a comment

Financing on Credit Cards?

Posted on July 6, 2012 by asechmentor@gmail.com

A few bloggers noted this week that they’ve gotten into trouble using credit cards to launch their businesses or finance expansion. This is actually a fairly common problem, caused in our opinon by not having a good grip on your … Continue reading →

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Happy Independence Day, World

Posted on July 4, 2012 by asechmentor@gmail.com

history and philosophy of independence day Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged entrepreneurship, grand canyon univerity, ken blanchard school | Leave a comment

10 Reasons I Don’t Buy From You

Posted on June 29, 2012 by asechmentor@gmail.com

11 reasons why customers don’t buy your product or service Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship, guerilla marketing, Marketing, Sales | Tagged Duct Tape Marketing, John Jantsch, marketing strategy, perceptual pricing, price, products, services | Leave a comment

The Brilliance (and Madness) of Crowd Funding

Posted on June 22, 2012 by asechmentor@gmail.com

10 items you need to be a success at crowdfunding. Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Finance | Tagged crowdfunding, Forbes, forbes.com | 7 Comments

Your Biz Idea Already Exists? Just Do It Better…..

Posted on June 5, 2012 by asechmentor@gmail.com

Just do it……better Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Internet Marketing, Marketing | Tagged business ideas, SCORE, validating business ideas | 4 Comments

Startups: Build a great culture, fail small and pay what you owe

Posted on April 23, 2012 by asechmentor@gmail.com

12 tips for succes from Clarence Wooten, one of the Instagram founders Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Finance, Hiring, Marketing | Tagged Clarence Wooten, Instagram, MIT Sloan School | 16 Comments

7 Dumb Leadership Mistakes Smart Managers Avoid

Posted on April 20, 2012 by asechmentor@gmail.com

7 managerial and leadership behaviors to avoid Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Hiring | Tagged Leadership, management, martin zwilling, startup professional musings | 4 Comments