The other night, my father-in-law and I were talking about the finer points of starting a business.  As a freelance writer, I am self-employed, and he owned his own office cleaning company for 20 years, so both of us are familiar with the things that need to be done in order to start a business.
If [...]

And I’m only partly talking about a business plan.  Yes, a business plan is great because it’s a formal way of getting a plan onto paper, but if you don’t require financing, you can have a successful plan and not have it in business plan format.
The reason why entrepreneurs are encouraged to develop business plans [...]

With the auction of our business assets starting in less than eight hours from now, I have been going through the list of items to make sure that everything is listed.  We need to make enough money to pay off our debts and maybe have the opportunity to end this business venture on a [...]

Every job that you have in your life is going to teach you different types of skills. What you might not realize is that the location of each job will also affect your skill development. This is good to know in case you’re getting bored at your job.
For example, let’s say that you got a [...]

Though I turned out to be a pretty well rounded adult and business person, one of my fatal flaws is that I am a perfectionist.  This affects many aspects of my business and at times hinders our potential to succeed at a level beyond our current level of performance.  But I do know that it [...]