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Life is Short.
Last week was a tough week. Hundreds of people lost their lives in the escalating war in Iraq. The Virginia Tech massacre left 33 students and faculty dead and 29 others injured. A neighbor of mine was killed in a car accident, leaving behind his wife and three young kids. So much tragedy. So much...
Every Day Seems More Intense When You’re Starting Up Your Business
I'm going to the Detroit Tigers baseball game tonight with my bride Suzanne. Section 144, Row L, Seats 8 & 9. The reason we're going to this particular game is that the Tigers starting pitcher is Chad Durbin. Chad is a StartupNation community member and is preparing for life after his major league baseball career...
Reaching the Do Point
You've got a killer idea. (But, hey, you have a busy life.) You've never seen or heard of a business like it. (But does the idea already exist and you just haven't seen it?) You have the money to start it up. (But you're not sure you want to risk the money.) Etc., etc., etc.......
Sara Blakely turned visible panty lines and uncomfortable g-strings into a booming business
The genesis of a new business idea can come from anywhere. You don't like visible panty lines on your rear end? Your g-strings just aren't all that comfy? Hmm - There ought to be a better way. This is exactly what happened with Sara Blakely. She took her $5,000 savings and invented a better way,...
When Small Business Opportunity Knocks, Answer the Door!
You say you're not an entrepreneur? You look at Henry Ford & Ray Kroc and say, “Well, that was all fine & dandy for them, but I'm not even close to inventing the automobile assembly line or the greatest hamburger that 29 cents can buy.” (that's what the McDonald's hamburgers cost when I was a...
Starting a business may be a trait we pass on to our children
From Joan Isabella, StartupNation Radio consultant My father is celebrating his 80th birthday this week. So I will try out my toast to him on you. First a little background: When my parents married, they had two children in two years, but they didn't (as they like to say) have two nickels to rub together....