Micro-enterprises?
- 87% of ALL US businesses have less than 5 employees
- There are 24 million of these micro-enterprises in US
- We create over 900,000+ jobs a year
- Each were started with less than $35,000 in capital
- Less than 1/2 of the start-ups last four years
Enterprising Marriages?
I’ve learned that having a great marriage is work. To have it be healthy, under the challenges of a business partnership is really tough. It struck me one day that I saw a similar pattern in math. Read the posting.
I’ve dedicated a chapter of Entrepreneurial Schizophrenia to working as a Couple. It’s relevant information to team development as well. You can download it.
- Spats, Rows, Battles and Wars
- Staying Accountable in Vegas!
- CompLeting or Competing?
- Emotional Savings Account!
- Packing Their Scent
- Communication and Feedback
- Whose job is this anyway?
- Intimacy; by the Books.
- Developing your Domestic Diva
- Pick Your Corner
- Setting Boundaries
- Lord, Facilitator or Fool?
- Time-out
What’s to learn from an old stool?
There’s a lot to learn about business success from an old milk stool. Like an enduring business, it’s got three legs. They’re typically labeled; production, marketing and finance.
The ‘solo’ entrepreneur that makes it big is simply a story – one that isn’t true. It’s an urban legend, or a myth of the west. Fact is, even with all the effort of qualifying for an SBA loan, 56% of the recipients are out of business by year four, and they still owe the money! [1]
Consider that not a single known brand; Microsoft, Dell, Sears & Roebuck, Disneyland, etc. was started by a single entrepreneur. Coincidence?
Which choice is wiser?
- Put your efforts and money into developing the killer product or service, then get a team together and take it to market?
- Put your efforts and money into developing the killer team, then figure out what product or service you’re taking to market?
Take the survey to the right to get the answer. Watch Dr. Ernesto Sirolli explain it.
[1] 2009 SBA statistics
