Tag: solopreneur

  • Monday Motivation and Mindset

  • Pick The Best Idea and Run With It

    Pick The Best Idea and Run With It

    More than one business idea and not really sure what to do, so you sit stuck not really acting or moving forward with any of them….  Sound familiar.  I think most people who’ve been hit by the entrepreneurial spirit can relate.  We see a problem and instantly thing of a solution.  We can’t find a…

  • Best Bank Closure:  A Lesson In Contingency Planning for Entrepreneurs

    Best Bank Closure: A Lesson In Contingency Planning for Entrepreneurs

    One of the stories dominating the news cycle here in Atlanta is the closing of Best Bank on the evening of Friday, May 5, 2017 without notice or warning to customers.  As the news of the closing began making its way around the city, hundreds of worried and panic customers went to First Citizens Bank…

  • Team Building for Entrepreneurs: The Virtual Assistant Edition

    Team Building for Entrepreneurs: The Virtual Assistant Edition

    When I started my business several years ago, I started out as a virtual assistant with the goals of providing executive level administrative support to entrepreneurs.  It is, as it was then, my belief that you can’t do this business start up thing alone.  Every rock star needs background singers.   I will never forget…

  • Operations Manual:  Yes, Solopreneurs Need Them Too

    Operations Manual: Yes, Solopreneurs Need Them Too

    Alrighty my fellow “party of one” business owners, by show of hands, who has a business operations manual?   Anyone?  Anyone?   Just as I suspected, many of us haven’t taken the time to formally write down our processes and procedures.  We may have a folder stuck somewhere at the bottom of a pile on…