Business To Investment

Why Do You Want to Make a Change?

One of the biggest motivators I know to make change is to think about the “why?”  Why do you want to do something different?   If the “why” is big enough, the “how” become easy. I remember years ago hearing the example of having to take care of a car if you have way too many [...]

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Multiple Streams of Marketing

In other posts, I’ve laid out my plan for 2009 and beyond.  When I started this Business to Investment project, I had the naive idea that I could do a bunch of websites and somehow magically become rich.  I’ve discovered that there is some work to it, at least in the initial set up and [...]

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You’re a Better Salesperson Than You Think You Are

There is one aspect to starting a business that will ring terror in the hearts of most people I know.  Selling.  Why can’t it be like in the movies - build it and they will come?  So, people with no marketing and no selling experience jump into a new business venture and try to do [...]

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Lessons From 2008

We hear from a lot of business owners and investors at TaxLoopholes.  There are people who have businesses that are prospering, others are hanging on and others are starting over.  And there are a few who are just plan angry.  I can empathize with every single one.  Yesterday we heard from a man who had [...]

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Multiple Sources of Income - 2009 & Beyond

2007 was the year when a lot of things fell apart for me - a business partnership fell apart which was mainly a huge sense of loss emotionally and a drawn out legal battle regarding a contract that a former partner may or may not have signed.  In the end, the winners in all cases [...]

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