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I have found that inventing, starting a business up, and other entrepreneurially thingies follow the same emotional pattern as your first roller coaster ride.
Step 1: I’m so excited I could just pee.
This is when you size up the ride. You’re caught in the moment considering the immense possibilities of your idea. The dizzying heights and speed you’ll [...]

Entrepreneurs are different, that’s a common theme on Startup Nation.
We work differently. We think differently. And, by the looks of my Startup Nation profile pic, we dress and wear our hair differently. But, maybe that’s just me.
A case in point: I went shopping with my friends. They’re your average corporate hard-charging, salary-seeking, bonus-pimping 40-hour-a-weekers.
Now, as we [...]

Ever watch Airplane? Or did I just reveal my status as dinosaur. (If I didn’t, my kids will be the first to tell you how ancient I am sooner or later anyway.)
But I digress… as usual.
In the movie, when the passengers were asked to assume “crash position,” they immediately started to scream, wave their hands [...]

My husband is hosting a tailgate party tomorrow for a group of his co-workers, or co-drinkers as the case may be.
Hey. I’m cool. I’m down with football and kicking home runs or whatever they do. My problem is that this tailgate will be held in my home.
So, first, there’s the whole “how do you have a [...]

Scientists are now studying Startup Attention Deficit Disorder - a condition that causes entrepreneurs to start up new businesses mere seconds after they launched their original idea.
I know this from experience. I am a S.A.D.D. sufferer, or, as some call us, a serial entrepreneur. As soon as I start one business, I get a second [...]

Yesterday, Retha Queenan of AA Lingerie, www.aalingerie.com, shared some of her insights. She turned her need for a stylish, well-fitted bra into a successful, worldwide business that is garnering national media attention.
Here are more of her tips to help you do the same thing!

What kind of challenges and rewards do you see with pursuing new business in America?
The [...]

If you want to expand your business worldwide (or if you are having trouble finding the right bra), it’s time to meet Retha Queenan.
She is a dynamic entrepreneur located in the U.K. Not only is she a mother and wife, but she is also an established veterinarian.
When she had a difficult time finding [...]

The numbers are gloomy. Statistics show that of one hundred new business startups, eighty will be out of business within five years. Too often, the causes of these failures are recurring inefficiencies and their offspring: fire-killing and distraction. Most business owners wake up in the morning with only a vague sense of their ultimate, primary [...]

Maybe you enjoy working the long hours. Yes, staying late to work on a deadline project or to finish the twenty things on your task list probably makes you feel a bit nobler than your cubicle-mate (who jets out the door as soon as that wall clock strikes 5 p.m.). There’s a sense of pride [...]

Whether you’ve established a small business, are in the midst of launching one, or simply considering it for the future, it’s certain you want at least one thing out of this investment: success.
Starting and running a small business isn’t a cakewalk. It’s hard to believe, but over 50 percent of small businesses fail in their [...]