Most people dream of running their own business: following their passion, being their own boss and having control of their time. It sounds glorious! The reality of entrepreneurship (and farming) is far less glamourous. In addition to the actual farming …
It could be said that I come to entrepreneurship naturally. My father, after 25 years as a lawyer, launched his entrepreneurial career in publishing: creating several magazines on Biblical Archaeology and later purchasing a fourth on Judaism. As I’ve launched my own businesses …
Let’s be honest, old business receipts don’t spark joy; even for the most fastidious bookkeepers. If you want to declutter your desk and create an inviting space to keep up with your paperwork, then you may want to recycle all …
George Bernard Shaw’s quote, “He who can does; he who cannot, teaches,” has always stung a little bit for me. I consider myself a teacher, and it puts a kernel of self-doubt in my work that I can’t really do. But then …
I was taught (at least) two truths about entrepreneurship when I was an MBA student at Babson: A successful business is always growing; and Start-up entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs who are scaling up their business require different skills. As I’ve coached …
My partner John’s phone buzzes all day with incoming emails. The volume amazes me, as does the way he shrugs it off. Most people I know curse all the unwanted email. Not John. They’re not unwanted, and he actually prefers …
Every day, as entrepreneurs and business owners, we have two focuses. First, we need to take care of day-to-day business to earn money in the present. Second, we need to make sure we have work tomorrow (through business development activities) …
Of all the problems of a launching business; explosive sales hardly seems like one of them. Who ever heard of an entrepreneur complain that sales were too great? Particularly for a newly launched business, higher than expected sales can feel …
Google “labor shortage in New England” and you’ll see a long list of articles lamenting what farm and hospitality business owners know too well. A confluence of events has made it harder than ever to find good employees. Rents …
When I launched my catering business in 1997, I was starved for work. While I had a clear mission of the kind of events I wanted to do, I also needed to pay the bills. So when a prospective client …