Young Entrepreneur Council
Posted Under: Tips & Tricks! on 24 Jan, 2012
Q: What is the best way to increase the size of my network? How can I get myself and my brand in front of people?
My response -
Go Out There!
The answer to your question is in your question itself — ‘get myself and my brand in front of people’. Seriously, go out there, attend conferences, go to networking events, shake hands, kiss babies, be online (facebook, twitter, linkedin, youtube etc)… Be personable, mannered, warm, helpful, resourceful, sharp, & street smart but most importantly, be consistent, build a brand!
Here’s the link to full article on Huffington...
Interview With The Startup Attorney – Doug Bend
- What are the legal basics you should cover if you’re planning to start business along with your day job?
- Can your employer take away your startup or property built out of your side project?
- What are your legal rights and responsibilities for your day job and the side business?
- What’s the best way to tell your employer about your side gig?
- Where to go if you need more legal help but can’t afford it…
And many more such legal questions that don’t let aspiring entrepreneurs sleep at night are answered in this interview where I had the opportunity to chat with Doug Bend, the startup and small business attorney. You can find him on Twitter @DougBend and read on now to make sure you’re covered.
DD: Doug, thank you so much for joining us for the chat, how are you doing?
DB: I’m doing great thank you so much for having me and I’m so excited to be part of this. I have been following all the work you have been doing and happy to contribute.
DD: Awesome! Why...
Grow Your Side Hustle, Escape the 9 to 5!
Back in May this year, I had the opportunity to chat with the Genjuice community. We had a live Facebook Q&A where many aspiring entrepreneurs asked me questions about growing their side project to escape the rat race. Below is the summary that they published later and I’m re-publishing & sharing it with you to help those of you who may have similar curiosities. So, here’s the Q&A chat to help you grow your side hustle and escape the 9 to 5:
Last week GenJuicers rocked Facebook with questions for entrepreneur Devesh Dwivedi, an expert on breaking free from 9 to 5 daily grind.
Devesh started his first business, a comic books rental company, when he was only 14, and since then he has founded and co-founded several businesses. He has an MBA and worked for multiple Fortune 100s in corporate America, but, being a square peg, he never fit in that round hole. Today he loves helping aspiring entrepreneurs.
Many thanks to Devesh for his insight and to our inquisitive...
Does Your Idea Deserve a Business Plan?
One question that many aspiring entrepreneurs ask me is how to identify if “it” is the idea that deserves further investment to execute or formally writing a business plan. As an entrepreneur myself and advisor/investor for many entrepreneurs and small businesses, I get to see both sides of the need of business plan. An entrepreneur typically falls for ‘I know what I’m doing’ yet fails to communicate it right, to others involved (Banks, partners, vendors, investors) and expects people to have the same understanding and excitement about the idea as he or she does. Quite frankly, it’s like asking someone to read your mind and continue doing so… Creepy, of course!
Point is, a business plan is nothing but communication in writing, where you tell the reader everything about your business/ idea as clearly and in as much details as possible. Leaving no room for guess work!
Question still is, how do I know if it’s the right idea and if I...
Business Plan – The good, the bad, & the ugly!
One of the biggest challenges for every entrepreneur is the daunting task of writing a Business Plan! Now, let me start with telling you that a business plan is a very personal (to the business) and unique document… So, the last thing you want to do is to copy a plan off of the internet or buy a software for business planning purposes unless you need this business plan simply for the sake of having a business plan on your office shelf .
Last week while helping one of my clients put together a business plan, our discussion of course turned to what makes a good business plan, what makes it bad and what ugly mistakes do the entrepreneurs commonly make. Here’s what I came up with:
What makes a good business plan…
A good business plan is a revolving document, a guide, an objective plan that charts out the what(s), why(s), how(s), when(s), who(s) of the each aspect of the business concept (idea, model, sales, revenue, strategy etc etc), for example: what’s the...
