Start-up: September 2009 Archives

The Wall Street Journal recognized the Top Small Workplaces in its third annual report featuring some of the best small employers  in the U.S.  The Journal Report on Small Business features the 15 winners in yesterday's print and online editions.

Part of this feature was a column by Laura Lorber on web resources for small business owners, which included some recommended websites on organizing and funding your small business (all are great sites).  She also recommended two sites that offer insights on entrepreneurship.  Thanks for including The Entrepreneurial Mind as one of those two resources!

My friend Rhonda Abrams has a new feature at USA Today.  She will be offering a six week series of free on-line articles for aspiring entrepreneurs called "Six Steps to a Successful Small Business."

In her first article, she highlights how to think like an entrepreneur:

Someone who needs an extremely high level of security might be challenged by an entrepreneurial lifestyle, yet a lot of people who don't think of themselves as embracing risk become entrepreneurs. The key is that although a successful entrepreneur takes risks, those risks are measured. Though entrepreneurs frequently go out on limbs, the ones that make it generally test that limb first to make sure it has a good chance of bearing their weight.

Her series will help aspiring entrepreneurs, even those of you who are accidental entrepreneurs due to the on-going recession, to navigate the start-up process with a little more confidence and understanding of the journey they are facing.