I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. While the job market today isn’t “robust” by any stretch of the imagination, it’s still far perkier that what we all experienced in 2009 — and hopefully we’ll see the fog lift one of these days, consumers and employers will loosen up their purse strings, and […]
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Time for Entrepreneurial Exploration?
November 4, 2009 
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Self-employment may not be for everyone, but I’ve discovered that it’s also not for as few people as one might think, either! One of the amazing things that’s taken place over the last decade or two is the explosion of different entrepreneurial avenues that have become available in the marketplace, thanks to the Internet and […]
Continue readingEntrepreneurial Decision-Making: One Great Tool!
February 13, 2009 0 Comments
Quick item to blog about today, relevant to those of you out there who might be considering “taking the plunge” and starting/buying a business venture of some kind. One of my local business allies, John Martinka of Partner On Call Network, shared a handout with me that cross-references 26 business factors against three typical entrepreneurial […]
Continue readingQuestion of the Month: February 2006
November 15, 2008 0 Comments
Question: “How do I know if an entrepreneurial path is right for me or not?” Over the past few years, an increasing number of our clients seem to have been bitten by the “entrepreneurial bug ” and to be contemplating the possibility of self-employment. Whether this is due to the pending retirement of the Baby […]
Continue readingBook Review: Is Self-Employment for You?
November 15, 2008 0 Comments
Experience tells us that most working professionals, at some point in their lives, consider the possibility of starting their own business. This career option appears to be becoming even more attractive, in fact, to older workers who are looking for greater autonomy, increased job security, and a way to continue generating positive cash flow into […]
Continue readingEntrepreneurial Networking Groups
November 13, 2008 0 Comments
Despite the fact that we’re Bellevue Chamber of Commerce members, ourselves, we still have trouble keeping up with all of the great resources and events that this organization sponsors within the Eastside community. For example, in a recent perusal of the Chamber’s September newsletter, we noted that they are now hosting several very focused, niche […]
Continue readingBook Review: The Four-Hour Workweek (Timothy Ferriss)
November 12, 2008 0 Comments
Agree or not with the author’s radical points of view about life, careers, and how to go about the pursuit of happiness, this is a fascinating book — and one that will expose you to 300 pages of the most thought-provoking material you’re likely to have read in quite some time! Simply put, Tim Ferriss […]
Continue readingBook Review: Escaping Corporate America (Pamela Skillings)
November 2, 2008 0 Comments
Wow, does this book have a title that’s timely, or what? Given some of the recent turbulence taking place in the corporate world, and the sense that the traditional employment scene isn’t as stable or “safe” as it used to be, quite a few people we encounter are starting to look around for another option — […]
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