So you want to be an Entrepreneur Blog » Life balance http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog How to decide if starting a business is really for you Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:39:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 10 tips for living and working with an Entrepreneur http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/10-tips-for-living-and-working-with-an-entrepreneur/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/10-tips-for-living-and-working-with-an-entrepreneur/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:27:14 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/10-tips-for-living-and-working-with-an-entrepreneur/ Entrepreneurs come from an incredibly broad range of places, cultures, religions and are obviously from either sex. As such compiling the perfect list is impossible, so this list is one perspective!

I have already written extensively about the myths…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/10-tips-for-living-and-working-with-an-entrepreneur/feed/ 1 What’s a solopreneur? And are you one… http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/whats-a-solopreneur-and-are-you-one/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/whats-a-solopreneur-and-are-you-one/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:15:41 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/whats-a-solopreneur-and-are-you-one/ I always enjoy Guy Kawasaki’s blog and today he has an interesting article dear to my heart and that’s “should I leave my job” and become a solopreneur?

In an useful Q&A with Pamela Skillings around…

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What?

Yes – contribution!

OK, so what does that mean…well my definition is:

“Giving with no expectation of anything in return”.

So how can “contribution” lead to success?

I know this seems like a long shot or a…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-universal-power-behind-your-success/feed/ 1 What is it with money? http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/what-is-it-with-money/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/what-is-it-with-money/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:08:19 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://98.130.107.31/?p=74 money energy What is it with money?Some years ago I met a very interesting person called Neil Crofts – he was a man on a mission and now he is the thought leader on authentic business. I liked him very much and since then he…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/what-is-it-with-money/feed/ 0 OK so you have decided you want material wealth but can you cut it? http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/ok-so-you-have-decided-you-want-material-wealth-but-can-you-cut-it/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/ok-so-you-have-decided-you-want-material-wealth-but-can-you-cut-it/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:41:14 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://98.130.107.31/?p=67 rich man OK so you have decided you want material wealth but can you cut it?One thing you should always remember before you start on the road to riches:

Sacrifice = Wealth

Somewhere in the hearts of all successful people is a "sliver of razored ice" (as Felix Dennis would have it) and this…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/ok-so-you-have-decided-you-want-material-wealth-but-can-you-cut-it/feed/ 0 How “rich” do you want to be? http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/how-rich-do-you-want-to-be/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/how-rich-do-you-want-to-be/#comments Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:02:54 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://98.130.107.31/?p=65 riches How “rich” do you want to be?What an interesting idea – to be rich – but what does that mean?

How do you define rich? What do you do to get riches? What is the result of being rich?

These are questions we should all…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/how-rich-do-you-want-to-be/feed/ 0 Why do you want to be an entrepreneur (or are you one) – Is it to get insanely rich? http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/why-do-you-want-to-be-an-entrepreneur-or-are-you-one-is-it-to-get-insanely-rich/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/why-do-you-want-to-be-an-entrepreneur-or-are-you-one-is-it-to-get-insanely-rich/#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:47:04 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://98.130.107.31/?p=64 If you haven’t thought about the WHY then you should.

Many ‘younger’ people I hear talk about becoming an entrepreneur seem to heavily focus on this aspect, of getting really rich, and yet most entrepreneurs I know definitely don’t…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/why-do-you-want-to-be-an-entrepreneur-or-are-you-one-is-it-to-get-insanely-rich/feed/ 2 Key obstacles you need to overcome as a Start-Up http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/key-obstacles-you-need-to-overcome-as-a-start-up/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/key-obstacles-you-need-to-overcome-as-a-start-up/#comments Sat, 07 Oct 2006 16:46:16 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://98.130.107.31/?p=55 Unless you are a serial entrepreneur it’s unlikely you will be prepared for the massive shock of starting a new business and if you knew what it was going to entail you probably wouldn’t do it!

However,…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/key-obstacles-you-need-to-overcome-as-a-start-up/feed/ 0 How to Succeed as a LIFESTYLE Entrepreneur http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/how-to-succeed-as-a-lifestyle-entrepreneur/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/how-to-succeed-as-a-lifestyle-entrepreneur/#comments Sat, 07 Oct 2006 16:38:41 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://98.130.107.31/?p=54 Not everyone wants to ‘rule the world’ and create a huge business – in fact in my experience almost all new businesses end up being small and serving the entrepreneur’s needs rather than turning into a household…

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