Setting up a Small Business

Optimistic Entrepreneurs

Posted on May 12, 2015 in Entrepreneur, San Diego Lawyer, Setting up a Small Business, Small Business, Success, Tips for Entrepreneurs | Comments Off on Optimistic Entrepreneurs

Optimistic Entrepreneurs   San Diego is home to many optimistic entrepreneurs- why not join them! San Diego entrepreneur and San Diego business attorney Gary Quackenbush can help!   According to a recent Union Tribune article, San Diego entrepreneurs have hit an all time high in optimism. The article references the Union Bank Small Business Economy Survey, a survey of 631 entrepreneurs on the West Coast. The survey found that overall, business owners have the most optimistic outlook since 2012 with nearly one third of surveyed entrepreneurs havaing hired new employees in 2014. Nine...

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Entrepreneur Tax Tip III: 5 Quick Tips to Get Ready Now!

Posted on Apr 27, 2015 in Entrepreneur, San Diego Lawyer, Setting up a Small Business, Small Business, Small Business Tips and Tricks Series, Tax Season, Taxes, Tips for Entrepreneurs | Comments Off on Entrepreneur Tax Tip III: 5 Quick Tips to Get Ready Now!

Entrepreneur Tax Tip III: 5 Quick Tips to Get Ready Now! You may be confused as to why this post is coming out now that the tax deadline has passed. To that, we answer, 2013’s has passed, yes. But 2014’s is on its way! That’s why we’re going to give 5 quick tips, adopted from Amrik Andhawa, Entrepreneur columnist, to help next tax season go easier (full article here).   1. Get organized Amrik, entrepreneur and product developer himself, suggests having standardized formatting for invoices and other legal documents as well as designating a good place to keep necessary documents, more...

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An Entrepreneur’s Guide to New Business Ideas

Posted on Feb 17, 2015 in Entrepreneur, San Diego Lawyer, Setting up a Small Business, Small Business, Small Business Tips and Tricks Series, Tips for Entrepreneurs | Comments Off on An Entrepreneur’s Guide to New Business Ideas

An Entrepreneur’s Guide to New Business Ideas   New ideas are essential to all businesses, whether start up or 30 years running. There comes a time when any business owner asks the question, “What else can I offer?” The staff of Entrepreneur Media provide an excellent framework for an entrepreneur to answer this question: List five to seven things about you – things you like to do or that you’re really good at, personal things (we’ll get to your work life in a minute). On the other side of the paper, list things you don’t think you’re good at or you don’t like to do. When...

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An Entrepreneurs’ Gift

Posted on Dec 23, 2014 in Entrepreneur, Setting up a Small Business, Small Business, Small Business Tips and Tricks Series, Tips for Entrepreneurs | Comments Off on An Entrepreneurs’ Gift

An Entrepreneurs’ Gift     Lights, presents, family, food and more food. Everybody loves the holidays. A time when people seem to be a little nicer and just a little more giving. In light of the holiday season, David Hagenbuch, Associate Professor of Marketing at Messiah College and founder of MindfulMarketing.org gives a shout out to entrepreneurs and their gifts to the world.   The 3 Gifts Entrepreneurs Give to the World: 1. Ideas “We live in a society where it’s so easy to be a critic and point out what’s wrong in what others have done. Meanwhile, it’s much more...

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SWOT Analysis

Posted on Nov 26, 2014 in Entrepreneur, Setting up a Small Business, Small Business, Small Business Tips and Tricks Series, Tips for Entrepreneurs | Comments Off on SWOT Analysis

When your car starts to make funny noises and quits running well, what do you do? You either stop to do a check-up or you take it to a mechanic. But what about when your business is struggling and you’re not meeting your goals? That’s where SWOT analysis comes in. SWOT analysis is a method used to understand the strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats of a company and provides both a high level and in depth look at internal and external factors; a sort of business “check-up.” Investopedia says: “The method of SWOT analysis is to take the information from an environmental...

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The “How To” of Goal Setting: Objectives and Key Results

Posted on Sep 27, 2014 in Entrepreneur, Setting up a Small Business, Small Business, Small Business Tips and Tricks Series, Success, Tips for Entrepreneurs | Comments Off on The “How To” of Goal Setting: Objectives and Key Results

Image courtesy of myrestoredhealth.com   Every small business owner knows that goal setting is a key to success. We all know why we need to set goals but the how is where we get hung up. And that’s where Google comes in. Their system of Objectives and Key Results (OKR’s) provides an excellent framework for goal setting and measuring. Here’s a brief intro to the method. In the first year of Google’s operations, John Doerr, big-time venture capitalist and entrepreneur, presented the idea of OKR’s to the founders. He committed them to a test run and now it’s become part of the...

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