Do you have an entrepreneur personality? Do you have the right mindset and leadership style? This personality quiz helps you see how well you fit into entrepreneurship and whether starting a business is right for you. Scroll down to take our simple entrepreneur quiz and see! Psychology of the Entrepreneur People often wonder if they would be successful as an entrepreneur. After all, startups are not for the faint of heart. It takes more than a good business idea to be successful in a startup. You need guts. Passion. A positive can-do attitude. That’s where an entrepreneur quiz comes in. The simple fact is, not all of us have entrepreneurial personalities. What if it turns out you are one of those people NOT suited to… [Read More...]

The pet industry is estimated to generate more than $75 billion this year. And that number has risen consistently year after year. It’s clear — people love their pets. And they’re willing to spend a lot of money on them. This means that there are plenty of business opportunities for animal loving entrepreneurs. If you think that spending time with people’s dogs all day while they’re at work or traveling sounds like a good time, you might consider starting a doggy daycare business. These companies are popping up all over the countries to offer care to animals and peace of mind to pet owners who can’t be with their dogs 24/7. Starting a Doggy Daycare Business If you’re wondering how to start… [Read More...]

Customer 360 is a business idea dealing with how SMBs understand their target markets. Generally, it’s all about putting together customer data so you can reach out to them effectively. Customer 360 Small Business Trends talked with Brent Leary Co-founder and Partner of CRM Essentials. He supplied an overview of why this is important to your SMB success. “It seems like the idea has been around forever,” he says. “It’s like the Holy Grail of business. It’s about collecting data to find out everything that you can about a customer.” Customer Data Ocean He says there’s quite a few different tributaries feeding the customer data ocean so you can get insights. “Customer 360 can start before they’re a customer… [Read More...]

Native Americans played a significant and yet often unheralded role in shaping the United States. As a result, Native American entrepreneurs often get overshadowed. Other more brash companies and entrepreneurs make more noise, for example on social media and in pop culture. But November is designated Native American Heritage Month. As a result, this seems a good time to highlight Native American entrepreneurs. Native American Entrepreneurs Here are 8 of the best Native American entrepreneurs working in the United States right now. Stephen Mills (AQIWO) Stephen Mills takes great pride in his Native American heritage and named his information securities company AQIWO in honor of it. It is the Chumash word for ‘shooting star’. The company has brought in revenues of $2.6 million while Mills is also… [Read More...]

Running a small business requires entrepreneurs to learn constantly. You need to learn about your customers, learn new content strategies and even learn how to deal with your own experience as an entrepreneur. To get a feel for all these different lessons, check out the below insights from members of the online small business community. Read Your Target Customers’ Minds Knowing about your customers is essential for creating effective products, services and marketing strategies. So how can you effectively research your customers to find out how they think and what motivates them? Ben Mulholland offers some thoughts in this Process Street post. Bring New Life and Traffic to Your Site with Old Content Your business’s online content doesn’t have to just be used once. By… [Read More...]

Do you sometimes feel like an imposter in your business life? Like you are acting as if you are authentic and confident but not necessarily feeling it? There you are tapped for a promotion, being acknowledged and recognized for your work and accomplishments and yet feeling like a fraud conflicted about your self worth and self esteem? Well there’s a name for it. Psychology Day calls it Imposter Syndrome. According to the Oxford Dictionary, Imposter syndrome is: “The persistent inability to believe that one’s success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one’s own efforts or skills resulting in an increased risk of anxiety. According to Psychology Today it’s not an actual disorder, but more of a psychological… [Read More...]

Fiverr recently released some new products designed to meet the needs of commercial and residential building and design. As a result, freelancers in the architecture, interior design and landscape design space can pair up with clients looking for their services. Yan Chelly, Head of Verticals at Fiverr, explains: “For our community of freelancers in the architecture and design space, this provides them with additional exposure to a high-intent, professional customer base,” he writes. “We are also seeing an increase in demand from our customers. The industry store provides them an easy one-stop-shop to access the talent and services they need.” New Fiverr Design Categories The Architecture & Building Design Industry Store also has a focus on tech. Chelly point to… [Read More...]