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Allan R. Wallace trains visionaries.

Allan is Rector of Bastiat Free University and Junior Partner Ministries. He is also author of Speculation Rules....  (more...)

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Our doubts are traitors

and make us lose the good we oft might win,

by fearing to attempt

  Shakespeare

Define and achieve your own success. 

"Liberty consists in doing what one desires." - John Stuart Mill

I once heard a story about an independent businessman named Arturo.

Arturo came into the dock early one morning with his small boat full of lovely fish, one for himself, others to sell. Bill, an Ivy League MBA on vacation, saw Arturo return to the dock while all the other fishermen were still out with almost empty boats.

Bill asked about Arturo, everyone agreed that Arturo was the best fisherman on the coast.

Bill walked down to Arturo and asked how he spent his days. Arturo said he fished a bit in the morning, went home to spend some time with his wife and play with his kids, then in the evening Arturo met his friends at a local restaurant for songs and games.

Bill got excited and proposed a partnership. Together they would build a fleet of ships that would benefit from Arturo's knowledge. They would Move to a big city, and later run offices and fleets around the world.

Arturo asked about the future beyond the world wide ventures. Bill expounded on the glories of the great cities and high society, finishing with the statement that when Arturo decided he was ready to retire he could go anywhere and do anything he wanted. Bill asked what Arturo would do with such a fine retirement.

Arturo replied, " I would fish a bit in the morning, go home to spend some time with my wife and play with the kids, then in the evening I would meet my friends at a local restaurant for songs and games."

And Arturo walked away.

Which are the best business books for budding entrepreneurs? 

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Proverbs 4:7

Start your business with your own business idea today - keep learning how to improve it for the rest of your life. Gaining wisdom within your passions can become a 24/7/365 adventure.

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." - Howard Thurma

Rate the following books by clicking arrows. Add a personal favorite start-up business book you want to share. Make this business book list a resource to assist emerging entrepreneurs searching for answers.

Be sure to click on the books you have not yet read to take a closer look, or to purchase from Amazon.

Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin

Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin

Get the edge to start your business ahead of the m more...2 points

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber

The subtitle of this great book is "why most more...2 points

The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson

The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson

The future of business, and the best opportunities more...1 point

Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised by Napoleon Hill

Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised by Napoleon Hill

A classic, credited by many as powerful in their s more...1 point

See You at the Top: 25th Anniversary Edition by Zig Ziglar

See You at the Top: 25th Anniversary Edition by Zig Ziglar

Zig was the source for "You can have anything more...1 point

Reallionaire: Nine Steps to Becoming Rich from the Inside Out by Farrah Gray, Fran Harris

Reallionaire: Nine Steps to Becoming Rich from the Inside Out by Farrah Gray, Fran Harris

A remarkable teenager who went from public assista more...1 point

StartupNation : America's Leading Entrepreneurial Experts Reveal the Secrets to Building a Blockbuster Business by Jeff Sloan

StartupNation : America's Leading Entrepreneurial Experts Reveal the Secrets to Building a Blockbuster Business by Jeff Sloan

There is no mistaking this book for a business sch more...0 points

Small Business Ideas For The Internet 

"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals." - Larry Bird

Even if you already have a local business you need to be on the Internet.

* Your competition is getting on the net.

* Google maps now points out local businesses.

* All the search engines are starting to reference local business in a more logical manner.

* Your customers use the net to get information.

* Did I mention your competition is on the net or thinking about it?

There is a learning curve to getting effective net coverage. This is not like the yellow pages - although for some of you it may be bigger.

There is a value to having bought and used your online name in terms of how the search engines will treat you. Pick your name and get something up today, you can re-do it next year if you wish. Web names are like wine - a little age is a good thing.

While one will come to the door to sell you a standard internet business format. There are kids and professors at the local college that can get you started for little money - or you can build yourself a quality online presence for very little cash, just some time.

Perhaps you are already busy landscaping, drilling teeth, selling real estate, or doing lawyer stuff. There is a good do it for you option that will not cost too much and profit too little -- SiteSell Services may be for you. SiteSell services can also help if you have a web site, but it is not bringing you clients.

If you use other Internet professionals - expect to pay what you would for any professional services. A great web master is part advertiser, copywriter, public relations agent, and web navigation specialist. If your site is done right - your customer will enjoy the site just as much as the search engines.

If you want to do it yourself; investigate here and now, or click to one of these free internet business creation and training courses in pdf format:

* Professional Service Sellers Internet Course

* WAHM, Work At Home Moms, with case studies (ok for dads too, it is about starting an at home internet based business)

* Write For The Internet - tools, tricks, and techniques

As the Cluetrain Manifesto declared; your customers are human, to succeed you must deal with them as humans.

Think of it this way - when your customer is on your site he has chosen you. You have his undivided attention to communicate with him.

Make that time valuable for your customer.

the #1 idea for your business success



"If you wish to prosper,
let your customer prosper."

Bastiat



Start Your Own Business -- Part Time 

Not everyone wants to start an entrepreneurial enterprise. You may just want to earn extra money while learning new skills.

You don't have to quit what you are doing now, you can also start a business for some extra cash flow. At some point the business may grow enough to consider it as a full time occupation. For now some extra dollars may provide just what you need.

You education, training, passions, hobbies, interests, or creative ideas are a great starting point.

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Once you have started your business - persist. 

Entrepreneurial success can come with your first business venture, or your third - you will need to cultivate the drive to persist until success.

The key to success once your own business is started is to keep learning. Cultivate your natural abilities.

The act of starting or growing a business is a valuable education. Using your own business idea to start your own business will be a less expensive education than attending a brick and mortar college - and you can learn more useful and actionable information.

You can also create an income using your entrepreneurial business idea, instead of deferring income while in school.

If you are not ready to start with your own business idea -- choose one of these inexpensive and thoughtful business ideas discussed at Speculation Rules. Most of these business ideas come with a bit of e-mail follow-up training to keep you on track. "The hardest thing about getting started is getting started." - unknown

A person that graduates with a business degree and is hired into a corporation has not failed, they have completed a step toward their definition of success.

An entrepreneur that shuts down a failed business and then starts a new business has likewise completed a step toward becoming free to live life by their own rules.

Take your prototype on the road and sell it, if there is demand build a company to support it. You can learn or hire MBA methodologies later.

Your start-up business will have a steep learning curve. Start your first business small and manageable; making your mistakes as inexpensive as possible. Wait to "ramp up" your business until you are sure of the demand. Then persist.

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." -Thomas Edison

It will not be easy. This is not a get rich quick scheme, this is business!

Your business.

Your chances of success as an entrepreneur increase if the business idea you develop is based on passions that drive you. Create what is for you a natural enterprise and you can make a very good income - while enjoying the journey.

The Direction Of Business 

entertaining video with a nice "Twilight Zone" twist about the future

"If you wish to prosper, let your customer prosper. When people have learned this lesson, everyone will seek his individual welfare. Then jealousies between man and man, city and city, province and province, nation and nation, will no longer trouble the world." - C. F. Bastiat


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Day of the Longtail

Movie Trailer: In celebration of the publication of Chris Anderson's book, "The Long Tail," The old world of media faces an invasion from another planet. The horror. The horror. (By Michael Markman, Peter Hirshberg, Bob Kalsey; Produced for The Computer History Museum)

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"It is no use saying 'We are doing our best.' You have to succeed in doing what is necessary." - Winston Churchill

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poddys

Nice lens, lots of useful information. It's still very much necessary to find your niche though... still looking for mine...

Posted May 05, 2008

BFuniv.com

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Posted May 03, 2008

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is it worth to start squidoo lens for business have any one earn anything BFuniv have you earned something so far web hosting lee

Posted May 03, 2008

NightSquid

Hi Allan
Thanks for the inspiring lens. It's great fun to think of Ideas for new businesses. One Idea I had is a Social website sort of like Squidoo but instead of sharing the profits I would just delay them and only keep the interest from the profits earned. I think this could be an un-beatable business structure that could be highly successful. Cheers NghtSquid

Posted May 03, 2008

beachbum_gabby

my dream business is about web development. Nice lens and lots of information.

Posted April 21, 2008

Photochopper

Good info and resources. I especially loke the qoutes.
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Posted April 15, 2008

WENDYSRASCALS

Without question businesses have benefited from use of the Internet. Love the Arturo story, it wouldn`t surprise me if it was true.

Posted March 30, 2008

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Posted March 26, 2008

samie-wilson

this is really cool..

Posted March 13, 2008

samie-wilson

hmmm..i'm starting to think of a business to start.. Thanks for sharing info.

Posted March 13, 2008

janetwilkinson

An inspriational lens, Thank You
Janet Wilkinson
http://www.barefootbooks-online.co.uk

Posted March 08, 2008

the-secret

I love your lens. Very informative. You might like my free marketing tips at Achieve Success On The Web. You'll find them when you scroll down on this page http://www.achievesuccessontheweb.com/

Posted March 02, 2008

sara08852

Don't you love Larry Bird's definition of winner?
Being a work at home Mom, I know what it takes to build and run one's own business. Thanks for this inspirational and directive lens.

Posted February 25, 2008

natdg

Good lens. True, persistence is important. So we have believe in our selves and our capacities to push our limits.

Posted February 20, 2008

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Posted February 18, 2008

RedMarketeer

Thanks for sharing this valuable stuff. I know success doesn't come easy and cheap. If we want succees we have to earn it. Nobody will lay the golden eggs for us. So thanks again and hopefully if you have free time you could check out my Top Paying Affiliate Program lens.

Posted February 17, 2008

Steve verghise

A great news and very great precaution. Thanks for promoting wonderful topic in your lens.
This is really a hard job to quit. Earlier, I tried once but was not successful to control on my Addictions,i am trying to quit this habit. Anyhow, as I have changed bit, I wish the regular decline in this habit ,,,,,
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Posted February 13, 2008

CarlaFox

I see you have "Think and Grow Rich" on your book list. I try and tell everyone that they MUST read that book. I've read it and listened to the audio tapes and read it again. Oh, and I've implemented what it says. Start by writing stuff down. Like you said, "..you have to begin."

Posted February 09, 2008

VestRite

Nice resources! Persisting is so important. I know that when creating my online home based business, I couldn't give up! There is no upfront money that just spills in the door. It's a lot of hard work!

Sincerely,
Devin T.
VestRite Internet Practices

Posted February 07, 2008

Your_Profit_Coach

Great lens whcih I enjoyed reading.

I started my own business nearly 13 years ago and I have never regretted it.

I blogged yesterday about the Brian Tracy idea that on average each of us has 4 ideas each year that could make us millionaires. The problem is that most people don't give it a go and as your subheading at the top says, if you don't start...

Posted February 07, 2008

MarcNorris

The part on persistence really got to me. I can remember starting my first website almost seven years ago, and today after a lot of persistence and challenges, I finally was able to let my "real life" job go.

For the entrepreneur it is visualizing what you want and making that vision a reality.

Posted January 31, 2008

 
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