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PUBLISH YOUR OWN BOOK THROUGH AMAZON
October 6th at 2:25pm
You don’t have to be a Shakespeare or Stephen King to be an author these days and you don’t have to battle with nasty publishers to get your book out there either. If you are self-publishing then you can publish your book right now without any other effort. Go to CreateSpace (owned by Amazon), check the box that you want to be both paperback and Kindle, pick a cover, upload your manuscript, and in a few days you will be published on Amazon and people can start buying your book. Here’s a step by step guide: Follow these steps below,…
SETTING UP A NAIL SALON
September 8th at 1:51pm
Because of their straightforward business model, nail salons are often easier to break into than other types of startups. This means you can spend more time doing nails and less time chewing your own. After you’ve applied for your operator’s license and found a suitable location, your chief concern will be getting your hands on all the equipment and supplies you’ll need to carry out business on a day-to-day basis. Most nail salons are at least 1,000 square feet, and building out a salon typically costs between $75 and $125 per square foot. This comes to a total build-out cost…
BUSINESS ADVICE FROM RICHARD BRANSON
August 25th at 1:49pm
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a British business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. He founded the Virgin Group in the 1970s, which controls more than 400 companies in various fields. Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. His first business venture, at the age of 16, was a magazine called Student. In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business. He opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records—later known as Virgin Megastores—in 1972. Branson’s finances are difficult to penetrate because of their complexity and opaqueness, with few of his large companies wholly owned by Branson himself. His big-branded firms…
HOW TO START A RETAIL BUSINESS
August 11th at 1:29pm
While estimates of total costs will vary according to type of retail and shop location — “Entrepreneur” magazine lists start-up costs between $2,000 and $50,000 for different retail enterprises from antique furniture sales to musical equipment sales Steps to Open a Retail Store Choose a Legal Structure for Your Retail Business. …Choose a Name. File for an EIN. Determine Your Products or Services. Determine Your Channels. Research and Know the Laws. Define Your Customer Experience. Write a Business Plan. Depending on your town, county and state laws, you may be required to obtain some or all of the following licenses and permits: Resale license or sales tax license.City and/or county business license or permit.“Doing Business As” (DBA) registration.Fire department permit.Sign…
BUSINESS ADVICE FROM SHAQUILLE O’NEIL
August 4th at 1:28pm
Shaquille O’Neal is a retired American basketball player, entrepreneur and television host who has a net worth of $400 million. Even though he has been retired for many years, Shaq still earns around $60 million per year from endorsements and various business endeavors. Shaquille O’Neal is the ultimate Krispy Kreme fan. The retired basketball player, 45, wants to own 100 Krispy Kreme shops, according to TMZ. O’Neal already owns one franchise in Atlanta, but he’s looking to expand his doughnut empire. Here’s some business advice from “Shaq” 1. Do your due diligence O’Neal says one of the most important things you can do is to study what other successful business people are doing and follow their…
BRILLIANT QUOTES FROM LEE IACOCCA
May 12th at 2:04pm
Lee Iacocca is an American automobile executive best known for spearheading the development of Ford Mustang and Pinto cars, while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then later for reviving the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s. He served as President and CEO of Chrysler from 1978 and additionally as chairman from 1979, until his retirement at the end of 1992. Iacocca was a passionate advocate of U.S. business exports during the 1980s. Here are quotes that can inspire you to use your time in a wise manner so that you may live your dreams. 1. “Get all the education you can, but then by God, do something.…
MEET THE OPRAH EMPIRE
May 5th at 1:57pm
Oprah Winfrey is a media mogul, philanthropist, and talented actress. Her current net worth is about $2.9 billion, according to Forbes As the chairman and CEO of OWN, she oversees an expanding channel that’s now available in 82 million homes. Jointly owned by Winfrey and Discovery Communications, OWN has nearly doubled its prime-time viewership since it launched four years ago, driven by hits such as the reality show Iyanla: Fix My Life and the Tyler Perry drama The Haves and the Have Nots. OWN has now grown into a cable success story, with an average of 539,000 prime-time viewers—not too…
THE MOST CELEBRATED AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS IN HISTORY
March 31st at 11:50pm
America is known as a melting pot of nationalities and cultures, and it has quickly become one of the most innovative nations to date. With driven natural-born citizens and immigrants, America is one of the most successful countries in terms of entrepreneurship. Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, and Larry Page are among the most celebrated American entrepreneurs in history. 1. Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie was an American entrepreneur who actually immigrated from Scotland. Born into the lower class, Carnegie and his family immigrated to Pennsylvania, where they lived a better lifestyle. Carnegie later founded the Carnegie Steel Company, growing it to become…