Contact Us
Name:
Email Address:
Phone Number (optional):
Subject:
Message:
    
 
 
FAQs Contact Us Contact us
Sign in
Email Address
Password
small business login arrow  Forgot Password?
 
 

Archive for Christopher Harris

Archived

Vision (4)
January 30, 2008
With the SuperBowl coming up – it’s only natural for everyone to be thinking about football.  I’m not a huge football fan, but I enjoy watching the games regularly.  Living in San Diego now and growing up in Sacramento make me more of a 49ers and Chargers fan – but I really like to watch the Patriots play football.  You know why?  They play the game differently.Again, I’m not a football nut, but by watching just a few games and listening to the commentary it’s clear they are looking at the game ...view entire post

January 23, 2008
Most people start their new business or company for themselves.  This is fine, our free-market economy is structured so that self-interest rewards the group generally.  Despite some well deserved criticism, Walmart’s “always low prices” have helped grow the US economy for everyone.  So just to be clear, I’m not knocking the idea of going into business to make yourself better off, in fact I’m all for it!  However, I’m becoming more and more concerned that some entrepreneurs don’t realize that th ...view entire post

December 12, 2007
Thomas Edison’s famous quote, “Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration” is the embodiment of a startup.  There is often a lot said about the value of overcoming adversity – but I think the context of this advice is often too dramatic.  The real stresses of starting a new business come from the combination of chronic day to day failures and rejection combined with the acute disasters and fire drills.Managing this stress is quite possible – but it’s important to know it’s there and that it ...view entire post

December 5, 2007
Customers are obviously the only reason your business exists, or will exist, or will continue to exist. I mentioned before in What’s In It for Them to consider things from your customer’s perspective. This is just as critical to consider before starting your business as it is during your business growth.Don’t start without customers In preparation for this article, I’ve been trying to think of a single reason it’s “ok” to start a business without a real-life customer ready in waiting for your p ...view entire post



© Copyright 2008 Go Big Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved