Gaining Trust in the Virtual Marketplace: Interview with Tim Uittenbroek
This small business owner interview comes from Indonesia, home of Tim and Diana. As the founders of KayuConnection, they provide customers worldwide with custom wood furniture from small furniture makers in Indonesia. While this interview was conducted over email due to time zone differences, Tim took my advice to “not be boring,”, so here you […]
Cheap Ways to Start A Business
This week’s guest post is a good follow up to last week’s. You ready to be your own boss? Here’s what Hannah Corbett has to say about it. For SBT’s perspective and passionate rebuttal, see also “How to Start Your Business the Wright Way” and “Don’t Borrow; Sell“. Think those articles conflict with some of the […]
Are You Ready To Be Your Own Boss?
This week’s guest post comes with a slick infographic. While the infographic is a fun way to self-assess your own motivation as a business owner, I know serious business owners aren’t going to let an infographic push them around. So enjoy the exercise (there’s always room for improvement), but don’t let it go to your […]
Get Money, Get Paid: Your First Customer
Editor’s note: If you’ve been following along, then you already suspect what I’m about to tell you, that this is another excerpt from our work in progress. Why else would it have a note from Seth at the head of the article, right? Right. Glad you’re paying attention. -Seth So you’ve done your […]