General Advice About Small Business You Would Never Ask But Need to Know

There are several posts that I have written that deal with general topics of interest.  These posts are unrelated to where you are in your journey, yet they share interesting content that will make you think differently about business or the role of government.

e-Commerce

If you are considering a business based on e-Commerce, you need to understand the following concepts.  The following is a pillar post with links to several posts about setting up and operating an online retail product-based business.

eCommerce Business eCommerce – How to Become an Online Seller

The following are randomly presented in no particular order.

Mirror Wall Business Activities Beyond Invention: The Art of Business Creation
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Mentor Session The Secrets of Identifying Entrepreneurial Motivations for Business Mentors.
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Are You Focused On The Right Target? Are You Focused On The Right Target?
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Small Business Owner Taxes – How New “Tax The Rich” Policies Will Destroy Small Business
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Customer On A Line Customer on a Line
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Do Your Own Analysis Do Your Own Analysis
Dyslexia and the Entrepreneur Dyslexia and the Entrepreneur
Exposing Yourself Exposing Yourself
Extremes and The Effect on Motivation Extremes and The Effect on Motivation
Federal Government Overreach
Graduated Income Tax Accelerates Wealth Divide Graduated Income Tax Accelerates Wealth Divide
How to Leverage China’s Currency Manipulation to Your Advantage How to Leverage China’s Currency Manipulation to Your Advantage
How to Leverage Personal Development How to Leverage Personal Development
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How to Price Your Hobby and Craft Projects
How to Stop the American Industrial Revolution How to Stop the American Industrial Revolution
How Your Confirmation Bias Is Stifling Your Business Success How Your Confirmation Bias Is Stifling Your Business Success
Building Models Based on Customer Insight How Zip Car Built a Business Model Based on Customer Insight
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Is Licensing Really Necessary? Is Licensing Really Necessary?
Is Offshoring Work to India and China Really a Bad Thing? Is Offshoring Work to India and China Really a Bad Thing?
Is Taxing The Rich Sound Economic Policy? Is Taxing The Rich Sound Economic Policy?
Is Your Condom Too Big? Is Your Condom Too Big?
Knowledge Trumps Money Knowledge Trumps Money
Learn to Be an Entrepreneur Learn to Be an Entrepreneur
Leverage Your Mind and Body Leverage Your Mind and Body
Like Attracts Like, But Should It? Like Attracts Like, But Should It?
Linear vs. Non-Linear Thinking Linear vs. Non-Linear Thinking
Living for the Future Living for the Future
Make Entrepreneurship Easier
Making Money is Not Enough Making Money is Not Enough
Manufacturing is Not The Answer Manufacturing is Not The Answer
McDonald's Economic Bellwether McDonald’s Economic Bellwether
Waitress The Truth About Why A National Minimum Wage Is A Devastating Idea
Money = Personal Freedom Money = Personal Freedom
Money is for Spending vs. Investing
Monopolies Require Government Assistance Monopolies Require Government Assistance
Monopoly Is a Matter of Perspective Monopoly Is a Matter of Perspective
Nap To Be More Productive Nap To Be More Productive
No Network vs. Large Network No Network vs. Large Network
Obsession is Not a Dirty Word Obsession is Not a Dirty Word
One Person’s Liability is Another Person's Asset One Person’s Liability is Another Person’s Asset
Optimism: Your Psychological Insulator Optimism: Your Psychological Insulator
Our Fragile Monetary System Our Fragile Monetary System
Paint by Letters Paint by Letters
Pleasure vs. Money Making Activities Pleasure vs. Money Making Activities
Primary vs. Secondary Employers Ecosystems: Primary vs. Secondary Employers – Why You Need to Know
Pro-Labor or Pro-Business? Pro-Labor or Pro-Business?
Pronghorn Dogfight – Lessons for Small Business Pronghorn Dogfight – Lessons for Small Business
Public Schools Are Broken Public Schools Are Broken
Put the Power of Positive Thought to Work for You Put the Power of Positive Thoughts to Work for You
Reaction vs. Response Reaction vs. Response
Recasting Financial Reports When Selling Your Business Recasting Financial Reports When Selling Your Business
Recognize the Numerator of Self-Worth Recognize the Numerator of Self-Worth
Red vs. Blue → Establishment vs. Outsider Red vs. Blue → Establishment vs. Outsider
Rethink The Problem Rethink The Problem
Rise of the Micro Business Rise of the Micro Business
Safe vs. Calculated Risk Safe vs. Calculated Risk
Salary vs. Standard of Living Salary vs. Standard of Living
See The Wonder Around You See The Wonder Around You
Seed Money – How to Grow Rich
Serial Entrepreneur or Serial Starter? – That is the Question Serial Entrepreneur or Serial Starter? – That is the Question
Should you Amortize or Expense your R&D? Should you Amortize or Expense your R&D?
Solitary Hard Work vs. Leverage Solitary Hard Work vs. Leverage
Speed of Trending Information Can be Critical to Success Speed of Trending Information Can be Critical to Success
Tacit vs. Explicit Knowledge Tacit Vs Explicit Knowledge – Why You Need To Know The Difference
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Taxes Are The Currency Of Politics Taxes Are The Currency Of Politics
Taxes Are The Way to Wealth Taxes Are The Way to Wealth
Test Smart or Street Smart Test Smart or Street Smart
Mt. Everest The “Overconfidence Bias”
The “Recency Bias” The “Recency Bias”
The “Sunk Cost Bias” The “Sunk Cost Bias”
The Advanced Degree The Advanced Degree
The Answer is Always More Government The Answer is Always More Government
The Best Time to Start Something New The Best Time to Start Something New
National Wealth The Currency of National Wealth
The Curse of Knowledge The Curse of Knowledge
The Drug Dealer’s Mindset You Need to Know How a Drug Dealer Mindset Will Ruin Your Hustle
The Endowment Effect The Endowment Effect
Climbing Everest - Cognitive Bias How Your Cognitive Bias Can Destroy Your Business
The Feeble Role of Government to Stimulate Small Business The Feeble Role of Government to Stimulate Small Business
The Golden Arches of Wisdom The Golden Arches of Wisdom
Data Information Knowledge Wisdon The Hierarchy of Understanding
Plastic Water Bottle Retail Arbitrage – The Homeless Can Be Entrepreneurs Too
ebay The Meg Whitman School of Business
The Mind of the Entrepreneur Series The Mind of the Entrepreneur Series
The Powell Letter How to Spark a Business Revolution – The Powell Letter
The Rising Dollar The Rising Dollar
The Seven Types of Risk The Seven Types of Macro-Environmental Risk
Think Like an Entrepreneur Think Like an Entrepreneur
Time to Build a Ship Time to Build a Ship
Two Ears and One Mouth Two Ears and One Mouth
Understanding Hedonic Adaptation Understanding Hedonic Adaptation
Understanding the Trade Deficit for American Business Understanding the Trade Deficit for American Business
Wealth Is Largely the Result of Habit Wealth Is Largely the Result of Habit
Ear of Corn Entrepreneurial Mindset – Here Is The Most Critical Characteristic
Who Benefits Most From An Open House? Who Benefits Most From An Open House?
Who Really Benefits Most From Investments? Who Really Benefits Most From Business Investments?
Why Bigger is Not Always Better Why Bigger is Not Always Better
Why? Why in the Heck Would You Start a Business
Why the Rich Get Richer Why the Rich Get Richer
Why We Need an Entrepreneurial Mind Set Why We Need an Entrepreneurial Mindset
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Steve Imke in Washington DC You are not a Small Business in the Eyes of the Government
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Lifelong learning Education is About Lifelong Learning Not College
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