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The 14th Carnival of Entrepreneurs

March 14th, 2007 by Robert

I am proud to be hosting this week’s Carnival of Entrepreneurs, run by Ben Yoskovitz at StartupSpark.com. There were a wide variety of posts submitted, from practical advice, motivational tips to curious ideas. If you didn’t make it in this week or would like to submit a post for another edition, head on over to Carnival of Entrepreneurs and participate!

Motivational

• Wanda Grindstaff gets two because she just got one in a little too late last week: Fighting the Epic Battle to Succeed and “To have something you have never had, you must do something you have never done”
• Blog Evangelism: Overcoming Resistance by Wayne Hurlbert
• Verve Coaching discusses how to handle throwing out what isn’t working and focusing on what is.

  “Success is measured by what’s left. However much we throw out the window as a reaction to failure, what’s left is the measure of our success.  In other words, the level of our success is determined by how much of our reaction to failure comes from someplace other than judgement and attachment.”

• Made To Be Great reminds us that there is always a way. I like his closing statement:

  “So next time you are facing a difficult situation remember to stay still, remember there is always a way, be calm and open to the infinite supply of knowledge, resources and ideas that are at our disposal for the solution of the challenge at hand.”

• Dirty Mechanism goes over the challenges and powerful potential with network and multi level marketing
• The Digerati Life asks the perfect question “Should you quit school because you’re brilliant?”
• The Abundant Life suggests that we Be Your Own Guru
• Walt Nation reminds us that Failure Is An Advantage

  “The reason why I say that failure is an advantage is because when you so call “fail” at doing something, if you were aware of what you did wrong, then you are ahead of the game.”

• Emmanuel Oluwatosin tells a good story of One Good Deed

Doing Business

• The Laundry Capitalist talks about the most frequent question beginners ask “How must capital will I need”. While his post talks about running a laundromat, the steps can apply to many brick-and-mortar businesses.
• GreatFX Business Cards teaches us about business card etiquette. Who would have thought?
• Nonprofit Communications shows us how to create an editorial calendar
• Quartz Mountain communications critiques the claim that You Don’t Need a Professional Web Designer.
• RachelAPP has some ideas on Selling Personalized Coasters on eBay
• The Trusted Advisor Associates reminds us that You Empower What You Fear

  “A basic lesson of trust is that if you trust people, they respond by being worthy of your trust.
  
  Substitute trust for fear. It works. ”

• GettingGreen goes over the pros and cons of the multilevel marketing company Quixtar in the Quixtar as a Warehouse Club post
• Journey To Financial Freedom has some sales advise in their post Increase your business sales by knowing 10 triggers that make people buy
• Blog Business World has a nice marketing post called Marketing Strategy: Doing the two step

Advice

• Reflections of a BizDrivenLife covers the idea of going beyond good and becoming great
• The Africa Ready For Business blog has 7 common things that 10 entrepreneurs have done with their businesses in Africa. All of which apply can apply no matter where you.
  Opportunities A Plenty has 4 great free resources for helping your small business
• Business Advice Daily walks you through the process of securing a business loan from a bank. Everything from choosing the right bank to what you need to prepare.
• Jane Chin shows us how improv comedy classes can improve life in general
• SharpBrains has some stress relief tips from the Stress Management Workshop for International Womens Day
• BeaconFinancialTips discusses What Taxes are you responsible for as an eBay seller
• The Freestyle Entrepreneur gives some great advice on Branding
• Getting to Graduation has some practical advice for those still in school on Great Ways to Earn Money During Spring Break

Others

• Positively Blog has 5 things he learned from JohnChow (a popular blogger)
• Wise Bread wonders Does it pay to be a jerk?
• Chance the Genie goes over one of his ideas: Pitband
• Inventure Global has a very interesting post about attracting great employees called “Star employees are a lot like pornography”
• Debra Moorhead has a good post on Great Expectations.

  “We set high expectations for ourselves and for the universe, and then get disappointed because nothing is manifesting.” How true…

• Worldwide Success ponders Becoming a Millionare with AGLOCO
• QuestForAMillion is starting their quest

That wraps it up for this week. Thanks to everyone who submitted there entries and to Ben for allowing me to host it for this week.

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