As an entrepreneur, I’ve experienced the up’s and down’s of running my own shop in the best of times and the worst of times, but certainly without some of the current economic hardships that entrepreneurs are now facing.
Because small business owners are fast becoming the backbone of the economy, our success is critical to rebuilding our weakened business state. Can it be done and are there any new ideas that will work? Check out how four entrepreneurs are finding opportunities despite the hard times:
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A great inspired article about entrepreneurship and success! We thought about a few things. As to true endurance and about giving back and helping others with their success in business ventures and business start-ups.
And To day on NBC news we learned on others giving back...in this tough economic and hardship times. Why not network at TrumpU and high-light an online business plan with your business. And network. What a great article...and it inspires. Dr. Randal Pinkett is a great leader!
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Small World Big Dream
Guten Tag,my dear judges.I`m the speaker. My Chinese name is Wang Zipeng.My English name is Lord Voldemort.Okay,todoy is my great honor to give you a speech,the topic of it is:Small World,Big Dream.
As we all know,the hi-tech is developing very very fast.So now,we can use computers or cellphones to communicate with people faraway.We can travel by train or plane. We can do shopping in our own house, only using our eyes instead of every part of our body. That reflects a fact. The world is getting smaller.
Yet, somehow. We find that we are in trouble. And there must be no trouble. The small world is so perfect that we can do everything in an instant. No, No, No… It`s just the the appearance. In fact some of our dreams become smaller and smaller. Some of us just make dreams about themselves. They don`t care about others at all.They have atrophied hearts,so they have atrophied dreams.
There is a good example---financial crisis. As we say,the world is getting smaller.so we can trade indoors. We trade indoors, so we can`t see the world clearly. We can just see our own house. So some of us say: My dream is to get a bigger one. They begin to realize their dreams.They borrow a lot of money from the bank and buy a bigger house. Soon.,truth hits them that they cannot pay the money back. So the financial crisis begins.All over the world. Panic everywhere.Their small dreams not only crash themselves,they also crash the whole world.
A smaller world needs a bigger dream. A bigger dream needs a bigger heart. A bigger heart needs a better human being. We can make the world smaller. So why can`t we make our dreams bigger?
Thank you for that link. I think that no matter what the world economy brings, there are ways to work around the situations wherein we find ourselves. One of my favorite quotes, is "The definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing and expecting different results" I also heard it said "If you always do what you always did you always get what you always got" - origin unremembered
We need to try new ways of looking at business, social issues, and relationships world wide. To succeed, we need to identify the needs and them find ways to fill them profitably. Instead of treating symptoms, we need to identify causes. These businesses were great examples and inspiring.
Brendan Ryan
The Brendan Ryan Company
Houston, Texas