“As a freelancer, you’re not a cog in the (corporate) machine. You’re the gear, pinion, axis, and whatever other doohickey it takes for the entire mechanism to function. And the gearhead who designs and makes it all work.”
Source: The Freelancer’s Compass: Navigate Your Way from Corporate Cog to Solopreneur Star
“The best way to support your "friend's" business is to pay full price.”
“Please start a business during this depressive recession. Your opportunity only goes up from here. Opportunities come and go but if you do nothing about them so do you.”
“Beware of the dogs in the corporate woods waiting to fleece you. Don't let them take ownership of what is rightfully yours.”
Source: Lessons My Brothers Taught Me: How to Transform Your Personal Qualities Into A Successful Business
“The small stores are holding the one card that large retailers cannot, personal service. A clean bathroom, lounge chairs, and a sympathetic ear concerning weight gain, sagging skin, and "batwing" arms round it all off.
C.L. McManus, Adventures in Small Business”
Source: Adventures in Small Business: The surprising humor and realities in owning and running a small retail store.
“Owning a small business is like getting married. You're in it for the long haul, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer. And like marriage, there's a learning curve. You learn it's best to keep your mouth shut more often than not.”
Source: Adventures in Small Business: The surprising humor and realities in owning and running a small retail store.
“The tears the laughs the lessons learned
The products bought and then returned
The skin that was thin
Is now like buckskin
A degree in resilience well-earned”
Source: Adventures in Small Business: The surprising humor and realities in owning and running a small retail store.
“Why Start a Small Business?
There are many benefits to starting a small business. Small businesses are great because you get the opportunity.”
“A real business doesn’t start with passion—it starts with solving a real problem for real people.”
Source: Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank
“We hire coaches for our mindsets, attend conferences to improve our skill set, work with specialists for every need in our business and wonder why we feel like we’re all over the place.”
Source: The Self-Employed Life: Business and Personal Development Strategies That Create Sustainable Success