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Archives for November 2022

Entrepreneurial Intangibles Are Essential To Tangible Success

November 20, 2022 by Jim Blasingame

Now in my fifth decade as a business owner, this Baby Boomer has been reflecting on what’s been learned that would benefit the next generation of entrepreneurs.

It’s understandable to focus most of our attention on the many hard fundamentals of how to sustain a successful small business operation. But after logging many hours in that tangible mode, you’ll discover that it’s just as critical to respect the softer entrepreneurial intangibles that tend to be the human being behind the venture. And those who recognize and incorporate these in their approach to ownership are more likely to achieve that elusive holy grail of human intangibles: happiness.

In that spirit, allow me to offer two intangibles that are just as essential to business success as cash flow and profitability:  [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Entrepreneurship, Start Ups, Work-Life / Balance Tagged With: entrepreneurship, small business, small business owner, success, work-life balance

On Veteran’s Day, We Should Recognize All Who Served

November 10, 2022 by Jim Blasingame

Veterans Day, as we know it, has its origins in Armistice Day.

“To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory.”

That was the 1919 acknowledgment by President Wilson on the first anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended WWI “in the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.”

Congress made Armistice Day a federal holiday on November 11, 1938.

But after World War II, Alvin King, a small business owner in Emporia, Kansas, had a problem with the narrowness of those honored on Armistice Day. [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Government / Politics, Leadership Tagged With: leadership, veterans day

Patience Is Not Standard Equipment On Entrepreneurs

November 5, 2022 by Jim Blasingame

One of the markers of American culture is the “sticker” on the window of a new car. This document reveals to shoppers a listing of standard equipment and options, plus, of course, the manufacturer’s suggested retail price, or MSRP.

But what if someone is shopping for an entrepreneur to work for? That may sound silly, but prospective employees increasingly do it all the time out here on Main Street. Yes, the money comes into play. But these days, it’s the list of “equipment.”

A prospective team member would be justified in expecting the list of entrepreneurial standard equipment to include characteristics like courage, creativity, perseverance, and adaptability. Innovative, creative, and visionary are other important line items. One of the newer expectations increasingly prominent here in the third decade of the 21st century is values. What are the values of this prospective entrepreneur/founder/employer? What do this business and its founder stand for?

But there’s one trait that’s historically not itemized on an entrepreneur’s standard equipment list: [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Communication, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Start Ups Tagged With: communication, entrepreneurship, leadership, small business, small business owner

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