Nick Yates, Entrepreneurship Opportunities In Australia

Author: Wayne C Sedlak

Home school lends itself to entrepreneurship – and Internet entrepreneurship especially - in that home school children universally learn to manage and budget time, learn to move ahead at an ever quickening pace and usually gain incentive for personal excellence because studies are tailored to their individual needs and problem solving.

Entrepreneurship progresses the same way. Personal incentives and the need for excellence drives entrepreneurship. Also, Christianity drives the character toward good stewardship of time and resources. Homeschool provides the opportunity and the environment. The Lord provides the blessing. Great mix - as many are beginning to discover.

Most home schools don’t emphasize entrepreneurship because of imagined “immense start up costs” or simply through lack of vision and know-how. This is where Internet marketing can literally plug the gap.

As an internet marketing specialist, I find opportunities everywhere. True entrepreneurship finds problems others need solved, and finds a solution. For example, going on a vacation doesn’t have to be only play.

I know someone who was vacationing in North Carolina. He found a place that offered genuine antique stained glass windows for decoration. As an Internet Marketing Specialist, he got his laptop, did his internet research, found the going prices nationwide, threw up a quick mini sales site, bought the windows, and found a market – all before he left the vacation area.

The point is, wherever he traveled, he could take advantage of almost any opportunity as it came his way. That’s true entrepreneurship. Home school students can be taught to learn how. He is a home school father who does teach his students. I know him well.

Who doesn’t know someone in business – almost any business - who has said:

· “I have a website but I don’t know how to get clients to it” (Getting clients is precisely what an Internet Marketing Specialist learns to do for his clients.)

· “My website has been up for years and hasn’t ever brought one person through my door”. (Having a site is much different from “getting found” by search engines, directories or qualified customers.)

· “I don’t know how to use the internet for my business” (My home school daughter does. She’s 14. That can be learned.)

· “I know I’m leaving money on the table without the Internet”. Question: Where can you go to access about 50 million people, in less than an hour, for about 10 bucks? If you don’t know, then, yes, you are leaving opportunity (and money) on the table.

· “But I’ve heard people get scammed on the Internet” People get scammed everywhere. But the Net is now ceasing to be the wild, wild west it once was. It is now a well organized – and massive entrepreneurial community.

· “I have a business and I need client leads. I am paying a lot to get those leads now, but I don’t know how to use the Internet to get the quality leads I need”. The Internet is role reversal to offline business. There you seek the customer. On the Net, they seek you. You must learn how to be “found.” That’s the new entrepreneurship paradigm. (That is exactly what is taught my students.)

· “I have a home business but I don’t know how to get customers”. Nuts. Call me.

· “I don’t have a product” You don’t need a product of your own to market on the Internet – I am NOT kidding. Neither is my home school daughter.

Incidentally, and this should go without saying, such entrepreneurship does not replace academic preparation, learning and skills.

Entrepreneurship, home school, and Christian faith all combine to take advantage of the capacity to reach people – in my case, through the Internet – so as to help them in their businesses or other problem solving issues (entrepreneurship is problem-solving).

Home school is a great place to start. Imagine, a child educated with a business of his/her own as they graduate. That’s a goal in our home school.

How about yours?

Oh, I almost forgot. If you read Part I, where you were asked to name the one skill area the vast majority of small businesses do not know how to even begin, did you figure it out in this second article (entrepreneurship is solving problems others can’t solve without your help)? If not. Reread. No business can succeed without this one skill area which is the very essence of entrepreneurship. In fact, you cannot have entrepreneurship without this skill area.

Author: Terry H Hill

Entrepreneurship is a multifaceted adventure that, without a doubt, closely resembles a roller coaster ride. When you begin an entrepreneurial journey or “ride,” you are aware of the gamut of experiences, both disappointing and rewarding, that you will encounter as you undertake this challenge.

Entrepreneurial challenges are not unlike most challenges in life. Hard work, long hours, and anxious moments are just a few of the characteristics of the journey to most successful outcomes.

Reoccurring questions often roam the business mind, and—although they may be phrased in a variety of ways—are basically centered on these four primary issues: more sales, more cash, more time, and more of the “right” people.

Starting your own business is an undertaking that requires more than vision, inspiration, sweat equity, money and determination. It is a leap of faith that demands that you let go of everything that is safe, comfortable, and proven. It is getting “outside the box” in the biggest way possible.

Beginning a new business venture can be risky, dangerous, and harrowing. However, with the proper preparation, the appropriate knowledge, and the counsel of a mentor or a trusted advisor, it can be a liberating and an extremely rewarding experience.

There’s a reason why many of America’s most successful people are entrepreneurs who started their own business and then saw them take off to unimaginable heights. There’s a reason why the Horatio Algers of the world continue to inspire thousands of entrepreneurs every day.

There is a reason why some of America’s greatest companies started with an idea, with meager seed capital, and with an individual who had a maniacal belief in the potential of an idea, and— along with determination and perseverance— saw it through to success.

However, for every success, there are hundreds of failures. The statistics are not only sobering, but downright frightening. More than half of all businesses started today will fail. The failure rate is astounding. Take a look at recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, and this is what you will discover: After two years, across all sectors, 44 percent of all new businesses are no longer in business. After four years, 66 percent no longer exist. And, these survival rates don’t vary much by industry.

What do the statistics tell us? That most new businesses—whether they’re founded on the most brilliant idea since the theory of relativity or production of a mundane but exquisitely necessary manufacturing component—are making fatal mistakes that will ultimately lead them to bankruptcy. This much is certain. If more than half of all new ventures fail, there are lessons that are not being learned.

Author: AnnaLaura Brown

Are you a new entrepreneur? Or are you a struggling entrepreneur who desperately wants to be successful but you need some guidance or advice?

Here are 6 secrets or keys on how to be successful.

1. Know what you want. In order to be successful you must have a clear vision and plan. This includes written down goals. Your goals must be specific and detailed. For example: I will sell 100 candles by October 1st. This goal is specific. It states exactly how many of an item I will sell by a certain date. Simply saying I will increase sales is not good enough.

2. Be Positive. Have a good attitude and realize that no one experiences success 100% of the time. There will always be moments of failure and down time. These are a normal part of any business as well as life.

3. Associate with and learn from those who are already successful. If you spend your time only with those who have already achieved the kind of success you seek then the law of attraction says that you will eventually become successful yourself. In addition to meeting with, and talking with these people, you should also read books by successful entrepreneurs and listen to audio materials by them as well. There is also a wealth of information on the Internet by these people and much of it is available for free. Share your dreams and vision only with those who are already successful and who will support you in your endeavors.

4. Never Give Up. If you are experiencing some difficulties, hang on. If you continue to persist, set goals and take daily action, success is inevitable. You will have no choice but to eventually succeed. If you have to temporarily work on something else in addition to your business in order to support yourself do it, but continue working on your entrepreneurial dreams and they will become a reality.

5. Be Patient. True success is seldom immediate. Real entrepreneurial wealth and success takes time. Those who are truly successful did not experience their success overnight. We live in an instant get it now world and though it may seem like others have experienced instant success this is rarely if ever the case.

6. Do your research. No matter how great an idea you may think you have, certain ideas either may not work or may be more difficult than you originally thought. If you are a beginner entrepreneur seriously consider teaming up with a company who has already created a solid quality product or purchasing a franchise. It is much easier to sell and promote items if you are not the sole person responsible and if the name and brand is already well known or is at least familiar to a large group of people. You need to also make certain that there is a large enough need and audience for your products or service. It is also important to consider your competitors. Who else already sells or manufactures your products or something similar or offers your service? If the market is already too saturated you will find it harder to experience the kind of success you desire.