Self Employed or Entrepreneur: What's the Difference?
If we simply look up the Oxford English Dictionary definitions of these two words we get the following: Self-employed: working for oneself as a freelance or...
Online Business Networking
The “old boys’ network” is traditionally an exclusive, if informal, group of old colleagues who lend each other mutual assistance and support and excha...
Questionnaire: Could You Be an E-bay Entrepreneur?
eBay is probably the most famous auction site (though, it is most certainly not the only one) of them all. Some people have managed to make a home-based entr...
The Facts About Small Businesses at Home
Estimates of home-based businesses range from 28 per cent of adult employment to 66 per cent of all businesses. However, no one really knows as it is impossi...
Deciding on Single or Multiple Business Interests: A Case Study
Alan worked as a programmer on mainframes for 24 years before being made redundant in 2004. He had joined his latest company – a large insurance corporate...
Questionnaire: Could You Run Your Own Business?
Running a business is not for everyone. However, many people at some stage in their lives will wonder if it’s for them. You may have been made redundant or...
Set Up a Business in a Recession: A Case Study
When John was made redundant in December 2008 for the second year running, he felt that the only way he could have security was to run his own business. He i...
Improving Your Communication Skills
Good communication is vitally important to an entrepreneur. You must communicate your marketing message to potential customers, communicate your vision to in...
Selling Yourself as an Entrepreneur
Being a successful entrepreneur goes beyond the effective marketing of your business. You need to be able to sell yourself too, to present yourself in a favo...
Entrepreneurs Who Defied the Trend
Entrepreneurs are wise to keep an eye on emerging trends. There is money to be made by getting in early on an emerging phenomenon. There’s also safety in c...