The Simplest Start-up Advice Ever For Todays Entrepreneurs

I ran across a great post by: Dharmesh Shah which you can view below on start up advice for Entrepreneurs in 3 words. Its quite good.

http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/11539/Startup-Advice-In-Exactly-Three-Words-StartupTriplets.aspx

enjoy-

Justin

10 Mistakes that can break you as an Entrepreneur

I happen to come across another great post relating to Entrepreneurship, which is a current trend due to the state of our economy, and had to share it with all of you in my network. In case you are wondering, I tend to post great articles on this blog that have to deal with Entrepreneurship for 2 reasons:

1. Archive these articles for my own purposes of referring back to them as reference

2. To share with the community

Here is the ever insightful article written by NEIL PATEL on DECEMBER 28, 2009 CALLED "10 bUSINESS MISTAKES THAT WILL NEARLY BREAK YOU..LITERALLY" (CLICK LINK BELOW)

http://www.quicksprout.com/2009/12/28/10-business-mistakes-that-will-nearly-break-you-literally/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Quicksprout+(Quick+Sprout)

The dilemma we face is we as Entrepreneurs always hear about the success stories of all the famous entrepreneurs, but rarely do we ever hear about the mistakes. Those that do not LEARN from these mistakes are more inclined to repeat them in future business ventures which is why this article is very important. Enjoy

Justin

How do you define Entrepreneurs?

Along the social networking for business journey, I have been thinking a lot lately some questions that are typically associated with entrepreneurs. I would be interested to hear your thoughts on the following questions:

1. Do you think Entrepreneurs are made or born?

2. What common trait do you think all Entrepreneurs share?

3. Do you know of any good schools that teach Entrepreneurship?

4. Should all business students be exposed to this sort of class?

Please let me know your opinions on these and I will then share mine. cheers

Justin R French

10 of the Best Social Media Tools for Entrepreneurs (we use 7)

10 of the Best Social Media Tools for Entrepreneurs

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Are you starting a new busienss venture in this recession?

Are you still leraning how to use social networking for business? What about social media for business? If you are, you should read this great post from fellow entrepreneur Heather Allard I found today called 5 Ways To Start A Business For Under $1000

Her story is just amazing and her passion shines through in the way she writes. Just thought i would share this with everyone, enjoy and keep an eye out for my coaching program i am launching :)
cheers
Justin

8 Vital Tips On How To Start A Business in a Recession

Are you looking for 8 Vital Tips on how to start a business in a recession? Or does your business need help with social media marketing? Listen to the following podcast in which I had the humbling privilege to go onto @Mrken777 (a good friend on twitter) show to explain to the business builders workshop some extremely valuable information on how to start a new business. Hope you enjoy, please Re-Tweet :)
Justin

The Social Entrepreneur- Top 5 Tools

Being a Social Entrepreneur is no easy task, especially in todays times, so I try to help other fellow entrepreneurs out with tips & tricks that have worked for me along my 10 year journey.

Here are my top 5 tools for being a social entrepreneur:

1. Notebook
2. Digital Recorder
3. Some Type of PDA phone (I know have the Google G1 Android phone, I used to have the windows mobile treo, but had to upgrade :)
4. Pen (I have a weird thing with my pen's just ask my assistant)
5. Keyboard- nothing is more powerful than the written word

Want to know more about social networking for business? check out Social Networking San Diego- we provide social media consulkting to businesses

To Strive To Be The Best, We Learn From The Best- IBM CEO Story

http://www.forbes.com/2002/11/11/cx_ld_1112gerstner.html

Why High Tech Start-Ups Don't Go To Market

Why is it that most start-up tech companies don't figure out how to go to market before they create the "all singing, all dancing" solution?

Stephen Johnson

(Look who is # 2 for Social Networking In business) way cool!

(Look who is # 2 for Social Networking In business) way cool!

This is a response i did on a linked-in discussion and thought is was relevant enough for a blog post. Enjoy
Justin

Our society has a HUGE diss-connect among technical and non-technical people. This is ESPECIALLY bad for business. While twitter is the HOTTEST app ive seen in all my 10 years in Business and IT, I have FINALLY found something i am genuinely passionate about (yes I am an Entrepreneur) more than providing IT consulting services to businesses (quite frankly anyone’s brother or nephew can do that now and i got burnt out) so our current start-up is http://www.socialnetworkingsandiego.com/ in case you are wondering. Our site is a work is progress, BUT we are developing a large following from the business community, LISTENING to what they want, and we are putting out good content which helps. I have been in the social media consulting trenches now for 7 months and it is TOUGH work: Strategy, Market analysis, SWOT, IT, marketing, Sales, Computer science, working with programmers, designers... The list goes on.


What I CAN say is that we are addressing the REAL problem as Doug mentioned: 80% of company websites don't generate traffic. Because of my Business background and IT, i have been able to provide an all encompassing solution in a holistic manner with "systems" we have developed. We will see where things go, but so far off to a promising 3rd quarter. Any feedback for me? Agree/ Dis-agree? Great topic Again, JustinRFrench CEO Social Networking San Diego Follow Me on twitter if you’d like:
http://www.twitter.com/justinrfrench

Cheers,
Justin

Gary Vee At It Again- A Fellow Social Entrepreneur Who Really Gets It

@Garyvee on twitter has hit on some very good points about how ahead of the curve we all are for providing social media consulting to businesses. Its a little further into the video but make sure you listen up when he talks about the effects of social media for the corporate landscape. We are going to get so busy soon, i feel it. These corporations will be needing our services and you can bet all our sweat equity we have been building over the years will finally pay off :) He touches on some very good points that i have been making as well.
cheers, and maybe enjoy this with a nice glass of wine from http://tv.winelibrary.com/

Justin

I tell everyone I meet to follow garyvee and here is why

Entrepreneurs Can Change The World Video

I found this GREAT Video about how entrepreneurs can change the world and i just had to post it on my personal entrepreneur blog. Yes we can!
Enjoy
Justin
p.s. If you are interested in being a part of my Entrepreneur Hour live talk show please follow this twitter account for details: https://twitter.com/entrepreneurhr and let me know if you'd like to be involved.

A message to Young Entrepreneurs from the creator of wordpress Matt Mullenweg

As you know, i am VERY passionate about entrepreneurship and social networking for business. I read that only 14% of people are entrepreneurs (the minority) but hard work, being relentless, and having the right people around you can mean big success. Listen to the founder of the blog site wordpress speak about keys to being a successful entrepreneur (very insightful)
Thanks
Justin



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The True Corporate Entrepreneur Richard Branson

Learn the business secrets of Richard Branson. This is for all my followers to view (short and sweet- yet insightful and to the point)
3 P's fro Justin:
-Passion
-People
-Produce

Justin's Entreprenur Hour idea need your feedback

I am looking into doing a weekly or bi-weekly Entrepreneur's R Us weekly Ustream, Webinar or Conference call. Please give me your feedback if you are interested in being part of the show.

heres the format:
I want to interview an entrepreneur each week, ask them what problems/ challenges their facing, then offer tips, then have them share with us some tips of their own. thanks- justinrfrench




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