Start Up Advice

Filed in archive Start Up on December 13, 2007

How prepared are you to start your small business?

An Enthusiast Entrepreneur Kicks Off a T-Shirt Business is an article from the New York Times that shows how one woman is starting a t-shirt business and asks some experts to evaluate how she is doing and what she should be doing from here.

In my last blog we talked about finding your dream team in this article shows you that it may not always be easy hearing what the experts have to say. The one thing you must always remember is that they want you to succeed so they are giving you tough love so that you will be around in the years to come.

At one point the expert mentions the 30-second sales presentation. It was not until I attended a conference in Reno this past October that I realized how bad my 30-second presentation was. However, during the conference I attended a session that helps make our presentations better. I would highly suggest you practice a 30-second presentation or "elevator speech" until it is drop down fantastic. Remember you only have a few seconds to sell some people so make it good.

You will find some good information in this article.