How the President Should Help Entrepreneurs

Generally speaking, I have little interest in online slideshows. They’re often lame excuses by media companies to drive more page views. However, this slideshow from BusinessWeek features a range of experts describing how the President should help entrepreneurs.

As co-founder of Nine Lives Media Inc. and MSPmentor, I believe small businesses will be the engine that drives America out of the recession. Hopefully, our government will support that entrepreneurial engine.

Six Steps to Get Employees Thinking Like Entrepreneurs

The Wall Street Journal’s Independent Street blog recently carried an item about getting employees to think like entrepreneurs. The keys are to:

  1. Organize them into small groups
  2. Share profits
  3. Embrace failure
  4. Reward ideas
  5. Promote risk takers

Those are all worthy ideas. But a fundamental piece is missing. Step Six: The top-down piece. Here’s what I mean. Read More >

Profiting From Your Local Chamber of Commerce

As small business owners, many managed service providers join their local chambers of commerce — but they don’t know how to truly build a business relationship with such entities. TechAssist, one of our MSPmentor 100 members, doesn’t suffer from such confusion. The company recently inked a partnership with the DC Chamber of Commerce.

Here’s a look at the relationship, along with some thoughts on how you can build similar partnerships with your chamber of commerce. Read More >

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