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Other Places To Read About The World of Solo Entrepreneurs:
“Trading Places”, Inc. magazine, November 1, 2002 (http://www.inc.com/magazine/20021101/24825.html)
“What Should I Do With My Life”, Fast Company magazine, January 2003 (http://www.fastcompany.com/online/66/mylife.html)
Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working For Yourself, Daniel Pink “Self-Employed Business Ownership Rates in the United States: 1979-2003”, Robert W. Fairlie, University of California, Santa Cruz (http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs243tot.pdf)
Where Do Solo Entrepreneurs Do Their Work?
A Solo-E’s office may be considered unconventional as compared to an office in a corporate setting. The Solo-E’s office is characterized by low overhead. It may be located in the Solo-E’s home or be a shared office, and it is used as needed. The Solo-E’s conference or meeting room may be the corner coffe
With the recent improvements in medical science, and the startlingly sharp rise in the elderly population of most developed countries, it comes as no surprise that the demand for skilled health professionals has soared dramatically. Most notable among these are the increasing demands for both nurses and nursing assistants.Nursing assistants, in particular, are much sought after due to the great increase in their need among nursing homes, and private residence care. Nursing assistants can either work in institutions, or can be contracted to care for patients in the patients own homes.This is the only logical alternative for those with no one to care for them, or for those patients whose family members cannot provide the constant and persistent care that may be needed. And even if family members did have the time to devote, in all probability, they will lack the necessary nursing skills to provide the proper care.Ever Increasing NeedThe demand for these occupations has skyrocketed in recent years. As a result of this dramatic increase, most countries face a serious lack of skilled health care professionals, and have turned to overseas markets looking for foreign workers to fill the gap.The hiring for these positions is fast and
Being a Solo Entrepreneur does not mean being isolated or being completely on your own. Solo-Es often collaborate with others and/or build alliances with other Solo-Es according to their business needs. Although many Solo-Es do not have employees, some may have up to five employees to help support their day-to-day business needs or build the business in other ways. Many find creative ways to support themselves, for example, by using virtual assistants.
What Are Typical Solo Entrepreneur Characteristics?
- A desire for personal freedom that affords them an opportunity to make unique lifestyle choices.
- Seeing themselves as entrepreneurs with a vision, a personal drive, and a passion to fulfil their dreams.
- A deep longing to succeed in their chosen area of expertise and a joy for learning.
- Believing in themselves and being passionate about what they do.
- Being committed to their quest to be “solo.”
- Comfortable using technologies such as the Internet to promote their business, collaborate with others, and learn.
"The thousands of people starting home based businesses confirm my belief that a new breed of person is emerging on Earth. Such a person is of higher value doing self-created work instead of a job thought up by others. This person is both independent and committed to service, highly flexible, constantly learns, and gets better and better every year." Al Siebert, PhD., author of The Survivor Personality: Why Some People are Stronger, Smarter and More Skillful at Handling Life's Difficulties...And How You Can be, Too.
Where Do Solo-Es Come From?
Many come from the corporate world, while others enter the world of being a Solo Entrepreneur as they change from a traditional-based small business with employees and management responsibilities to being an independent professional.
In a 1996 study, 66% of all people pushed into being solo (through downsizing or being fired), said they’d now rather be soloists than wage slaves. By various accounts, there are between 16 and 33 million Solo Entrepreneurs in the United States, and that number is anticipated to grow to 36.5 million by 2005. Nearly one out of every four working Americans is a Solo Entrepreneur.
What Are The Social Changes Occurring That Are Supporting The Shift Toward Solo Entrepreneurship?
In the paper, The Swedish Solo-Entrepreneur - Extension and Characteristics (http://www.fsf.se/AhusPMkompl_slut.doc.pdf), Eva-Britt Hult and Dick Ramstr?m proposed three factors:
- A general change in attitudes toward individual choices in actions and life direction and away from working in large companies, climbing the corporate ladder in search of more money, and more employees.
- The spread of tools and techniques, including information technology developments, that enable many people to work together on projects, but not be confined to a formal organization.
- The increased volatility of the industrial sector in general, which leads to a quicker change in the fortunes, direction, and size of companies and makes it advantageous for companies to employ Solo Entrepreneurs with the right mix of talents at the right times.
Another more recent white paper written by Dawn Rivers Baker, Editor/Publisher, The MicroEnterprise Journal, addresses the many factors behind this shift, from political to economic to cultural. Read this fascinating, in-depth analysis: “THE MICROBUSINESS WAY OF GROWTH: How microbusinesses substitute operational efficiency for scale, and sacrifice organizational growth for revenue growth.” (http://www.microenterprisejournal.com/download.html)
Other Places To Read About The World of Solo Entrepreneurs:
“Trading Places”, Inc. magazine, November 1, 2002 (http://www.inc.com/magazine/20021101/24825.html)
“What Should I Do With My Life”, Fast Company magazine, January 2003 (http://www.fastcompany.com/online/66/mylife.html)
Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working For Yourself, Daniel Pink “Self-Employed Business Ownership Rates in the United States: 1979-2003”, Robert W. Fairlie, University of California, Santa Cruz (http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs243tot.pdf)
Where Do Solo Entrepreneurs Do Their Work?
A Solo-E’s office may be considered unconventional as compared to an office in a corporate setting. The Solo-E’s office is characterized by low overhead. It may be located in the Solo-E’s home or be a shared office, and it is used as needed. The Solo-E’s conference or meeting room may be the corner coffee
Recently, I decided to enlarge my sales and marketing efforts through outsourcing, so I contacted a number of service bureaus about promoting my successful line of customer service and sales training videos. I have found very few organizations that are willing to truly satisfy my needs by working on a pay-for-performance basis.Everyone else insists on being paid, on the clock, for their time and for administration.It reminds me of my former college students who claimed they deserved a better grade on an assignment because they “tried so hard!” They wanted to be rewarded for mere effort.I had to tell them that effort is admirable, but to be fair, I can only see and measure results.Granted, it sounds a little rigid, but it is a real world lesson. Sooner or later, each of us has to earn his way by performing, by achieving. A salary or a steady retainer of some sort may seem comforting and assuring, but in truth, the tightrope we’re walking on in business isn’t supported by anything other than actual accomplishments on behalf of our employers and customers.I’ve personally sold and performed a number of consulting and training contracts where I guaranteed satisfaction. Almost without exception, these engagements are among my most lucra
- Seeing themselves as entrepreneurs with a vision, a personal drive, and a passion to fulfil their dreams.
- A deep longing to succeed in their chosen area of expertise and a joy for learning.
- Believing in themselves and being passionate about what they do.
- Being committed to their quest to be “solo.”
- Comfortable using technologies such as the Internet to promote their business, collaborate with others, and learn.
"The thousands of people starting home based businesses confirm my belief that a new breed of person is emerging on Earth. Such a person is of higher value doing self-created work instead of a job thought up by others. This person is both independent and committed to service, highly flexible, constantly learns, and gets better and better every year." Al Siebert, PhD., author of The Survivor Personality: Why Some People are Stronger, Smarter and More Skillful at Handling Life's Difficulties...And How You Can be, Too.
Where Do Solo-Es Come From?
Many come from the corporate world, while others enter the world of being a Solo Entrepreneur as they change from a traditional-based small business with employees and management responsibilities to being an independent professional.
In a 1996 study, 66% of all people pushed into being solo (through downsizing or being fired), said they’d now rather be soloists than wage slaves. By various accounts, there are between 16 and 33 million Solo Entrepreneurs in the United States, and that number is anticipated to grow to 36.5 million by 2005. Nearly one out of every four working Americans is a Solo Entrepreneur.
What Are The Social Changes Occurring That Are Supporting The Shift Toward Solo Entrepreneurship?
In the paper, The Swedish Solo-Entrepreneur - Extension and Characteristics (http://www.fsf.se/AhusPMkompl_slut.doc.pdf), Eva-Britt Hult and Dick Ramstr?m proposed three factors:
- A general change in attitudes toward individual choices in actions and life direction and away from working in large companies, climbing the corporate ladder in search of more money, and more employees.
- The spread of tools and techniques, including information technology developments, that enable many people to work together on projects, but not be confined to a formal organization.
- The increased volatility of the industrial sector in general, which leads to a quicker change in the fortunes, direction, and size of companies and makes it advantageous for companies to employ Solo Entrepreneurs with the right mix of talents at the right times.
Another more recent white paper written by Dawn Rivers Baker, Editor/Publisher, The MicroEnterprise Journal, addresses the many factors behind this shift, from political to economic to cultural. Read this fascinating, in-depth analysis: “THE MICROBUSINESS WAY OF GROWTH: How microbusinesses substitute operational efficiency for scale, and sacrifice organizational growth for revenue growth.” (http://www.microenterprisejournal.com/download.html)
Other Places To Read About The World of Solo Entrepreneurs:
“Trading Places”, Inc. magazine, November 1, 2002 (http://www.inc.com/magazine/20021101/24825.html)
“What Should I Do With My Life”, Fast Company magazine, January 2003 (http://www.fastcompany.com/online/66/mylife.html)
Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working For Yourself, Daniel Pink “Self-Employed Business Ownership Rates in the United States: 1979-2003”, Robert W. Fairlie, University of California, Santa Cruz (http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs243tot.pdf)
Where Do Solo Entrepreneurs Do Their Work?
A Solo-E’s office may be considered unconventional as compared to an office in a corporate setting. The Solo-E’s office is characterized by low overhead. It may be located in the Solo-E’s home or be a shared office, and it is used as needed. The Solo-E’s conference or meeting room may be the corner coffe
Before working with a new client on their marketing plan, I always ask them to review the sales generated for the previous year and they are often surprised to see that their sales are supported in large part by repeat customers. On average, repeat customers contribute 60% of annual revenue to companies but marketing campaigns are often focused on getting new customers. Businesses spend $1 retaining clients for every $5 spent attracting new customers. Once you’ve secured a new customer what are you doing to convert them to loyal customer? There are many tactics that make marketing to your repeats clients easy, affordable and effective---here are some that have worked for me.Be GenerousDevelop a loyalty program for frequent buyers. It can be as simple as offering a special “friends only” discount, especially if yours is a highly price sensitive business. Maybe you offer, and get credit for, complimentary products or services. Recently while dining in a wonderful and pricey restaurant, the owner personally selected and sent to our table a fabulous complimentary dessert. Although the dinner was still very expensive, we felt quite special and will continue to be loyal customers.Be ThoughtfulSend a handwritten note to every clie
Where Do Solo-Es Come From?
Many come from the corporate world, while others enter the world of being a Solo Entrepreneur as they change from a traditional-based small business with employees and management responsibilities to being an independent professional.
In a 1996 study, 66% of all people pushed into being solo (through downsizing or being fired), said they’d now rather be soloists than wage slaves. By various accounts, there are between 16 and 33 million Solo Entrepreneurs in the United States, and that number is anticipated to grow to 36.5 million by 2005. Nearly one out of every four working Americans is a Solo Entrepreneur.
What Are The Social Changes Occurring That Are Supporting The Shift Toward Solo Entrepreneurship?
In the paper, The Swedish Solo-Entrepreneur - Extension and Characteristics (http://www.fsf.se/AhusPMkompl_slut.doc.pdf), Eva-Britt Hult and Dick Ramstr?m proposed three factors:
- A general change in attitudes toward individual choices in actions and life direction and away from working in large companies, climbing the corporate ladder in search of more money, and more employees.
- The spread of tools and techniques, including information technology developments, that enable many people to work together on projects, but not be confined to a formal organization.
- The increased volatility of the industrial sector in general, which leads to a quicker change in the fortunes, direction, and size of companies and makes it advantageous for companies to employ Solo Entrepreneurs with the right mix of talents at the right times.
Another more recent white paper written by Dawn Rivers Baker, Editor/Publisher, The MicroEnterprise Journal, addresses the many factors behind this shift, from political to economic to cultural. Read this fascinating, in-depth analysis: “THE MICROBUSINESS WAY OF GROWTH: How microbusinesses substitute operational efficiency for scale, and sacrifice organizational growth for revenue growth.” (http://www.microenterprisejournal.com/download.html)
Other Places To Read About The World of Solo Entrepreneurs:
“Trading Places”, Inc. magazine, November 1, 2002 (http://www.inc.com/magazine/20021101/24825.html)
“What Should I Do With My Life”, Fast Company magazine, January 2003 (http://www.fastcompany.com/online/66/mylife.html)
Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working For Yourself, Daniel Pink “Self-Employed Business Ownership Rates in the United States: 1979-2003”, Robert W. Fairlie, University of California, Santa Cruz (http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs243tot.pdf)
Where Do Solo Entrepreneurs Do Their Work?
A Solo-E’s office may be considered unconventional as compared to an office in a corporate setting. The Solo-E’s office is characterized by low overhead. It may be located in the Solo-E’s home or be a shared office, and it is used as needed. The Solo-E’s conference or meeting room may be the corner coffe
How would you describe meetings you have attended in the past? Last Tuesday, I was facilitating a workshop on how to lead better meetings, and to start things off, I asked the group that very question. The answers that they provided were very similar to answers that I have received from hundreds of workshop participants over the last ten years.The first two responses were…“Meetings are looooooooooong,” and “Meetings are BOW-ring (this workshop was actually held in my hometown of Fort Worth, Texas – thus the Texas twang.)”Those two responses almost always come up when I ask the question. Others that also come up a lot are: Wastes of time, non-productive, confrontational, inefficient, repetitive, and a number of other negative descriptions. Every once in a while, I get a response like positive, informative, or necessary, but usually the other participants gang-up against the person very quickly.Most people believe that meetings are necessary evils, and in many cases, they are. But one of the most important things we can remember about meetings is to NOT have one unless the meeting is absolutely necessary. When your employees and coworkers are in staff meetings, they are not producing. Nothing is ever produced until after the meetin
- The spread of tools and techniques, including information technology developments, that enable many people to work together on projects, but not be confined to a formal organization.
- The increased volatility of the industrial sector in general, which leads to a quicker change in the fortunes, direction, and size of companies and makes it advantageous for companies to employ Solo Entrepreneurs with the right mix of talents at the right times.
Another more recent white paper written by Dawn Rivers Baker, Editor/Publisher, The MicroEnterprise Journal, addresses the many factors behind this shift, from political to economic to cultural. Read this fascinating, in-depth analysis: “THE MICROBUSINESS WAY OF GROWTH: How microbusinesses substitute operational efficiency for scale, and sacrifice organizational growth for revenue growth.” (http://www.microenterprisejournal.com/download.html)
Other Places To Read About The World of Solo Entrepreneurs:
“Trading Places”, Inc. magazine, November 1, 2002 (http://www.inc.com/magazine/20021101/24825.html)
“What Should I Do With My Life”, Fast Company magazine, January 2003 (http://www.fastcompany.com/online/66/mylife.html)
Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working For Yourself, Daniel Pink “Self-Employed Business Ownership Rates in the United States: 1979-2003”, Robert W. Fairlie, University of California, Santa Cruz (http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs243tot.pdf)
Where Do Solo Entrepreneurs Do Their Work?
A Solo-E’s office may be considered unconventional as compared to an office in a corporate setting. The Solo-E’s office is characterized by low overhead. It may be located in the Solo-E’s home or be a shared office, and it is used as needed. The Solo-E’s conference or meeting room may be the corner coffe
Simple believability could be one of the most important elements of every promotion you send out. It doesn't matter if it's your web page, an e-mail, or print materials -- if your prospects don't believe in you, they aren't going to buy. Or in the case of fund raising, they aren't going to give.We all know people who tell such tall tales that we take every word they say with a grain of salt. We might like them, and even enjoy their company, but we'll check the facts before we act on anything they've said.I was promoted to write this article because I've noticed a lot of promotions lately telling a tall tale that simply destroys their chances of success. Their only hope is that their prospects aren't paying attention.One of those promotions arrived in my in-box just yesterday. It was an offer for a free download, complete with the rights to let everyone on your list also have it for free. The idea was to build your list -- and build the promoter's list at the same time, of course. The report also contained plenty of affiliate links.All that would be fine except for two things.The first was a notation at the bottom of the original email. It said something along the lines of "Hurry, I'm only going to release 15 copies of this valuabl
Other Places To Read About The World of Solo Entrepreneurs:
“Trading Places”, Inc. magazine, November 1, 2002 (http://www.inc.com/magazine/20021101/24825.html)
“What Should I Do With My Life”, Fast Company magazine, January 2003 (http://www.fastcompany.com/online/66/mylife.html)
Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working For Yourself, Daniel Pink “Self-Employed Business Ownership Rates in the United States: 1979-2003”, Robert W. Fairlie, University of California, Santa Cruz (http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs243tot.pdf)
Where Do Solo Entrepreneurs Do Their Work?
A Solo-E’s office may be considered unconventional as compared to an office in a corporate setting. The Solo-E’s office is characterized by low overhead. It may be located in the Solo-E’s home or be a shared office, and it is used as needed. The Solo-E’s conference or meeting room may be the corner coffee shop, a local bookstore, or a client’s office.
Solo-E’s often use other tools and services such as a laptop, mobile telephone, personal digital assistant, and text messaging to support their business mobility needs.
What Drives The Solo Entrepreneur?
Daniel Pink, author of the best-selling book, Free Agent Nation, describes a revolution in how we work and live in the United States. According to Pink, four major factors are driving this new work ethic and propelling professionals to become Solo Entrepreneurs. These factors, which are listed below, are echoed in the 2000 Swedish study referenced above:
Freedom: the ability to exercise one’s will. (Pink; Free Agent Nation, 2001; p. 66) For Solo-Es one of the biggest complaints about their lives as a employees was that they disliked office politics. They felt imprisoned by all the games played in corporations.
By having freedom, Solo-Es determine when they are going to work, with whom they want to work, and where and how they are going to work. They use their freewill to make business decisions. Solo-Es feel liberated and motivated by their new freedom.
Authenticity: People want to be themselves—not wear a “mask” at work to fit into the corporate culture and environment.
Traditional work environments tend to force people to fit into a mold, and individuality often is suppressed. People express discontent with not being able to be themselves at work.
Solo-Es are able to allow their personalities, individuality, creativity, and uniqueness to shine, while being true to themselves and not having to “be someone else” in front of the boss or their peers.
Accountability: “putting one’s livelihood and reputation directly on the line.” (Pink; Free Agent Nation, 2001; p. 73) Solo-Es are on the front line of their businesses. There is no one to hide behind or any coattails to ride on. This means Solo-Es are accountable for everything they do, including their business’ marketing, the quality of their work, delivering what they promise to their clients, the success of their business, etc. They accept these business challenges and reap the rewards and lessons learned along the way.
Self-Defined Success: the measures of success are being redefined by Solo-Es. For Solo-Es, money and the promise of a promotion to the next rung on the corporate ladder are no longer motivators or factors in defining what it is to be successful. Solo-Es use a different measuring stick to define their success. Money remains an important factor to many, because they have to pay for their bills—but it typically is not the primary measurement of success. Instead, success is building the business they dreamed of building for years, and following their heart’s desire (or calling)--and that is what they deem success!
Success may also be defined by having the freedom to choose the work they do, the freedom to present their authentic selves in the work they do, the ability to integrate and balance their work with their life, the freedom to grow their business as they deem appropriate, and the list goes on. The criteria for success are self-defined by each Solo-E. In the 2000 Swedish study, one woman said, “My lifestyle is my big profit.”
What Are The Challenges Facing The Solo Entrepreneur?
Solo-Es often have many challenges and demands on their time, self-confidence, finances, and other resources. These challenges include:
- Having a desire to be solo, with no idea of where to start or of what is possible.
- Working through the initial start-up phase and not giving in to the temptation or pressure to go back to a corporate job or other “safe” haven.
- Having skills, products, and/or services that are in demand, but little experience or knowledge of how to package, market, and sell.
- Understanding how to cohesively fit together the relationships and elements that are part of running a business.
- Determining how to create a
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