You've thought about starting your own business for years, and this time you're ready to put your money where your mouth is. It's true what you hear that starting your own business will demand a massive amount of your time, and for a good reason.
Every year in the U.S. alone, more than one million businesses start up. However, 40 percent will not make it through the first year, and within five years of the starting date, 80 percent of businesses will fail. Ouch.
If you're still determined and willing to risk, you could potentially have a successful business.
Marketing expert and author, David Newman, shares the most important do's and don'ts of starting your own business, as well as what you need in order to be successful.
The Stressors of Starting a Business
Starting a business is a big deal... so how can you get your business going and stay stress-free?
Additional Info
- Segment Number: 1
- Audio File: staying_well/1401sw1a.mp3
- Featured Speaker: David Newman, Marketing Expert
- Organization: Do It! Marketing
- Book Title: Do It! Marketing: 77 Instant-Action Ideas to Boost Sales, Maximize Profits and Crush Your Competition
- Guest Twitter Account: @dnewman
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Guest Bio:
David Newman is a nationally-recognized marketing expert and author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Do It! Marketing: 77 Instant-Action Ideas to Boost Sales, Maximize Profits and Crush Your Competition.
David runs a marketing strategy firm dedicated to making thought-leading entrepreneurs and executives more successful. David's clients and audiences include Oracle, IBM, American Express, and Wells Fargo, in addition to trade associations, non-profits, and entrepreneurial businesses of all sizes.
David is a regular blogger for the American Management Association and for Vistage, the world's largest CEO peer group organization, and his small business marketing advice has been featured and quoted in the New York Times, Investors Business Daily, Sales & Marketing Management, Selling Power, Entrepreneur Magazine, and hundreds of media outlets throughout North America. - Length (mins): 10
- Waiver Received: Yes
- Internal Notes: Waiver Faxed Over
- Host: Melanie Cole, MS
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