http://strugglingentrepreneur.com Lessons Learned and Resources For Your Success Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:47:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've all heard the story of the solo-preneur who was so excited at the start of the business that it seemed that the passion would never end. Working 90 hour weeks or 18 hour days was nothing compared to the excitement of "being your own boss" and seeing your entrepreneurial ... http://strugglingentrepreneur.com/2012/01/11/168-when-the-passion-fades-do-you-quit-or-change/% 2011 was filled with changing themes, changing technologies and challenging roads for Entrepreneurs. In this episode, we review all the podcasts and posts for 2011, with the title and a short description of each (in case you wish to go back to the archives and consume them). As you will hear in ... http://strugglingentrepreneur.com/2011/12/26/167-year-in-review-2011-a-look-at-all-the-episodes/% We repurpose and deliver to you a brief podcast episode from Chris Benjamin, the Rogue CFO, from his Podomatic series titled 'The Rogue CFO's Expert Guide to Launch a Startup.' In this Episode of The Struggling Entrepreneur, the theme of the discussion are what Chris calls the "3 Ms" to find ... http://strugglingentrepreneur.com/2011/12/20/166-the-3-ms-to-find-investors/% This is a repurposed audio episode from the Podomatic podcast series from Chris Benjamin titled The Rogue CFO's Expert Guide to Launching a Startup. The question for this discussion is: which investor is best for your Entrepreneurial venture? At a certain stage of your startup, you may want to consider the type ... http://strugglingentrepreneur.com/2011/12/02/165-which-investor-is-best-for-your-startup/% Attending business conferences allows you to meet new colleagues within your industry, business environment or niche. They also allow you to socialize with those who may end up being your close partners, suppliers, peers -- and sometimes customers, as well. While at BlogWorld and New Media Expo in Los Angeles recently, ... http://strugglingentrepreneur.com/2011/11/22/164c-entrepreneur-enables-abilities-to-appear-darrell-hyatt/% This new era of the online consumption of content can be a big help for the Entrepreneur and Small Business Owner that wants to improve the chances for business success. Thus, Entrepreneur Tools Online and Struggling Entrepreneur podcast series are delivering to you an interview with Jay Ehret, a small ... http://strugglingentrepreneur.com/2011/11/03/164b-online-learning-for-entrepreneur-success-jay-ehret/% With his own podcast on iTunes called A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks, successful Entrepreneur Jason Cohen has provided a live question/answer format for startups, aspiring entrepreneurs and other small business owners to assist them in the pursuit of a successful venture. In the late summer of 2011, Jason ... http://strugglingentrepreneur.com/2011/10/27/164a-reality-show-helps-entrepreneurs-to-plan-and-launch-sb-live/% This is a repurposed audio episode from the Podomatic podcast series from Chris Benjamin titled The Rogue CFO's Expert Guide to Launching a Startup. The question addressed to Entrepreneurs: Is Venture Capital funding necessary? And what do you do when it is not available? What other alternatives do you have, and how ... http://strugglingentrepreneur.com/2011/10/19/164-is-vc-funding-needed-for-your-firm/% Although the Entrepreneur today has multiple private sector and public sector low-cost (or free) resources, and although the home-based Small Business Owner is accepted as  a valid business, it was not always so. In fact, the home-based Entrepreneur carried a stigma as a second-class citizen that had no credibility and ... http://strugglingentrepreneur.com/2011/10/06/163a-entrepreneur-steve-jobs-had-stigma-as-a-startup/% When you are creating a startup or trying to get funding, how can you, as an Entrepreneur, recognize certain shady offers from uncertain deals to downright scams? This is a repurposed audio episode from the Podomatic podcast series from Chris Benjamin titled The Rogue CFO's Expert Guide to Launching a Startup. We ... http://strugglingentrepreneur.com/2011/10/01/163-investment-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/%