The goal $1,000,000-set your goal at one million dollars in the bank. You must believe you can get one million dollars saved. Of course your goal can be bigger too, but set a goal. You must believe the goal is possible. If thinking about $1,000,000 is really not believable then set an intermediate target, $10,000, $100,000 or whatever number seems possible to you. (more…)
Remember your favorite toy or your child’s favorite toy? Toy’s are a big part of all of our lives. But for Shawnta Ray and her husband Rick Harmon toys are their lives. They have had a wild ride, and there is not enough room here for all the spills, turns, and lessons learned. (more…)
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Making millions with wristbands.
You Really Can Have One Million Dollars
Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Richard Branson, these people have had huge success, but their stories do not have much value to the man or woman wanting to start a small business. The stories that matter most, are about people who have started with little or nothing and are still on the path to making their million, or have made their first million and are growing their business. These are the stories I share, trying to capture what happens in those first few years. (more…)
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Why don’t you have a million dollars? You can through business ownership.
Why don’t you have one million dollars? The assumption is that you want one million dollars. The question is why don’t you have one million dollars? It is not just wanting it and being willing to work for it, you must first believe it can be done and then take the steps to put yourself in a position to accomplish it. You may have no education, no job, bad credit, and be struggling financially. Or, you may have a good education, a good job, good credit, and even a little money in the bank. In both situations and everything in-between, you can have one million dollars in your bank account. It may take a few years of hard work and dedication, but very few things worth doing will come easy. (more…)
Home Brewer Starts Beer Company
Jim Elliott was able to take his home brew to a million dollar business. He had been in retail much of his life, then a school teacher for 14 years. He had been home brewing his beer for 7 years and everyone loved it. He talked to the wife and decided to start a brewery. Jim had made a good business plan to organize his thoughts and try to get the money he needed. He did not have a lot of money, but between his personal money and all his friends and family he scraped $150,000 together.
Jim’s credit was good but even with the help of the SBDC he was still turned down sixteen times by banks for the loan he needed to start his brewery. (more…)
