January 23rd, 2012 by Jennifer Adeli | Posted in Uncategorized
By: WinBiz Proposals, LLC
Author: Jennifer Adeli, Owner and Senior Proposal Manager
@WinBizProps and @SoloBizAdventur
Even in today’s environment of reduced and slower federal government spending, there are still plenty of opportunities for small businesses to grow, while serving the taxpayer and improving constituent services at the same time.
Jennifer Adeli
One of the recent initiatives is the Small Business Administration (SBA) Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) set-asides. This is also known as the 8(m) program. This program became a regulation in early 2011, but the broader WOSB community is still learning about it. In a nutshell, the federal government now has a requirement to award 5% of its contracting dollars to WOSB/EDWOSB firms.
December 20th, 2011 by Larry Keltto | Posted in Uncategorized
More than 50 percent of the U.S. private workforce will be independent by 2020, according to a report published today by MBO Partners. The MBO statement is one of five predictions that the consulting firm makes in its 2012 Independent Work Preview.
The report says:
One is the New Majority. The US is entering the fast lane on the road to the independent majority. By the year 2020, MBO Partners predicts that 70 million people, more than 50 percent of the private workforce, will be independent. This shift toward a new workforce will accelerate in 2012 as both individuals and organizations embrace new models of work.
December 19th, 2011 by Larry Keltto | Posted in Uncategorized
This is The Solopreneur Life’s “Featured Soloist,” the purpose of which is to give all of us a glimpse at how other solopreneurs operate their small businesses. This week we meet Shauna Washington. If you would like to be the “Featured Soloist,” please send me an e-mail, Larry@TheSolopreneurLife.com.
Shauna Washington
Shauna Washington – The Quirky Solopreneur’s Coach
Web site:
TheQuirkySolopreneur.com
What’s the catchy tagline?
I help quirky solopreneurs clear out the head junk holding them back, so they can make it big in business and in life!
When did you officially go into business?
2010
December 13th, 2011 by Larry Keltto | Posted in Uncategorized
Ah, the life of the solopreneur — there isn’t anyone else around so we conduct conversations in our heads. Here are things I would’ve said to my co-workers this past week, if I had co-workers.
• One year is equal to seven “dog years,” and I think one year equals 21 “online years.”
• Posted by @UMystic on Twitter: “When you’re a solopreneur, you may be the first and only one to pat yourself on the back sometimes. Do it! You deserve it!”
• I love this Ernest Hemingway quote: “Write drunk. Edit sober.”
November 18th, 2011 by Larry Keltto | Posted in Uncategorized
Last night during a panel discussion on entrepreneurship that I participated in at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, the students asked our opinion of being a “green” business. Do we think about being “green”? How do environmental concerns affect our decisions? Do we measure a triple bottom line (social, financial, environmental) for our businesses?
I said that when considering environmental issues — I don’t think of “being green.” I think about “stewardship.”
If you’re not familiar with the word stewardship, it means the careful and responsible management of something that’s been entrusted to a person’s care.
November 12th, 2011 by Larry Keltto | Posted in Uncategorized
This piece was written on February 24, 2004 and was unpublished until now. Paul Gruchow possessed the soul of a solopreneur; he lived the solopreneur life in a way that few of us ever will.
Oh my goodness, I found out this evening Paul Gruchow died two days ago.
I immediately feared Paul’s death had been by suicide, and I learned a few hours later I was correct.
The news shook me, made my eyes moist for the rest of the evening. Paul easily was the most thought-provoking, serious writer I’ve ever known personally. He also was a gentle and effective teacher of young writers.
