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How to Stop Making Start-Up Mistakes

September 3, 2010 By

No one likes to make mistakes, especially in business, but if you don’t make mistakes you can’t grow. As an entrepreneur who has chucked the corporate life, the commute and the comfort of knowing I’d have a paycheck at the end of the week, I’ve made plenty of mistakes.

During my start-up days, I made some financial mistakes along with a few stupid, bonehead moves that I’ve ingrained in my brain never to do again. I’m not finished making mistakes because I’m not finished growing my business. The difference between my start-up days and today is that now my mistakes are much smaller and less expensive to fix.

In her article “10 Mistakes That Start-Up Entrepreneurs Make,” Rosalind Resnick shares a strong list of things you should avoid doing when you’re starting a company. A few of my favorite suggestions are: [Read more...]

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Making Space for a Spouse While Working From Home

August 26, 2010 By

I admire couples who can work from home together and not strangle each other by the end of the day. It’s not that I’m unreasonable, bitchy or territorial (at least not all of the time), but there’s no way I could stand to share an office with a spouse. Period.

Part of the reason is that I’m from a family of five kids which makes me want my own space, my own supplies and as much privacy as possible. This site is called Working Naked, after all.

The other part is that too much of a good thing can be bad. You may adore your spouse but if you spend every day and night with him or her, you may drain the fun out of your business and your relationship.

If you’re still willing to work with your spouse, there are a few ways to keep the peace so no one [Read more...]

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Knowing What You Earn Might Take You Home

August 24, 2010 By

For several months I’ve nagged asked my friend Steve to write about how he decided to go from a corporate job to working from home. The wait for his article was worth it.

Guest post by Steve Anderson

Working from home was a dream long before it became a reality, and that’s because I needed plenty of time to convince myself that leaving the corporate office was not some crazy dream.

In hindsight, I’m sure I wasted too much time agonizing over the potential drawbacks. “I’m with a successful business, making great connections, challenging myself professionally. How do I leave this?”

It was good to ask those questions, but I needed to also ask myself another obvious question: “How much would I have to be offered to leave it all?” Could I leave for the same salary? Could I work from home for 10 percent less? or 20? or 30 percent?

Ask yourself that question, but before you answer it, answer this question: “How much money am I [Read more...]

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