Success in Sweatpants

I have coached hundreds of solo business owners. Although each took a different road in terms of business model, services, and target market, I have found common skills and characteristics that all share.

These seven characteristics are critical to your solopreneur success: 

1. Responsibility
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There will be points in your business when you need to get revenues kicked into the next gear. At points like these, it can be almost irresistibly tempting to ease up: Lower prices, agree to different terms, take on clients that would make it past your normal filtering mechanisms. This …

Deciding to fly solo in your profession can be scary. Whether you’ve been laid off, want time with your family, or just had enough of the 9-to-5 grind, the idea of not having a regular paycheck can be …

One of the most common reasons that people choose the solo business ownership route is that they want to spend more time with family. Often, though, once work begins to build up, solo business owners can find themselves facing exactly …

It always seems to be about the time that you’re completely full and wondering how on earth you’re going to get everything done in time that a client gets in touch with a crucial rush project that …

As a solo business owner, in spite of your best efforts you may find that you can’t stop working.  You may have forgotten how to relax or feel guilty for taking time away from your business.  It is …

You have taken that big step and started your own solo business. Congratulations!!

Now what?

One of the biggest omissions (perhaps THE biggest) that I see over and over again in the solopreneurial world is the lack of a …

Question: Why did you start your own solo home business?

I struck out on my own for two reasons: freedom and wealth. For me, and for many solo business owners, freedom means the ability to steer my …

A year has whooshed by since the Triiibes site opened its doors. This, Seth Godin’s precursor to Tribes the book (and the proof of its puddin’), has been a wondrous experience for me. Both externally and internally.

I have had the great …

I knew I had a nightmare client on my hands. CEO of a boutique consulting firm, she was smart, creative, ambitious, and a great salesperson. But when she was bad she was horrid—very high maintenance and at times abusive in …