by Willem Gous | Jun 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Original business ideas. How much time should a new entrepreneur spend on it? What Richard Branson does. Someone asked the following question: “For someone who wants to start their own business, how much time should I spend on coming up with the original idea?” Very...
by Willem Gous | Jun 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
How to shift from employee to a business owner? I was fortunate to have grown up in an entrepreneurial home. But I have a lot of coaching and mentoring experience helping employees navigate to be business owners using my Life Design for Business Owners process. Start...
by Willem Gous | Mar 23, 2018 | Business ownership, Entrepreneurship, Life Design - Designing your life and business together, Self Development, Small business
What Darth Vader taught me about small business management Darth Vader ran a massive empire and this applies to small business management as well. A death star does not run itself, someone needs to be in charge. Not the men in black, this was the MAN in black and he...
by Willem Gous | Mar 21, 2018 | Business ownership, Entrepreneurship, Family Life, Self Development, Setting Goals
Our obsession with building successful small businesses should stop Our obsession with building successful small businesses should stop. We should rather have an obsession with building successful entrepreneurs because businesses come and go but entrepreneurs should...
by Willem Gous | Mar 20, 2018 | Business ownership, Entrepreneurship, Small business
Small business cash flow. 3 steps to stability Fixing small business cash flow is not something you usually fix overnight. Also, telling you that you should fix it usually only leads to frustration because the people that tell you rarely give you the tools to fix it....
by Willem Gous | Mar 19, 2018 | Business ownership, Entrepreneurship, Family Life, Life Design - Designing your life and business together, Small business
Mom’s starting a business. The most important advice ever. Mom’s starting a business run the risk of getting lost in their business and actually never seeing their families. Mom’s starting a business is not uncommon, especially after having their first child. They...
by Willem Gous | Mar 17, 2018 | Business ownership, Self Development, Small business
Why a client fired me and I agree with them. 2 tips to avoid getting fired too A client fired me and must wholeheartedly agree with why they did it. If I was in their situation I would also fire me. It was many years ago and I started a new relationship with a...