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I am looking to create a top list of what entrepreneurs enjoy least about owning their own business. 

Top list will be compiled and posted on this blog and in my weekly news column.

Thank you for your response.

I am compiling a list of the top 50 reasons why entrepreneurs love what they do.  

Results will be published in my weekly column at the end of Febraury and posted on my blog so feel free to leave your name, company name, and web URL for inclusion in the post. 

Please keep repsonses to 2-3 sentences. 

Thank you for sharing!

The West Palm Beach Library Foundation is proud to present a series of seminars entitled “Live A Power FULL  Life” featuring local entrepreneur and West Palm Beach resident, Will Corrente. 

Will Corrente is a life long entrepreneur. Over the past 20 years, Will has owned and operated several businesses in the business to business and business to consumer market segments. While still in college, Will started his first 2 businesses: the first a lawn care and landscaping maintenance company, and the second, a residential and commercial cleaning service.   read the entire story at

http://www.wpblibraryfound.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.details&ArticleId=6&returnTo=main

Will Corrente – Fear is nothing more than a lack of faith in yourself to overcome the obstacle, circumstance, or challenge in your path. It is that flicker of doubt in your mind that grows into a flame, that you do not have the ability to “do it”. Whatever, “IT” is. In 2002, I faced a couple of my “IT’s”; the fear of the unknown and the fear of going it alone in a new and unfamiliar place.

In 2001, I found myself working for a company in New York City. Although I considered myself a serial entrepreneur, I somehow drifted off track to the “safety” of a job and convinced myself I was on the right path. The events of 9/11 changed all that and in the months following, I was reinvigorated with thoughts of possibilities. I had seen first-hand the frailty of life and decided that when confronted with an “IT” circumstance I would make fear my ally and not my adversary. 

read the full story at http://www.getinthehotspot.com/2009/09/25/turn-terrified-into-terrific/

November 16-20, 2009

NYEW is a 501c3 non-profit organization. All funds are tax deductible.

Entrepreneurs are the catalysts for conquering today’s economic challenges.

Join us at this ground breaking event designed to catapult entrepreneurs to greater

success. Make solid connections across diverse industries. Connect with enterprising

young idea-stage innovators to multi-million dollar revenue generators. We will come

together for one week only. This event will drive economies and change

societies. After all, if we don’t do it, who will?

Entrepreneurs Must Attend:

All Entrepreneurs = those who consider themselves movement makers, change

agents, people helpers or problem solvers. If you aren’t described above, stay home.

What You’ll Get:

The greatest opportunity to move your business forward, faster than ever before.

By uniting all of New York State’s most important entrepreneurial groups, you’ll

reach and learn from New York’s best and brightest entrepreneurs who are relentless,

driven and dedicated to changing their business, their economy and the world.

Now is the time to come together.

With all the money being thrown around Washington these days, it no surprise that most Americans have no idea where it is going, how it is being used or how to qualify to get a piece of it.

It is true, that most of the Economic Stimulus money coming from the government is earmarked to big business, but some portions are also earmarked for community based projects, small business assistance, grants, and other spending.

Check out the following resources I have shared with my small business consulting clients and see how you can claim your piece of the stimulus pie:

Federal Government Recovery Web Portal http://www.recovery.gov

Federal Business Opportunities http://www.fbo.gov

Federal Contracts sorted by congressional district http://www.usaspending.gov

Federal Grant Opportunities http://www.grants.gov

Central Contract Certification Registration http://www.ccr.gov

 Can’t find the right word? You might want to start moving your hands. New research at the University of Alberta suggests that gesturing while you talk may improve your access to language. 

This is an interesting article for personal development and entrepreneur development, I find that hand gesturing has always helped me to think on my feet, whether in a public speaking situation or in a business presentation.

I hope you enjoy the article!

Using Effective Hand Gestures In Public Speaking | NY NJ Executive Speech Coach | Fast Company.

Brand Yourself | Fast Company.