After more than a decade as a project manager in the tree-care industry, Tim Scherpenisse was suddenly out of work.
Two years later, he is an economic forecaster, strategic planner, marketing director and human-resources supervisor.
He is a small-business owner. And the transition has been challenging.
"It's an obstacle not to let the business run you. If you're not careful, it can consume you," said Scherpenisse, owner of New Life Arboricultural Services in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Scherpenisse is among a growing number of workers forging their own path in a shifting economy that has suffered years of job losses and growing unemployment.
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Blog for Small Businesses Launched At www.small-biz.biz
Small business owners / managers now have a place to vent their frustrations, share their ideas, and seek help in running their businesses. A new blog created just for small businesses has been launched at www.small-biz.biz.
"I've been running my own business for 22 years and the only people who are interested in hearing my problems are other small business owners," says Jack Bernstein, creator of the blog, Small Business Ideas. "Friends and family are tired of hearing me talk about the difficulties of running a small business, and quite honestly, if they're in working at large corporations they often look down on my company. That's why I started this blog. I've put up a few articles just to get things going but it's open to everyone to say anything they want."
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WIRED.COM LAUNCHES WIRED BIZ SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM
WIRED has partnered with Brother International Corporation to introduce WIRED Biz - a destination site created to benefit a community of entrepreneurs and small business owners. WIRED Biz will immerse users in Web 2.0 solutions to enhance creativity, provide a platform for information sharing, and most notably, encourage collaborative problem solving through a Crowdsourcing experiment.
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Every Small Business Has Two Locations
A reseller I was speaking to about his adoption of a new product said something quite interesting: every small business has at least two locations. One is the office, store, or shop, and the second is the owner's home. I understood that intellectually, but hadn't heard it put so clearly. Kudos to Dave Sobel of Evolve Technologies in the DC area.
What small business owner or manager doesn't take work home? Usually, their family forces them to cut the hours at work and get home at least a few evenings per week. And if you're a sole proprietor in a home office, you have to go out to do business at least once in a while, so you'll have a mobile office at least.
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MyBizHomepage Launches New Platform to Help Small Businesses
MyBizHomepage ( www.MyBizHomepage.com)--a web-based small business--today launched a new free online financial tool that will enable entrepreneurs and other small businesses to view their QuickBooks data on an easy-to-read dashboard.
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