Independent / Small Business Owners

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Quote of the Month:
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
– John Wooden, teacher, coach, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (1910-2010)

You can call it experience, learning lessons, things I’ll never do again, but we all make mistakes. Of course, it’s less painful to learn from other people’s mishaps than our own. In our roundtable discussion, we shared participatory and spectator examples.

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Quote of the Month:
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
— Plato, Greek philosopher (429-347 (ish) BCE)

Frank Goad has had an interesting career path, starting out with designing lighting and scenery in college, then working for a TV station and ad agencies, computer stores and Lexmark, and as the marketing director at Asbury College. He has been self-employed along the way and is again today, with his photography, video, and Internet marketing business called Frank Communications. He works on a consultant basis because he doesn’t want to carry anybody’s receivables.

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Quote of the Month:
“I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.”
— Maya Angelou, American poet (1928- )

Vince Edwards is the owner of Equity Consulting Inc., which has a motto of “building business and personal equity.” He helps people with commercial financing and residential loan modifications. He and John Meyers also have a site called www.FindaNewJobFast.com. As an entrepreneur, he has seen and heard a lot, so he put together a list of 10 tips to help small businesses survive and thrive, no matter what the economy is doing.