Tips to Prepare Your Family for Entrepreneurship

[heather]

1.Coordinate your schedules. Each week, sit down and coordinate your work/errand/family schedule with your husband’s, so there are no surprises.
2.Your marriage is a partnership; don’t try to do it all alone. Ask your husband for help with the housework and the children.
3.Carve out family time every weekend, so you can maintain a sense of balance, and your children and husband do no feel pushed aside.
4.Schedule quiet time during the day when the kids are home for the summer. Ask them to read or play quietly for an hour, letting you focus on work. Follow it with family time.
5.Let your children help. Helping you out in your business, even in very small ways, will encourage their support and understanding.

[zigma]

Make Your Market Niche as Small as Possible: Again, this is counter intuitive--shouldn't you try to appeal to as many people as possible? The paradox is that the more you try to appeal to EVERYONE, the less you will appeal to ANYONE. Let's say you are selling your house...would you rather list it with the agent who operates in 14 counties, sells both commercial and residential real estate, and sells everything from cottages to estates? Or would you pick the agent who specializes in your community, selling only houses in a well-defined price range that she knows extremely well? Ruthlessly define your niche, make it as small as possible, and stay true to it. You'll thank me later!