Stress

We all have stress... maybe be not all of us and not all of the time - but it happens!  How we react to it is usually all we can control - I haven't figured out a way to make it go away.

Here's a Ted Talk that gave me a hopeful message about stress.

Stress - http://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend.htm

Come and get me, oxytocin!

What a niche!

I want to showcase what it means to service a niche market - true entrepreneurism!

This Girl Scout had a brilliant marketing scheme that was well executed.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/20/girl-scout-cookies-marijuana_n_4825080.html


She found a need - the munchies.  She found a market solution - Thin Mints sold in front of a medical marijuana dispensary in San Francisco.  She sold 117 boxes of cookies in only 2 hours!

We all need to find a perfect niche - the best way to do that is to be innovative and act on those rare opportunities when they jump out at us.

What's your niche?

When we were kids

When we were kids were often asked "What do you want to be when you grown-up?".  Our answers varied but I'll bet most of us didn't adamantly say ENTREPRENEUR (if we even could say that word).  I sure didn't - I wanted to be a social worker and then, later, an accountant like my dad.  I had no idea what an accountant did, except go to a nice office and stay there for very long hours.  Strange how that appealed to me...

After many years of working for others, I decided it was time to try something completely different  - go out on my own - be my own boss- hang my shingle - to become an entrepreneur!  So here I am learning to blog, so I can develope my business using social media.  I need to reach bunches of companies that want accounting and bookkeeping services.

West Ventures LLC is open for business and I am ready to tackle new challenges.