Contemplating the Entrepreneurial Path

What It Takes to Get Started

These articles paint the big picture and provide structure for those thinking of an entrepreneurial chapter in their lives. This article published by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs lays out a 10-step process of what to do.

Pamela Slim describes how to "Get Comfortable with Tough Feedback" for fresh entrepreneurs.

JD Roth describes what he learned transitioning to entrepreneurship as a professional blogger.


Websites that are Resource-Rich

Published in January 2009, Lifehack.org lists 21 Entrepreneurship web-sites and categorizes them by Blogs, web applications, and resource sites.

Bootstrapper lists 52 creative ways to find new clients. This website provides hundreds of other lists, too.

Smallbizresource.com is an IT blog for small businesses. This article provides links to its most popular blogs of 2008.


A Few Notes about Blogging

There are many reasons why people blog (e.g. develop an online presence, contribute to their chosen field or profession, or augment one's resum).

For those thinking of blogging as a way to earn a living, problogger.net is an excellent resource. Darren Rowse explains How to make money from blogs and How much bloggers earn. The articles are a little dated, but his points are well-made.