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Mentors play a key role in helping teach entrepreneurs about themselves and their businesses. Having a mentor will help business owners avoid common startup mistakes, run a lean operation, set goals, and master the art of running a company. More often than not, I’ve found that established entrepreneurs love to share their knowledge and experience [...]
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You’ve seen the ads on television. Fuzzy-headed Alpacas and happy people talking about how Alpacas changed their lives. You might have wondered what the fuss is about. Debbie Jesse can tell you. She and her husband Steve breed and sell Alpacas on their 20-acre ranch west of Four Corners, called Bozeman Alpaca Traders.
“The fiber [...]
Continue Reading →Countless volumes have been written over the years about the causes of failure. I thought I would explore the other side of this issue and speculate on the causes of success. Why are Border’s Books, Linens and Things, and Circuit City out of business yet their chief competitors, Barnes & Noble, Bed, Bath and Beyond, [...]
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If necessity is the mother of invention, inspiration is certainly the father. Lloyd Lautzenhiser, one of the inventors of the Walk’n’Chair™, was originally inspired by the needs of his grandfather, a farmer, who needed a mobility solution that would work in unconventional terrain, such as a field or meadow.
More recently, he [...]
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When he began, Dave Lockie needed a pug mill but he couldn’t afford the price tag, so he build one himself, using photos as a guide. Thirty years later, it’s still going strong, processing clay for the pottery studio.
The clay, used in production, is delivered twice a year from the Archie [...]
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Alexa Calio, owner of Refuge Building, knows consumers are concerned with saving money. While people are convinced of the health benefits of using green products, they hesitate because they’re afraid it’s unaffordable. She wants to educate consumers about how going green can keep their wallets healthy, too.
Calio purchased the company in 2010, and brought [...]
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You’d be surprised where some of the largest companies in the world started their businesses. Companies including Microsoft and Hewlett Packard bootstrapped and started out of their homes. So have many of the successful companies based in Bozeman. There is nothing wrong with starting in your spare bedroom, garage, or living room. Anyone with an [...]
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An old, rural airport near Emigrant may not be the first place you think of to call home or headquarters for your handmade journal business, but that’s exactly what Katie Clemons, 29, is doing. Part of the airport’s hangar is being adapted to create both a studio space for Gadanke.com, Clemons’ online journal business, and [...]
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