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fund raising recipe books

RECIPE BOOK sharing FAVORITE family recipes fund raising program COOKBOOK 1991 $9.00

Curious George Makes Pancakes $0.20 Every year George and the Man with the Yellow Hat attend the pancake breakfast to benefit the children’s hospital. Always curious, George finds his way to the pancake table. After making some of the most interesting pancakes the crowd has ever seen, George gets into even more monkey mischief. Activities include coloring, fun facts, and funny faces pancake recipe….

Good Housekeeping The Great Bake Sale Cookbook: 75 Sure-Fire Fund-Raising Favorites $5.94 Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Good Housekeeping the Great Bake Sale CookbookAuthor: Good Housekeeping Institute (EDT)Publisher: Sterling Pub Co IncPublication Date: 2009/10/06Number of Pages: 176Binding Type: HARDCOVERLibrary of Congress: …

Tables Of Content: Recollections and Recipes from the New York Public Library’s Benefit Dinners $7.44 A behind-the-scenes peek at one of New York City’s most esteemed charity traditions discusses the biennial series of dinner parties benefitting the New York Public Library. 15,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo….

How Did I Become an Entrepreneur?

Date: June 26th 2009

How Did I Become an Entrepreneur?

I have been asked by many of my friends and colleagues the question:

“How did you manage to leave the good old Hitech life, with a very comfortable and respected position as an executive, to start your own company and achieve success? Can you give us any tips?”

Although now a days, with the economical crisis and uncertainty, it may not be bad to be “stuck” in such a job working for a large company. Personally, after a long and demanding Hitech career as an employee, with a few “almost” huge startup exits, I have decided that it is time to take my destiny into my own hands and do the things that I like doing.

I have opened my own company (www.HitechStrategies.com) which helps many hitech startups and ventures to reach success and at the same time provides me with a nice steady income; I have become an entrepreneur; I have founded and joined several startup ventures as a part time partner or advisor; I have been teaching entrepreneurship and international marketing at several educational institutions (including Tel Aviv University’s MBA program); I coach several dozen entrepreneurs and CEOs of early stage startups; I connect investors and startups…I will stop here, I think you got the point.

As you can see, I enjoy a very diversified and exciting living, very different from the long days at my office as a hitech executive.

As for tips, it is difficult to provide a school-book recipe, but I can say that each person has to find their own niche that they feel good about and provide value. It does take some guts and entrepreneurship and a will power to take a risk and start over, even at a cost of having a lower income temporarily. Here are some of my retrospective insights:

Networking

One big tip is to take yourself out of the office and start networking and reconnect with friends and professional colleagues. This is usually the first step in exposing yourself to new ideas and opportunities. Find out what others are doing; maybe even find a partner or a venture to join. As I think back to my career, I sometimes wonder how I got myself so entangled in my day to day work, that I was almost unaware of things that were going on outside my domain. Not to mention the relationships and contacts that were neglected.

There have been many articles and a lot of buzz about networking in recent years. I find it quite straight forward and not as elaborate as some make it to be. Of course, not everyone is going to be a networking Guru or what Malcolm Gladwell, in his great book “The Tipping Point” called a “Connector”. But, even so, just meeting up with old acquaintances and going to several industry and networking events, will make a huge difference. You will be surprised how talking to people outside your daily work circle, will broaden your horizons and uncover new ideas and opportunities.

Training

Another good tip is to enroll in one of the many entrepreneurship course and forums that are out there. If you are like me and have worked as an employee all your life, you probably have never opened your own business, or issued an invoice to a customer. You can of course Google and read about everything in the Internet, but I recommend that you take a course that will give you an overview of everything you need to know to start your own business or startup company. This will include things such as: the legal aspects of establishing a company, business or a founders partnership agreement, fund-raising and funding sources (there are many government incentives to help you start without spending your own money), accounting and financial aspects of running a business, tax issues, IP and patent filing, creating a business plan, building a team, marketing and sales (online and offline), etc.

These courses are usually short (3-4 months), not time consuming (can be done on a one evening a week basis) and not expensive. The key benefit, other than the studies, is that you will hear from entrepreneurs’ own personal experience, talking about how they did it, and you will meet many people like you who are thinking about or are already starting their own companies.

Follow your aspirations

Each one of us has a special unique set of qualities, talents, knowledge and experience that we can foster to excel in that or the other. We are usually good at what we do or have done, but some of us also have dreams and aspirations to do other things that we have not had the time or the opportunity to try. Others feel they have exhausted their occupation and are looking for something that will make them more excited and fulfilled. Well, it is never too late to try something new. What is the worst that can happen? You might not succeed, but at least you know you tried. And, you can always go back to what you were doing before. Or, you may actually be doing what you really like and always wanted to do; that is already a great feeling. And yes, you might even really succeed in it.

Be patient and keep at it

Starting a new venture is not easy; it takes a lot of work and passion. And, it does not happen overnight. So, you should be patient with yourself and not expect everything to go quickly and smoothly. In the beginning, you might need to live on no or very little income and even use up some of your savings. If you are not in a position to do that, you may elect to stay in your current job and to work on your startup during your off-work hours (nights and weekends) or you may change to a part time job. The key is to work through the challenges, move forward, step by step, and not to get discouraged on the way. If you keep at it, you will eventually reach your goals.

Do your homework; get help from experts

Like any business decision, before you are about to invest your time and resources to startup a new venture, you should do your homework. If you think you have a great idea (e.g. the next “Facebook” or “iPhone”), you should research your target market and competition. You need to validate that there is a real need for your idea and that it will have a distinct advantage over existing alternatives. You should talk to key opinion leaders and customers in your market in order to confirm this. Finally, you should create a business plan so you have a clear understanding as to what it takes to develop your product or service and how much funding will you need. If this is the first time you are doing this, you are better off getting help from experts or consultants who can do this (i.e. prepare a business plan) for you or with you, to ensure you are not making critical mistakes and that your venture has the maximum chances to succeed.

Finally, great rewards for your efforts

If you do decide to startup your own venture and you manage to get through the obstacles, you will realize some great benefits:

• Being your own boss and in control of your life
  
  Since I have become an entrepreneur, I can really focus on doing what I want and what I think can be beneficial to me or to my company (this is not usually the case if you are an employee). I am also fortunate to try many things that I have never had the time to do.
  
• Being able to balance work, family and social life
  
  Being an entrepreneur does enable you to be much more flexible with your time. You can make time for your family whenever they need you, spend more time with friends and take on hobbies. If needed, you can compensate for it by working at night after the kids went to bed or by simply working more efficiently.
  
• Working from home

  One of the main benefits of being independent is that you can work from home anytime you want and you don’t need to ask for your boss’s permission. I have set up a very comfortable fully equipped home- office, so I can choose to work from home and be very productive; I also avoid 1-2 hours of driving to/from work in traffic on any given day.

• Re-kindle all your friendships and professional contacts

  Another great benefit is that I was able to enjoy more social time with friends and 
  colleagues and build my professional network; that helps a lot with generating leads and opportunities.

• Benefit from the fruits of your success
  
  With in a year from the time I had started my venture, I managed to surpass the level of income that I had when I was working as an executive in a hitech company. I also have stocks in several startups that I hope will one day be worth millions.
  
• Enjoy fulfilling your aspirations and doing what you love

  Need I say more?

The writer is an ex veteran hitech executive, turned an entrepreneur and serves as the managing director of HitechStrategies.

For more information, you may contact:

Boaz Gruener

www.HitechStrategies.com

Email: boaz@HitechStrategies.com

 

About the Author

Recipe Format – Successful School Fundraising Ideas & Church Fundraising Ideas

RECIPE BOOK sharing FAVORITE family recipes fund raising program COOKBOOK 1991 $9.00

Curious George Makes Pancakes $0.20 Every year George and the Man with the Yellow Hat attend the pancake breakfast to benefit the children’s hospital. Always curious, George finds his way to the pancake table. After making some of the most interesting pancakes the crowd has ever seen, George gets into even more monkey mischief. Activities include coloring, fun facts, and funny faces pancake recipe….

Good Housekeeping The Great Bake Sale Cookbook: 75 Sure-Fire Fund-Raising Favorites $5.94 Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Good Housekeeping the Great Bake Sale CookbookAuthor: Good Housekeeping Institute (EDT)Publisher: Sterling Pub Co IncPublication Date: 2009/10/06Number of Pages: 176Binding Type: HARDCOVERLibrary of Congress: …

Tables Of Content: Recollections and Recipes from the New York Public Library’s Benefit Dinners $7.44 A behind-the-scenes peek at one of New York City’s most esteemed charity traditions discusses the biennial series of dinner parties benefitting the New York Public Library. 15,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo….