Author Archives: Evan Prieskop

You Get What You Pay For?

Keep up with Elise and her story of becoming a successful entrepreneur:

What do you Know?
Education
Just Notes
Golden Numbers
How Much?
Neither Borrower nor Lender Be
Walking Many Paths
Horse Trading
Three Card Monty
It is All Shelly’s Idea
The Party Line
The Big Meeting

“Wait a minute, two and a half percent?”
“Yes ma’am.”
Elise had never in her life been [...]

Oh, What’s in a Name?

In a previous column I wrote about my current business’s success in raising monetary and material donations for the school, just by asking for aid and clearly explaining what was needed.
A few weeks ago, we set out to raise more money. This time it had to be cash, cement blocks [...]

The Sun’ll come out…

Here’s a question for you established entrepreneurs: if starting capital were not an issue, would you be doing the same thing right now?
This is a fantasy scenario. If someone had, the day before you committed yourself to your current venture, offered you a blank check and said, “Do anything you [...]