My Entrepreneurship Journey

E-Myth Part 1 – The first thing I learned is that every one of us has a Technician, Manager and Entrepreneur in us. And all of them are fighting to see who gets to be in control. Second - to be a good business owner we should be all three equally and that will take time. Third - a business should grow naturally, or it is doomed to fail. I will have to take these principles and get out of my comfort zone and learn how to do things outside of my business to be able to help my business thrive. To help myself thrive, I need to be a well-rounded person. I will also need to know when it is time to hire other people and train them in their roles. Selecting a Business to Buy – My favorite thing I learned about buying a business is doing a Decision Matrix. I love that I set the criteria and then compare three or more business or ideas on the same spreadsheet. Then I can easily choose which one I think would be best for my goals. Case Study - Concrete Specialist Inc. – I learne...

My Professional Project- Capstone Class for my BS in Professional Studies has been completed. Check out my Linked In page and check out the Project Profile on it.  Transcribing Revolutionary War Pensions for the National Archives Transcribing Revolutionary War Pensions for the National Archives May 2025 - Jun 2025 May 2025 - Jun 2025 Associated with Brigham Young University - Idaho Associated with Brigham Young University - Idaho My project was both a volunteer project and a professional development project all rolled into one. For the volunteer aspect of my project, I was able to become a “Civilian Archivist” (term used by the National Archives for the volunteers in their volunteer program) to volunteer online to help the National Archives transcribe their older documents from cursive to print. For the professional development project, the goal was to practice my transcribing and reading old handwriting for my own Family History Research Business to keep those skills of mine sharp...

I am looking into Local Author Book Festivals to see if I can get into them as a vender to sell my book. Or at least get it out there more. I have found and submitted an application to the Wasatch Back Book Festival: Local Author Portion. This will be held at the Park City Public Library,  1255 Park Ave, Park City Utah 84060,  October 3-5, 2025. I need to take a book to them ASAP (By Aug 1, I will probably get this done this week or next week) to donate and for them to review for my application. I also found out that there is a huge Book Festival in Salt Lake City. I will have to contact the Utah Humanities Office in SLC to get more information. I think this also happens in the fall. https://utahhumanities.org/programs/center-for-the-book/book-festival Utah Humanities 202 West 300 North Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 Phone: 801.359.9670 I hope that the Wasatch Back and the Salk Lake City book festivals are not on the same weekend. If that happens I will have to choose on or the ot...