Maybe you're not having a midlife crisis.
Maybe you're having a business idea.
Maybe you've left a career you were good at.
Maybe people keep asking you for help with something you take for granted.
Maybe you've accumulated knowledge that could be useful to someone else.
Or maybe you simply know you're ready for something different—but you haven't figured out what
Don't start with a business idea. Start with you.
One thing I learned after fifteen years of working with entrepreneurs is that good business ideas don't always arrive as bolts of inspiration.
Often they're hiding inside things you already know how to do.
What do you know?
Experience, expertise, and lessons you've accumulated.
What do you do unusually well?
Especially the things you assume are easy because they're easy for you.
What do you care enough about to keep doing?
Interest matters more than people sometimes admit.
What problem can you solve for someone else?
That's where an interesting idea begins becoming a business.
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Quick Tips
Short ideas for any business owner, no matter where you are in your journey.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF BUSINESS IDEAS
For more than fifteen years, I worked with thousands of entrepreneurs through the Small Business Development Center.
I saw businesses succeed. I saw businesses fail. I watched people chase opportunities that weren't right for them—and others turn very ordinary skills and experience into businesses that changed their lives.
Eventually, I became less interested in the question “What's the hottest business to start?”
I became much more interested in:
“What is the right business for this particular person?”
That's what Next Act Entrepreneur is about.
THE NEXT ACT LETTER
Once a month or so, I'll send you something useful about choosing a business, starting one, marketing it, using AI wisely, dealing with customers—or figuring out whether entrepreneurship is even the right next move. No hustle culture. No promises that you'll make six figures while sleeping. Just useful ideas from someone who's spent a lot of time around small businesses.
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