Posts Tagged Entrepreneurs

Excellent Explanation!

Jim Houtz August 3, 2011
Excellent Explanation!

Readers, I invite you to view the video Are You Kidding Me posted by drjgarvin on YouTube. I really appreciate his ‘telling it like it is’ commentary from the perspective of a business owner. He makes some very good points and gives a clear explanation of current issues affecting entrepreneurs in America. I really enjoyed watching [...]

Wynn Will No Longer Back Obama

Jim Houtz July 28, 2011
Wynn Will No Longer Back Obama

The following is an interesting article from Investors Business Daily I would like to share with my readers.

Wynn’s Rant: One Among Many
Posted 07/19/2011 06:50 PM ET
Business: Las Vegas CEO Steve Wynn drew attention for a boardroom rant denouncing the intolerable business climate fostered by the White House. He’s hardly the first. What’s happening is [...]

Helping Businesses Create Jobs

Jim Houtz July 18, 2011
Helping Businesses Create Jobs

In my previous post “Keeping Business Competitive” I identified seven items that would help increase jobs in the United States. The items are as follows:
1. Lowering the corporate tax rate.
2. Implementing an energy plan.
3. Repealing Obama care.
4. Strengthening intellectual property rights.
5. Reducing regulatory burden.
6. Completing and implementing trade agreements.
7. Positive action this year’s deficit reductions.
The issues [...]

Dare to Dream

Jim Houtz April 20, 2011
Dare to Dream

(Excerpt from Dare to Dream in “Seize the American Dream” available now.)
“Seize the American Dream,” is a simple directive that easily evokes images of financial freedom and success. However, an entrepreneur’s definition has a few more facets, specifically building something from nothing and making a difference in the process. For an entrepreneur seizing the American [...]

Congressional Election Changes and their Impact on Business

Jim Houtz November 18, 2010
Congressional Election Changes and their Impact on Business

I think the newly elected Congress will be very significant and positive. Positive for the nation, positive for jobs and positive for a return to emphasis on the business community.
During the last two years our nation has been torn apart by the recession. The administration’s insistence on berating just about every [...]

“A Call to Action”, an Excerpt from My New Book, Grow The Entrepreneurial Dream

Jim Houtz September 8, 2010

This blog is an excerpt from the Preface in my new book entitled “Grow The Entrepreneurial Dream”, due on book shelves in early 2011.
“A CALL TO ACTION”
Something is going on in America right now. I’ve been writing about it for the past year and thinking about it for the past several. It’s [...]

Integrity, an Excerpt from My New Book, Grow The Entrepreneurial Dream

Jim Houtz September 1, 2010
 Integrity, an Excerpt from My New Book, Grow The Entrepreneurial Dream

This blog is an excerpt from chapter three of my new book entitled “Grow The Entrepreneurial Dream”, due on book shelves in early 2011.
INTEGRITY
Integrity is one of those difficult concepts that make talking about it—even writing about it—a bit of a challenge. First of all, most people don’t like talking about [...]

Job Creation vs. Job Destruction

Jim Houtz August 30, 2010
 Job Creation vs. Job Destruction

Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan both inherited recessions when they became President. And both men initiated several programs which promoted entrepreneurship and small business. The end result of their efforts were tremendous increases in jobs in the private sector.
Our current Administration has been unable to make much of a [...]