tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896929894340022302024-08-30T07:45:44.807-07:00*Helping your business, find new business!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989692989434002230.post-72140490690392731292011-10-12T12:47:00.000-07:002012-10-19T09:09:32.612-07:00<i>This post is a continuation from last weeks post &quot;<a href="http://asteriskmmt.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-entrepreneur-was-born.html">How an entrepreneur was born</a>&quot; about my childhood inspiration for becoming an entrepreneur.</i><br> <h3> My First Business Venture - Hot Lunch and Pixie Stix</h3> <i>Fast forward two years to the start of 6th grade. </i><br> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ExyU3BvM1Q4t6gDKbGjArC0vlXGJXOmokShz1NnXC5NFa6Ifr3ZMaD-J2TpW1oRdejFSbt9SN-nxhqRYss_u3M83Yc8pystf8OHcbF_mfdIRu7I6KYAvWcWYxd33yUAgXmOflQ7WvA/s1600/pixystix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: .5em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ExyU3BvM1Q4t6gDKbGjArC0vlXGJXOmokShz1NnXC5NFa6Ifr3ZMaD-J2TpW1oRdejFSbt9SN-nxhqRYss_u3M83Yc8pystf8OHcbF_mfdIRu7I6KYAvWcWYxd33yUAgXmOflQ7WvA/s200/pixystix.jpg" width="200"></a></div> Like most kids in my middle school, I wanted to eat the &quot;hot&quot; lunches served by the cafeteria, but I was only able to convince my parents to give me the $1.75 once a week for Pizza Fridays! Not happy watching my classmates eat chicken nuggets, tater-tots and Sloppy Joe&#39;s while I was force-feeding myself the 4th turkey and cheese sandwich of the week, I decided to take matters into my own hands. <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://asteriskmmt.blogspot.com/2011/10/hot-lunch-and-pixie-stix-part-2-of-how.html#more">Read full post »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989692989434002230.post-54411524342289201432011-10-12T10:03:00.000-07:002012-10-19T09:08:37.861-07:00<div class="nodecontent"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140157352/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=smsomedimabl-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0140157352"><br> </a></div> <h3> Nature vs. Nurture</h3> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKq7yu43fiezzmzcMPXG4xhdZxkzsryUmtYx3PcrycsZpxLQXU3LcjM6Qch3wa-yH8aAw3W7JFA1cnrLv1Lv2mTh_R5J73ouHLP18ky6RNd3zKrE-TlWVa7RzERln7Iis5iHT02frWmw/s1600/naturevnurture.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKq7yu43fiezzmzcMPXG4xhdZxkzsryUmtYx3PcrycsZpxLQXU3LcjM6Qch3wa-yH8aAw3W7JFA1cnrLv1Lv2mTh_R5J73ouHLP18ky6RNd3zKrE-TlWVa7RzERln7Iis5iHT02frWmw/s200/naturevnurture.jpg" width="200"></a>Many entrepreneurs will tell you they can trace their inspiration back to a specific event, others will tell you they were born with the entrepreneur’s spirit already burning. In my case, I think it was a little of both!<br> With 4 doctors, 3 lawyers and 20+ master’s degrees in my immediate/1^st degree family, I don’t think it is bragging to say my family has some good genes!<br> <h3> </h3></div></div></div></div><a href="http://asteriskmmt.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-entrepreneur-was-born.html#more">Read full post »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989692989434002230.post-331974282492586782011-10-12T08:51:00.000-07:002011-12-15T11:46:01.160-08:00<h3> Hello and Welcome!</h3> <i>This is the first post on my blog about social media and digital marketing for small and midsized business. If you are interested in learning how to leverage digital and social media for your company, please consider subscribing to this <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/SocialMediaAndDigitalMarketingTipsToolsForSmallBusinessOwners">blog&#39;s RSS feed</a>. </i><br> <h3> </h3> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRUp5FN73aXifpAmTGThfsYzVZdd72OlwPeZDJir_k3dJ4MGvE4euieONXfR6gN2nhvWQEI8jQX0yWoQCGNpi5e9aXNPpI-OOppwOCgq7xmWkjOEWJ3ZWphiLd4TQYnzwY0XVWl7HUA/s1600/ARandGFclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRUp5FN73aXifpAmTGThfsYzVZdd72OlwPeZDJir_k3dJ4MGvE4euieONXfR6gN2nhvWQEI8jQX0yWoQCGNpi5e9aXNPpI-OOppwOCgq7xmWkjOEWJ3ZWphiLd4TQYnzwY0XVWl7HUA/s200/ARandGFclose.jpg" width="175"></a></div> <h3> </h3> <h3> About the Author</h3> My name is Andrew Rowland and I am the CEO and Founder of Asterisk Marketing, Media &amp; Technology Consulting, a <a href="http://marketingconsulting.co/">marketing consulting for small and midsized businesses (SMBs)</a>. We are focused on helping the owners of small and midsized businesses better understand digital marketing and social media, and learn how to effectively leverage them to grow their brands. <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i> </i></span><br> <div style="text-align: right;"> <br></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Pictured above: George Foreman (</i></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Boxer) </i></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>and Andrew Rowland</i> (</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Asterisk MMT Founder &amp; CEO)</i></span></div> <br> <a href="http://asteriskmmt.blogspot.com/2011/10/welcome-to-small-business-blog.html#more">Read full post »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com