Brooks said a team once spent the day pouring over the books at an unprofitable hobby shop. It turned out the landlord was doing okay, but she wasn't. In another case, a start-up toymaker dreamed of inventing boardgames for children ages five to eight years old. She didn't realize, that in doing something like this, she faced competition from Hasbro and other major game companies. In the fast-changing workplace, technology is also a major issue facing small business owners, many of whom grapple with very different problems.
Technology is very perplexing.
Plus in Boston, offers individual day long or five-day courses to train entrepreneurs as a system's engineer or solution developer. Just picking up the Yellow Pages is real risky. Feeley, the laid-off Malden Mills worker, hasn't reached the phase yet where she is worried about competition. She's invested in a new computer for her home and has started networking with business women's group to jump-start a new career. I've been out of work since last July, but I think with some help, I can get myself going.