Business 101

Entrepreneurial leaders do not have a mindset that adapts to failure. Things go wrong, of course, but entrepreneurs don´t call them "failures" they call them "glitches, mistakes, bungles, setbacks" – but not failing.

When one such entrepreneur was asked about the hardest decision he ever had to make, he answered that he didn´t know what a hard decision was. An entrepreneur will approach decision-making with the idea that there´s a strong likelihood that he/she will be wrong. This doesn´t dissuade them – to the contrary they just do the best they can and worry about handling obstacles as they arise.

Here's a few entrepreneurs:

Technology Training, Inc., was founded in 1962 to provide specialized technical continuing education to industry, government and military.

TTi offers technical / engineering short courses, all based on design, measurement, calibration and testing for hardware quality and reliability. A complete listing of courses is available at www.ttiedu.com. Open courses are scheduled throughout the year at our Las Vegas training facility, as well as throughout the US and Canada in selected cities and locations, often in a hosted type arrangement at client facilities. Additionally, TTi provides dedicated on‐site courses at client facilities based on their demand and scheduling needs. Students who attend a series of TTi courses and complete a thesis can earn a TTi Specialist Certificate in one of several subject areas. Our instructors come from government and industry and offer a practical, applications oriented approach to the subject matter.

Brian Slattery www.ttiedu.com

Lizwe Engineers offers design, installation and maintenance of Mechanical, Electrical & Building services in the Public, Retail, Industrial, Commercial and Leisure sectors.

For new construction, renovations and preventative maintenance, our Mechanical, Electrical, Retail and Construction Team departments are ready to serve you.

Benjamin Mqenebe www.lizwe-engineers.co.za

The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum is one of only 12 official Navy Museums across the country. Naval Air Station Patuxent River is the U.S. Navy´s center of excellence for aircraft research, testing and evaluation, and this Museum tells the testing story with actual test aircraft, test models, and artifacts related to the development of Naval aircraft.

Inside exhibits feature audio-visual and "hands-on" displays, providing visitors with an overview of the technical processes for testing aeronautical systems and components … and much more! Outside are display aircraft that can be viewed up close. The display aircraft are actual test articles or representative of types that were tested at Patuxent River.

The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum www.history.navy.mil/museums/paxmuseum

Baby SherpaR, Alpha SherpaT and Short Haul SherpaT are high quality, versatile backpacks that simply out-pack the competition. Technically and ergonomically designed, they are non-toxic, PVC and lead free. Safety tested and consumer compliant, they are a favorite with active parents the world over.

Baby SherpaR is a leading edge designer of gear-carrying solutions designed to simplify and help organize active families. They also manufacture Safe2Go "Kiddie Karacter" safety harnesses. Founded in 2002, they have received various juvenile product awards for excellence and innovation. Offices are located in Winfield, Illinois and Stony Mountain, Manitoba, Canada.

Heather Campbell-Dewar www.babysherpa.com

Guru Day Trader is about building a community, a social network where novice traders can communicate and share ideas with professional traders who have proven themselves in the trading arena. For the first time, people who are just starting out trading, or just looking for an edge to improve upon their own strategies can trade alongside the best in the business! Success for new traders is hard enough to achieve without having to sort through the plethora of information available today. Especially, when most sources are overwhelming and lack credibility. The success rate for people who begin to trade stocks is low, 9 out of 10 will probably fail in their attempt to become a profitable trader.

GuruDayTrader.com is going to put the odds in your favor by allowing traders who are just starting out and even those traders who are on the cusp of becoming successful to virtually work alongside our Guru Traders! Our Gurus are professional traders who currently trade in various funds and also mentor beginning traders like yourselves. They have accumulated decades of trading experience and each one makes six to seven-figure incomes consistently. They are willing to take time to pave the way for you to achieve your trading goals.

Nate Reizis www.Gurudaytrader.com

Since 1978, Duro-Last® Roofing, Inc. has manufactured a custom-prefabricated, reinforced, thermoplastic single-ply roofing system that is ideal for any flat or low-sloped commercial, industrial or institutional application. Extremely durable and easily installed without disruption to building operations, the Duro-Last roofing system is also leak-proof, resistant to chemicals, fire and high winds, and virtually maintenance-free. Our highly-reflective white membrane delivers real energy cost savings and can also help in obtaining credits toward LEED and LEED-EB certification.

A new Duro-Last roof is ideal for retrofit applications, and can often be installed over an existing roof without an expensive tear-off. Backed by the roofing industry´s best warranties, over a billion and a half square feet of Duro-Last membrane have been installed on buildings of all types throughout North America. Duro-Last´s reputation for quality stems from long-term, steady company ownership, a time-tested product formulation, and a highly-refined installation method that relies on dependable, authorized contractors.

Fred Sitter www.duro-last.com