Common Soles is an act of entrepreneurialism. We identified an opportunity and assembled needed resources to get this venture up and going. For us, that was the easy part. The hard part is now sustaining the venture!  In our journey to build the organization we have come across and met up with several other entrepreneurs, as well as taken calls and meetings with budding entrepreneurs all over. Often the topic is “how did you get started?”, or “what are the basic tools I need to get this thing up and going?” What has come out of all these interactions is what I’m calling the Entrepreneur’s Tool Box, or basically the tools that are nice to have at hand to anyone starting a business, regardless of industry or type.

Note: I recently saw an interesting slide show that Inc. did on this topic. It’s worth checking out as well.