by Elena Mutonono | Jun 8, 2017 | Business creativity, Teacherpreneur, Teacherpreneurship
“Don’t ever lie to yourself.” I’ve always found this phrase mysterious and scary. It would caution me against something I had no control over or would not have been able to spot on my own: I mean, how are you supposed to know that you’re lying to...
by Elena Mutonono | Feb 23, 2017 | Teacherpreneur, Teacherpreneurship
Do you remember the saying “always a bridesmaid but never a bride?” It first appeared in the US in 1925, thanks to the Listerine mouthwash commercial (implying that women who used it had better chances of getting married). It is widely used these days to speak...
by Elena Mutonono | Feb 16, 2017 | Small business story, Teacher Training, Teacherpreneur, Teacherpreneurship
Monetizing your blog can challenge us, online teachers. This is where our scarcity mindset kicks in: I can’t monetize, it may turn off my readers. I want to monetize, but I don’t know how. I want to launch a product, but would people buy it? Not too...
by Elena Mutonono | Feb 2, 2017 | Teacherpreneur, Teacherpreneurship
I have a confession to make. It’s my secret obsession and my other big passion, almost as big as online teacherpreneurship. It’s the Ukrainian version of the Voice show. Does it sound pathetic? Once a year as the next season is starting, I’m there, every Sunday...
by Elena Mutonono | Jan 26, 2017 | Teacherpreneur, Teacherpreneurship
I know I won’t be able to sell that many guides, so why should I create an automated system of delivery? This question lost me in my tracks. I was suggesting to an online teacher how he could revise the system to deliver his digital guides to his customers so...
by Elena Mutonono | Jan 12, 2017 | Teacherpreneur, Teacherpreneurship
Remember the very first lesson you taught? Mine is etched into my memory with the searing iron (of shame). I had thought teaching was a piece of cake, especially teaching a group of kindergartners. All I had to do was repeat what my favorite teacher did, step...