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DaveTheNurse Webinar June 22: The Home Care Business Boom - How to Capitalize on It!

DaveTheNurse Webinar June 22: The Home Care Business Boom - How to Capitalize on It!

Looking to move into the home health care business? Then it’s time to jump onto the 2nd webinar in the series “The Home Care Business Boom - How to Capitalize on It” with entrepreneur...

Matt June 18, 2021
Driving Growth in the Home Healthcare Business Boom

Driving Growth in the Home Healthcare Business Boom

The entrepreneurial opportunity for a home healthcare business is very real, and DaveTheNurse is a leading advocate to help entrepreneurs to start their own businesses.  DaveTheNurse hosted an initial Home Healthcare Business Webinar in...

Dave Soltau June 14, 2021
Collaborating With a Medicare-Certified Agency - Q&A Friday

Collaborating With a Medicare-Certified Agency - Q&A Friday

Hi, DaveTheNurse here with the Health & Wealth Academy. Today is Q& A Friday, and today’s question “As a non-medical home health agency owner, what is the benefit to us working with a Medicare-certified...

Dave Soltau May 14, 2021
Using Snappa to Design Online Graphics 

Using Snappa to Design Online Graphics 

Hi, it’s DaveTheNurse, and in today’s Throwback Thursday clip, we go back to when I first started using Snappa, a design tool that helps you create and share design collateral.  I started to use...

Dave Soltau May 13, 2021
Handling Early Challenges with Your New Business

Handling Early Challenges with Your New Business

I promise you as you continue on this journey, it’s only going to get easier. But in the beginning, everything is hard. All work challenges we have at the onset may seem difficult at...

Dave Soltau May 12, 2021
Receiving the Articles of Incorporation for a New Business

Receiving the Articles of Incorporation for a New Business

As you might recall, last week I shared info about how I used INCfile to set up my LLC. In this week’s short clip, it’s all about figuring out the timing about the articles...

Dave Soltau May 11, 2021
Education Vs. Experience

Education Vs. Experience

Which matters more - education or experience?  Academics are important, but a go-forward attitude combined with work experience is necessary. Don’t let a lack of education slow you down.  Some of the most successful...

Dave Soltau May 10, 2021
How Are You Currently Marketing Your Business in 2021? - Q&A Friday

How Are You Currently Marketing Your Business in 2021? - Q&A Friday

Hi, DaveTheNurse here with the Health & Wealth Academy. Today is Q&A Friday and today’s question is: “In 2021, How are you currently marketing your business?” Great question! Today’s world is a very different...

Dave Soltau May 7, 2021
Using Upwork to Hire Virtual Assistants and Knowing To Fix Mistakes

Using Upwork to Hire Virtual Assistants and Knowing To Fix Mistakes

Hi, it’s DaveTheNurse, and in today’s Throwback Thursday clip, we go back to Memorial Day weekend 2020 to share a story about mistakes I made using Upwork.  I used Upwork to hire virtual assistants...

Dave Soltau May 6, 2021
Planning and Preparing for Success as an Healthcare Entrepreneur

Planning and Preparing for Success as an Healthcare Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs - do you know the steps you need to take as soon as you’ve picked a business name, set up your LLC, established a business bank account, and gotten your first few clients? ...

Dave Soltau May 5, 2021
Setting up an LLC using INCfile

Setting up an LLC using INCfile

I’m grateful to you for checking in with me to learn more about starting your own home healthcare business!  If you want to start your own home healthcare staffing business, you will need to...

Dave Soltau May 4, 2021
Teachable Moments of Realizing That Attitude is Everything in 2021

Teachable Moments of Realizing That Attitude is Everything in 2021

Have you ever met someone with a complete and utter disregard for their work and the people they work with? In today’s A-HAW moment, I cover a story about a nurse who had a...

Dave Soltau May 3, 2021
What is Aging in Place and How is it Important for Seniors?

What is Aging in Place and How is it Important for Seniors?

Today is Q&A Friday, and today’s question for the aspiring home healthcare entrepreneurs out there is “What is ‘Aging in Place’, and how important is it for our seniors?” Great question! For senior adults,...

Dave Soltau April 30, 2021
Discovering Loom to Create Video Content

Discovering Loom to Create Video Content

In this week’s Throwback Thursday clip, I share a bit about how I use Loom, a cool web tool that has allowed me to create and upload videos on the fly. I used this...

Dave Soltau April 29, 2021
Sales Collateral, Rubber Balls and Marketing Your Company

Sales Collateral, Rubber Balls and Marketing Your Company

New entrepreneurs, you know what marketing collateral is, right? That’s all the marketing pieces for the branding of your business. This starts with your logo, a video, Facebook page, business cards, website, brochures, signage,...

Dave Soltau April 28, 2021
How to Get Your Business Off the Ground

How to Get Your Business Off the Ground

I’m grateful to you for checking in with me! Thank you for watching my clips and learning from my tips and insights on how to start your own home healthcare staffing business. I wish...

Dave Soltau April 27, 2021
How Do You Deal with Last Minute Call-Offs? Q&A Friday

How Do You Deal with Last Minute Call-Offs? Q&A Friday

Today is Friday, and that means I’ve got a Q&A for all you entrepreneurs out there looking to start a home healthcare staffing business. Today’s question is “How do you deal with last-minute call-offs?” ...

Dave Soltau April 23, 2021
Capturing the 3 Personas of DaveTheNurse

Capturing the 3 Personas of DaveTheNurse

You’ve got a brand, you’ve made your company logo, and now you need to shoot some pics of yourself, as the face of your entrepreneurial brand. Today’s Throwback Thursday clip looks back to last...

Dave Soltau April 22, 2021
What Does It Take To Close Business - You Are A Solicitor

What Does It Take To Close Business - You Are A Solicitor

In the section I introduced several things to you: initial collateral whether to write a business plan or not  some options to give money to fund your dream  as well as the most important...

Dave Soltau April 21, 2021
Remember That There Are 100 Ways to Skin a Cat and Ways to Accomplish Tasks

Remember That There Are 100 Ways to Skin a Cat and Ways to Accomplish Tasks

Today’s A-HAW Moment is about a former nurse I knew who could no longer manage patients because it was too physically hard for her. Instead, she started to move into nursing instruction.  She recommended...

Dave Soltau April 21, 2021
Importance of Understanding The Cost of Setting Up Your LLC

Importance of Understanding The Cost of Setting Up Your LLC

I’ve started multiple businesses over the past 20 years and have used lawyers to handle many of the legalities around forming an LLC and other things. Using a lawyer for these services can cost...

Dave Soltau April 20, 2021
Sometimes Laughter is the Best Medicine for Patients

Sometimes Laughter is the Best Medicine for Patients

We all have heard that ‘laughter is the best medicine’ and in nursing circles, it’s absolutely true. Humor in the ER is important for nurses and medical professionals. My ability to laugh WITH patients...

Dave Soltau April 19, 2021
Q&A Friday - Do you Hire Employees as 1099s?

Q&A Friday - Do you Hire Employees as 1099s?

Hi, DaveTheNurse here on Q&A Friday - We’ve got a great question from Kelsey today, who asks “Do you hire employees as 1099s?” Thanks, Kelsey! In our experience, we have used some people as...

Dave Soltau April 16, 2021
Turning Your Dreams into Reality - When Your Efforts Become Daunting

Turning Your Dreams into Reality - When Your Efforts Become Daunting

Today’s Throwback Thursday clip looks back at a moment last year when I was feeling blessed and a little overwhelmed by the amount of work that I put in to start up my site...

Dave Soltau April 15, 2021