Posts for "Business"


Investors: When is a Dollar not a Dollar?

From Lifestyle-Y
September 2, 2010 at 11:55 am
It seems that the vast majority of young entrepreneurs seeking capital for their company are focused on Angel & Venture Capital investors. In short, the focus is on professional ... (more)

5 Practices to Build Testimonial Relationships

From CAREEREALISM» Career Advice, Personal Branding & Job Search Help from Top Career Experts
September 2, 2010 at 1:00 am
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Deborah Shane Building customer loyalty and strong customer retention is getting harder and harder. The customer has raised the bar, set new ... (more)

7 Things to Know About Social Media for Your Business

From Brand-Yourself.com Blog
September 1, 2010 at 10:38 am
Businesses use social media for various reasons: to understand their customers; to listen to conversations; to respond to questions; and to be found by others.  The Yellow Pages ... (more)

Entrepreneur Spotlight: 5 More Rising Stars Under 25

From Young Entrepreneur - Small Business & Entrepreneur Community » Blog
September 1, 2010 at 8:00 am
As I shared in last week’s post, I recently had dinner with Ankur Jain, founder of the Kairos Society of collegiate entrepreneurs and son of business mogul Naveen Jain, and ... (more)

Hire Your Friends! (At Your Own Peril)

From Young Entrepreneur - Small Business & Entrepreneur Community » Blog
August 31, 2010 at 8:00 am
Most business advice blogs tend to be full of stale, common sense puffery. My goal, as a guest blogger for Young Entrepreneur, is to apply my knowledge and experiences to the ... (more)

Is Your Business a Championship Ball Club or an 8 – 8 Team?

From Young Entrepreneur - Small Business & Entrepreneur Community » Blog
August 31, 2010 at 7:59 am
I imagine entrepreneurship as a football game where your company is on offense and your opposing defense consists of your competition, the economy, your marketing acumen, your ... (more)

Redefining Ordinary

From Danny Brown
August 30, 2010 at 9:49 pm
Sometimes, in business, we wait for the extraordinary to appear before we make a move. We wait for that one killer application or solution that will take us from Brand X to Brand ... (more)

Success in the Technology Business: Entrepreneurship or Stocks?

From Young Entrepreneur - Small Business & Entrepreneur Community » Blog
August 30, 2010 at 8:00 am
The technology business can involve different paths to success, but most of those paths rarely lead anywhere except to bankruptcy and discouragement.  These businesses are so ... (more)

Starting a Business Is Cheaper Than Ever Before

From My Journey to Millions
August 30, 2010 at 1:13 am
Whenever people start telling me their business ideas I start going into over drive almost feeding off their excitement and intensity.  Talking about starting a business or ... (more)

Social Media Bashing is Boring as Hell

From Danny Brown
August 29, 2010 at 9:50 am
There’s a fair few blog posts doing the rounds about social media. How its practitioners are snake-oil salesmen. Why everyone’s just out to make a quick buck. How businesses ... (more)

What is an Online Marketing Sales Funnel and Why is it Important?

From Young Entrepreneur - Small Business & Entrepreneur Community » Blog
August 29, 2010 at 8:01 am
As a new contributor to YoungEntrepreneur.com I want to talk about a topic that is probably at the most forefront of doing business online, and that is the online marketing sales ... (more)

The YE Weekly Article Recap (8/23 – 8/28)

From Young Entrepreneur - Small Business & Entrepreneur Community » Blog
August 29, 2010 at 8:00 am
Did you get busy and miss checking the YoungEntrepreneur.com Blog one day this week?  No need to dig through the site to find the articles you missed.  Introducing the YE Weekly ... (more)

Think Bigger Than You

From Danny Brown
August 28, 2010 at 11:32 am
A marketer and blogger I really admire, Mark W. Schaefer, wrote an excellent post about leadership the other day. In it, he told the story of how he was inspired by George Bergeron, ... (more)

Reasons Why and Why Not to Start Your Own Business: Part 4

From Young Entrepreneur - Small Business & Entrepreneur Community » Blog
August 28, 2010 at 8:00 am
In the first few installments of this series, we discussed the reasons as to why you should start your own business.  Here, I touch on some big deterrents which you should not ... (more)

What Type of Entrepreneur are You?

From Young Entrepreneur - Small Business & Entrepreneur Community » Blog
August 27, 2010 at 8:00 am
When it comes to entrepreneurship, it’s worth noting that not all small business owners are created the same. It goes a little deeper than personality though. The type of entrepreneur ... (more)

Measuring Our Success

From DINKS Finance
August 26, 2010 at 8:48 am
Would you agree that Donald Trump and Warren Buffet are successful?  When we say that, what do we base it on? In general, I believe that the majority of people determine how successful ... (more)

You Can’t do All of the Work All of the Time: Building a Team of Peers

From Young Entrepreneur - Small Business & Entrepreneur Community » Blog
August 26, 2010 at 8:00 am
When you first start out and found a company it goes without saying that, due to limited budget, you try your hand at every role within the organization and will find yourself ... (more)

Trader Joe’s

From Extraordinary Observations
August 25, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Fortune Magazine has a surprisingly good article about the secret world of Trader Joe's. Props to author Beth Kowitt for a well-done piece.(from Flickr user M.V. Jantzen)My roommates ... (more)

Inside the Secret World of Trader Joe’s

From Unpopped Collar
August 25, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Inside the Secret World of Trader Joe's : Check out this illuminating piece by Fortune magazine on hands down my favorite grocery store: Trader Joe’s.  The article is a good ... (more)

BBB Video of Leading an Arts Organization Panel

From Emerging Leaders of New York Arts
August 25, 2010 at 4:51 pm
I went to a series of panel conversations hosted by the Better Business Bureau back in February and just noticed they posted the video of a panel on leading arts orgs. Moderator: ... (more)

Imagine If

From Danny Brown
August 25, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Instead of blowing $50,000 on the staff Christmas party, companies offered employees the option of a smaller bash and donated the rest to a local charity. Instead of sending employees ... (more)

Location Independent Pro: Interview with Luke Ollett, Co-Founder of Shiva Media

From Lifestyle-Y
August 25, 2010 at 10:21 am
Luke Ollett, co-founder of Shiva Media and blogger at Our Thursday I was fortunate enough to track down Luke Ollett, co-founder of Shiva Media, a mobile application firm which ... (more)

Make Your Startup Elevator Pitch Top Floor Quality

From Young Entrepreneur - Small Business & Entrepreneur Community » Blog
August 25, 2010 at 8:00 am
An “elevator pitch” is a concise, well-practiced description of your startup and your plan, delivered with conviction and enthusiasm, that your mother should be able ... (more)

Entrepreneur Spotlight: 4 Rising Stars Under 25

From Young Entrepreneur - Small Business & Entrepreneur Community » Blog
August 25, 2010 at 7:59 am
I recently had dinner with Ankur Jain, founder of the Kairos Society of collegiate entrepreneurs and son of business mogul Naveen Jain. We got to talking about young entrepreneurs ... (more)

The Cheap Village

From The Writerbabe Series by Raven Moore
August 25, 2010 at 7:27 am
There is a village in the web full of pan handlers, drones and laborers. They write without hoping to produce anything truly great. Service is impersonal. Worthiness is based ... (more)