Archive for June 1st, 2004
Brett Lider: I think it is about time to make offshoring much, much more personal. Why not sub-shore [the work you don't enjoy], W2W-style and take the day (or two) off? It costs $15-20/hour. via Victor Lombardi.
StartupJournal: “Petunias may seem like a commodity, indistinguishable without their packaging, but Matt Horn, owner of Matterhorn Nursery, has figured out how to produce and merchandise plants and other garden supplies so customers drive miles out of their way to pay higher prices. Even a bag of dirt from Matterhorn is special: It contains composted [...]
I’m trying to gain a better understanding of my readers, and would really appreciate it if you would take a couple seconds and answer the following survey questions. Thank you. I will be posting the results in a couple weeks. Age under 14 14-18 19-24 25-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71+ Gender Female Male Entrepreneurial [...]
Inc.com: “A number of employees, all of them perfectly pleasant as drinking buddies or dinner companions, had grown complacent, behaving as though they had earned some kind of tenure. Even some longtime friends were slacking off. “I figured if I hired my buddies, they’d work their butts off for me,” Baker says. Instead, he had [...]
Common Craft’s 1st Anniversary
Congrats to Lee LeFever for surviving his first year in business for himself!
Ebay And The Rise Of The Mompreneurs
Business Week: “Today, upwards of 430,000 people in the U.S. alone — more than are employed worldwide by General Electric Co. and Procter & Gamble combined — earn a full- or part-time living on eBay selling everything from fashion to farm equipment, with the highest-sellers grossing up to $1 million a month. Of the estimated [...]
Hoover’s IPO Calendar: “These companies are expected to price, and begin trading during this period.” Interesting reading, especially if your entrepreneurial intentions are purely spectatorial. Thanks for the tip, Loyd.
David Wecker and Doug Hall of Brain Brew were asked how to find a market: Amelia, it’s real simple. Go find rich people. The people with the most money are usually the best people to get a lot of money from. The first places she should investigate are the markets with the most money available. [...]
