Archive for August 16th, 2004
Profit Magazine: “A few years back, I developed a theory that everything an entrepreneur does is rooted in communication. Running a business is really all about developing the continuous information flow — up, down and horizontally — that makes customers want to buy from you, employees more effective and other stakeholders (suppliers, investors) more eager [...]
How to Buy a Business in 10 Easy Steps
Bizz Bang Buzz: Assemble a team of experienced advisers. Determine the type of business to buy. Find a business for sale. Conduct a due diligence investigation. Value the business. Make an offer. Negotiate definitive documentation. Arrange financing. Satisfy conditions to the closing. Close the transaction. Anthony Cerminaro has more.
Starting A Home Cleaning Service
Startup Journal: “I’ve always thought there is something all-American about entrepreneurs who start from scratch. Cleaning — a person and some rags and soap — is the quintessential start-up business that doesn’t require much capital. That’s not to say it’s a cinch. You must deal with a range of clients and their particular quirks. You [...]
What If You Hosted the Olympics and Nobody Came?
NY Times: “In the first two days of competition, many of Athens’s spanking new stadiums and courts were nearly empty while athletes strained and sweated. ” Are the thousands of empty seats a distraction for the athletes? They’re a distraction for me, the television viewer.
(Tongue firmly in cheek.) Craig Newmark: “Pyramid schemes never die, they just go high-tech. Guaranteed 20,900% return on your investment!”
Dan Sherman: Essentially, when you get an order, you open the picture file of their home, drop a picture of Santa onto their front lawn using any image editor and insert it into the text of the letter, and send it out. The letter should mention that Santa has made a mid-year visit to their [...]
Webmaster World: “… if you make a page that attracts readers via good search engine placement, but which has poor content or is difficult to read, the readers have an incentive to go elsewhere to try to find the information. And that may well be by clicking an ad.” Is an ugly webpage the Holy [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Dispatches from the Frozen North.
Brad Feld: Figure out how much cash you really have Figure out how much time you really have Pick a domain and go deep Surround yourself with experienced people Find angels Figure out who you want to look like in 5 years Get customers Learn everything you can about what you are about to do [...]
