Archive for October 29th, 2004
Are Office Troublemakers Future Entrepreneurs?
Rob Levinson: Nearly three years into my consulting practice, it’s crystal clear that I was destined to be my own boss. If only I had read the signs along the way, I could have avoided — or at least seriously shortened — the bumpy road I traveled getting here. Ask yourself, does it seem as [...]
Figuring Out What’s Hot on Ebay
Entrepreneur: How do you figure out what will be a hot seller on eBay? It’s a challenge for new sellers. “They’re hopped up to sell, but don’t know what to sell,” says Jim “Griff” Griffith, dean of eBay Education. In fact, “What should I sell on eBay?” is the most common question new sellers have, [...]
Rhonda Abrams: “The long-awaited (at least by me) Census Bureau report on home-based workers has just been released. Poring over the data, I discovered an interesting distinction: Those home-based entrepreneurs whose businesses are incorporated made more money.”
Ram Shriram: “Launching a company is easy. The great thing about the Internet is you can launch and test an idea easily, and cheaply. If it doesn’t work, you can go back to the drawing board. ‘If you build your field of dreams, and no one comes, you can shut it down,’ he said.” via [...]
Small Business Trends: “A recent survey by Capital One and Consumer Action finds that 40% of Americans dream of starting their own business.”
Dotcom Business Plan Archive Open for Business
Slashdot: “The next time you launch a huge online enterprise designed to cash out on Nasdaq IPO, it might be worth to check the Dotcom Business Plan Archive, MSNBC warns. David A. Kirsch, a professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland, is collecting dotcom business plans and stories about creative destruction.”
