Archive for December 6th, 2004
202 Things You Can Buy and Sell For Big Profits!
Amazon: “This book is packed with great ideas and an incredible amount of information. I found so many practical ideas and helpful suggestions in this book that I can’t wait to get started buying and selling right away! The book has all the answers for people that want to make extra money buying and selling [...]
Don’t Get Too Hung Up On Protecting Your Idea
Startup Journal says that you shouldn’t worry about your attorney stealing your business idea: Whether your attorney will steal your idea should rank pretty low among the worries and challenges you’d face if you pursue this. Should you consult with an attorney before franchising a business concept? Yes, before launching any serious business you’d be [...]
Barbara Mackoff reviewing for Amazon: PR pundits and business owners Friedman and Yorio tackle the fear factor of women who want to quit their day job and build a business. They ask, “Are you the girl to run the show?” They answer with a sassy list of pros and cons (“You will be able to [...]
Entrepreneur: “You’ve seen all those nifty kiosks in your local malls–they sell everything from hair products to cooking utensils to candy and cookies. Customers crowd around these carts and pony up big money for their wares. But can entrepreneurs really make serious money in these smaller venues? And what makes certain kiosk entrepreneurs ultra-successful?”
Ken Jennings Becomes Microsoft Encarta Spokesperson
BetaNews: “Microsoft has tapped Jeopardy! king Ken Jennings, who recently finished his 75-game run on the show, to become the spokesman for its Encarta product line. Jennings will embark on a nationwide media tour called ‘Quiz the Whiz’ that challenges news desks to stump the human encyclopedia with questions from Microsoft’s Encarta Reference Library Premium [...]
The Most Hated Advertising Techniques
According to Jakob Nielsen, when users were asked how various aspects of online ads affected their Web experience, they rated the following attributes most negatively: Design Element Users Answering“Very Negatively”or “Negatively” Pops-up in front of your window 95% Loads slowly 94% Tries to trick you into clicking on it 94% Does not have a “Close” [...]
Chris Yeh: “In her 1928 essay [A Room of One's Own], Virginia Woolf argued that, ‘A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.’ To the same extent, I think the same thing applies to entrepreneurship. Most entreprenuerial dreams die an early death because they are starved [...]
Pennsylvania To Raise Small Businesses’ Taxes To Lure Big Businesss
Pennsylvania plans to raise taxes on small businesses so that they can attract more big businesses, according to Law & Entrepreneurship News: Pennsylvania is looking for ways to reduce state corporate net income taxes by 30%. The proposed tax cut for corporations would include a provision that increases the Pennsylvania small business tax rate by [...]
Patent Pending: Names for new companies and products need to be named carefully. This is an area that is diffucult anyone, and especially so if you don’t know the rules. When selecting a name for a company or a product, you should think about what type of mark you have selected. Not all trademarks are [...]
Popgadget: “Anyone who’s run to Kinko’s at 3 am for business cards to hand out at a 9 am meeting, only to find out that it takes them a week to ship, will appreciate the business card cutter. The cutter will make clean edges, not the perforated frayed ones that make it so obvious that [...]
Why Some Stores Have Longer Lines
Tyler Cowen: “Some stores may use growing and shrinking lines as a substitute for changing prices. The waiting time in line at my [supermarket] is often longest late at night. In essence they are charging you a higher price to shop late at night. The company ‘wins back’ some of this tax by skimping on [...]
More Twentysomethings Starting Businesses
AP: “A survey done this year by the National Association for the Self-Employed found that about 15 percent of its members are in their 20s or early 30s.” via re:invention.
Quiz For Small Business Success
SBA: “We at Small Business Success Magazine conducted a survey of more than 100 California business owners. Their comments about small business success guided us in creating the following quiz. Choose the answer you think is best for each question. Use the sheet at the end to determine your total point score and then see [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at The Entrepreneurial Mind.
