Archive for December 9th, 2004
Fortune Small Business: “Last month StartupNation’s, a radio talk show aimed at small business, reached an industry landmark when it entered its 50th broadcast market. StartupNation’s founders, Jeff and Rich Sloan, are no ordinary radio jocks. The brothers, who live in Birmingham, Mich., are serial entrepreneurs who have invented a device to keep car batteries [...]
California in a Housing Bubble
UCLA: “In an outlook to be formally released today, forecasters say California and the nation are beset by a housing “bubble” that will depress construction next year, slowing the nation’s economic recovery.” via Chuck Huckaby.
Divergent Entrepreneurial Climate Rankings
Dr. Cornwall is interpreting the wildy varied results of three entrepreneurial climate rankings from the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, the Small Business Survival Committee, and the Corporation for Enterprise Development: The differences lie in definitions of entrepreneurship (broadly defined versus a narrow focus on high growth) and their theories of the proper public policy [...]
What Are The Best Christmas Gifts?
Marginal Revolution: “Experiences, not possessions. Concerts and travel are remembered for longer than clothes and jewelry. The result is robust to different ages and groups, but tends to be strongest for high-income individuals.”
Ed Sim: “As you know, hiring is a critical component in the success of any company. People and their ability to execute are what separates the winners from the losers in any industry. Hiring the wrong person, particularly in an early stage company, can cost you dearly. On the contrary, hiring the right person can [...]
Fred Wilson: “This is something we feel strongly about in our investments. We’d much rather see entrepreneurs build something quickly, get it out there, and let the customers bang on it and evolve it. The entrepreneurs who insist on over engineering their solutions inevitably end up with nothing to show for it.”
The Kent State Burr: It was a “drunken lark” in 1990 that set Bob Tanner of Cortland on an 11-year journey. Bob and his friend Jeff Stosik, a New York City hot dog vendor, were doing the bar scene in downtown Kent when they decided to get some post-drinking sustenance. The two stumbled over to [...]
