Archive for December 23rd, 2004
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Regular posting will resume January 3, 2005.
How to Sell a Piece of Wood for $1.63 Million
Marketing eYe: The baseball bat (a 34 inch piece of wood ) Babe Ruth swung to hit the first home run out of the New Yankee Stadium on April 18th, 1923, sold at auction on December 3rd 2004, at Sotheby’s in New York, for $1.63 million (Australian). Raw Materials = $ Raw Materials + Labour [...]
When to Start Looking for Venture Capital
OnlyOnce: I just received a question from a reader today about when to start looking for VC money. The answer, of course, depends on your stage of business. The general rule is that the best time to start looking for money is when you don’t need it — but not so early that a potential [...]
David St Lawrence: “You must be willing to look for another job as soon as you feel that your career progress is being blocked. Just as your company considers you expendable, you must treat your employer as expendable. If you are not being given assignments that challenge you and not being rewarded for your efforts [...]
Paul Allen: “I recently saw stats that indicated that about 12% of adult Americans would like to start their own business.”
I hosting the next weekly edition of the Carnival of the Capitalits on Monday, December 27th. If you’d like to submit a post for what probably will be a very small issue, please use the CotC Submission Page.
The Ultimate Guide to Getting Booked on Oprah
Amazon: “Imagine you are sitting in the good chair next to Oprah. She turns to you to ask for your expert advice in front of her studio audience and 21 million other people across the nation watching from their homes. The demand for your product skyrockets, your phone starts to ring and doesn’t stop. You’re [...]
