Archive for January 28th, 2005
Defining an Exceptional Business
NFIB: “Every large, Fortune 500 company once was a small business. So what did they do differently that allowed them to grow and profit so well? Maybe more appropriately, the question should be, what does it really take to create an exceptional business that prospers? In the book Built to Last, Jim Collins and Jerry [...]
A Revival For Door-to-door Marketing
MSN: “Now that the national do-not-call list makes it impossible to reach millions of potential customers, some marketing companies are returning to an old-fashioned alternative: door-to-door salespeople.” via Linda Riley.
The Venture Capital Cycle, Second Edition
Paul Kedrosky: “Some of you may have an appetite for deeper analysis of the venture capital industry. If so, a good place to start is Gompers and Lerner’s “The Venture Capital Cycle” which recently came out in a second edition. You can read the introduction in its entirety here.”
The Entrepreneurial Mind: I have known a couple of folks who started businesses offering their services as professional organizers. This article at StartupJournal shows how much financial opportunity and satisfaction that there may be for this type of business. “‘I keep doing it because I love it; it’s instant gratification,’ says Sally Allen, owner of [...]
Glenn Fleishman: “It took a little doing, but you can watch my presentation on The Entrepreneurial Blog from the recent Blog Business Summit. I managed to sync up the audio that was recorded to MP3 with my slides. The intra-slide sync is a little off: the bullet points and reveals aren’t perfectly timed to my [...]
Newest Pension Plans Target Self-Employed
Startup Journal: “Financial-services companies are offering a way to help self-employed workers stow away more money for retirement: pension plans. These so-called defined-benefit plans allow self-employed workers to set aside $100,000 or more a year, substantially more money for retirement than they ever could in a traditional 401(k). The maximum self-employed workers could save in [...]
