February 2005
Naming Your Business Ideas
Startup Journal: According to David Burd, president of The Naming Company in East Stroudsburg, Pa., it’s common for new entrepreneurs to try to convey→
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at the site I nominated for the Best Overall category of the 2005 Business Blogging Awards,→
Neville Medhora: “In Austin they have started a program that allows residential homes to recieve up to a $5,000 check per year simply for→
Nolo: When you’re totaling up your business’s expenses at the end of the year, don’t overlook these 14 common business deductions. Auto Expenses Expenses→
Peter Hupalo: “Revenue Per Employee is a key ratio for start-up companies. A low Revenue Per Employee in comparison to similar companies is a→
Small Business Buddy: “How long should a business plan be? A business plan needs to be whatever length is required to excite the investor,→
Mike Docherty: “[Start-ups and small, entrepreneurial enterprises] innovate, get it into the market and evolve (living or dying by the result). Along the way,→
NFIB: “When someone hands you his business card, hold the card by its edges, thank the person and read the card. You can inadvertently→
The Entrepreneurial Mind: “One of the most facinating parts of entrepreneurship to me is how differently each entrepreneur views what success means for their→
Entrepreneur: “Trade shows and exhibitions provide a tremendously valuable opportunity for any entrepreneur to learn about the competition and sell their products. Getting hands-on→
Darren Rowse has a great interview with niche blogger, Jon Gales: This time I’m featuring a blogger I’ve admired a lot recently Jon Gales.→
Globe and Mail: If you can’t write it down, or don’t know how, don’t start. Can you take it? Day after day? If you→
Law & Entrepreneurship News: “The IRS has released its 2005 tax calendar for small businesses and the self-employed.”
John Canter on Startup Journal: Until I owned my business, I had always prepared my own income-tax returns. No longer. I’m glad to say→
NFIB: “Forecasting cash flow can be a more complex and potentially variable task than most small-business owners think. Accuracy in your cash-flow projections is→
If you haven’t heard, A-list blogger Jason Kottke has quit his day job and decided to devote himself to maintaining his weblog full time.→
The Straight Dope: You are never asked simply to stuff envelopes. Instead, you’re told to place ads of your own getting other suckers to→
BusinessWeek: Is America’s entrepreneurial spirit eroding? Over the years, the question has been raised at conferences of would-be entrepreneurs, in B-school entrepreneurship classes, and→
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Business 2.0: If “location, location, location” is the defining principle of real estate value, then the greatest frustration for a buyer is to find→
