Archive for February 24th, 2005
Making the Most of a Trade Show Visit
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 competitive intelligence is not usually easy, but it’s as easy as pie at a trade show. A walk around the exhibit hall will earn you a sackful of literature on suppliers, [...]
Interview with Jon Gales of Mobile Tracker
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. Jon is one of the youngest Pro Bloggers that I’ve come across (only 20) but runs one of the best examples of a professional blog that I’ve seen – Mobile Tracker [...]
10 Tips From A Venture Capitalist Who’s Heard It All Before
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 want a partner, find someone who is good at what you’re not. Figure out exactly how slowly you can make money. No one will give you money for a bad idea, [...]
Law & Entrepreneurship News: “The IRS has released its 2005 tax calendar for small businesses and the self-employed.”
How and Why I Hired My Tax Accountant
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 that I have an accountant. In short, I quickly concluded this was no job for an amateur. Plus, for small-shop proprietors like me, time is money, and unless I hired a [...]
Art and Science of Forecasting Cash Flow
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 important because it can help you know months in advance when cash reserves may become depleted. It’s easier to prepare loan requests, balance inventory purchases and cut back on expenses such [...]
Why Kottke’s Micropatronage Initiative Is Bad for the Web
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. He’s asking people to support him by becoming micropatrons of kottke.org and giving him money. So far, so good. Based on how many people are talking positively about this in the [...]
Can You Make Big Money Stuffing Envelopes At Home?
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 send you stuff. Then those suckers find other suckers, till eventually everybody in the world has ripped off everybody else. This kind of thing is also called a “pyramid” scam, since [...]
