Archive for June 10th, 2005
Food, Tires and Now Insurance at Costco
Entrepreneur: “Tired of the lack of health insurance options for the self-employed? Check out the Costco’s pilot program to offer insurance to its Executive members in Southern California. According to this article in the Los Angeles Times, the program was created in response to high demand from customers. Hoping to offer insurance alternatives to the [...]
Jeff Jarvis: I’ve been trying to figure this out for sometime: On the one hand, things in our world are getting bigger: Walmart… media conglomerates… Dell… merged airlines… megachurches… Home Depot… merged banks… Microsoft… But on the other hand, things are getting smaller: The empowered individual can create a media company, using blog software; create [...]
Marshall Brain: Yes – you need to start a business. In America, starting a successful business is the surest, most controllable path available to you for making a million dollars in less than 42 years. And really, this decision to start a business gets us to a key part of our conversation. There are two [...]
How Long Does It Take To Start A Business?
BarryBlog: “This week, USA Today had a graphic about how many days it takes to complete all the requirements necessary to start a business in various country. According to the World Bank in the US, they listed it as 5 days. The shortest amount of time? Australia at 2 days. The longest? Haiti at 203 [...]
Is anyone else tracking their Bloglines subscribers? Does Feedburner do something similar? If not, is anyone interested in how I’m doing it?
About: “Considering a franchise opportunity? Entrepreneur Magazine has just released its list of the top new franchises. These are businesses that have been franchising for five years or less, so the opportunity is wide open and they’re typically more affordable and available than some of the more familiar franchises (have you checked out the requirements [...]
