Archive for June 27th, 2005
Rosa Say posted an excellent local marketing idea today: Set yourself up in a local Starbucks or other business friendly coffee shop and and buy everyone coffee for an hour. She witnessed this idea in action and reports: This morning Kerwin and I walked into a Prescott Starbucks and both ordered their strong-brew coffee of [...]
I see it time and again: too many people waste their lives trying to the create the perfect product or business. They hesitate to let their “baby” into the wild because they fear that its not quite ready. Just a few more tweaks, they always say. This analysis paralysis is deadly and will destroy even [...]
Are You Entrepreneur Material?
Micro ISV: Every week I see posts that say that being an entrepreneur is the greatest thing ever because you get to set your own hours, take vacation when you want, and make a lot more money. Then I’ll go to another site that says being an entrepreneur is extremely difficult because you work 24 [...]
Boutiques: More Malls Think Small
StartupJournal: “America’s megamalls, built in the 1970s to showcase big department stores and national specialty chains, have begun to embrace the little guys, a new crop of quirky independent fashion boutiques. As sales at their department-store anchors continue to sag, malls seeking to diversify and increase traffic have been courting these trendy start-ups, which offer [...]
Starting a Business with Your Spouse
Tom Evslin, shares his experiences starting a business with his wife: Mary and I are lucky that our skills are complementary. I invent stuff and implement it; Mary makes me describe sensibly and simply what I’ve invented and then markets it. During the early stage of a business, Mary makes cold calls and opens doors; [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at BusinessBlogCast.
