Archive for July 5th, 2005
Congress passed the Junk Fax Prevention Act this week, exempting businesses from previous Federal Communications Commission regulations barring unsolicited fax messages. The amendment would allow businesses, to send unsolicited faxes to customers, with whom they already have an established relationship. This change makes me very happy because the the old rules were very harsh, and [...]
Entrepreneur: Entrepreneurs aren’t known for being lazy, but most entrepreneurs I know are notoriously lazy about doing legal paperwork. But there’s no place for laziness when it comes to getting licenses and permits for your business. It might seem like an insignificant detail or a waste of money, but it’s necessary. I don’t think its [...]
Startup Journal: Father-son partnerships are classic, but mother-daughter businesses are still somewhat novel. Certainly mothers and daughters have teamed up in commercial efforts going back generations, but not in any big numbers. Now, though, as it becomes the norm for multiple generations of women in a family to have professional expertise, the mother-daughter business is [...]
Warren Meyer: “The French smoking thing has been joked about so much it is almost a caricature, but it is still a shock the first time in a restaurant. We observed many American smokers reveling in their smoking freedom. I wonder if there is a business opportunity to sponsor smoking trips to Paris…”
About: Many entrepreneurs have built a successful business but been unable to really enjoy it because the business can’t run without them. They end up trapped by their own success. Financial freedom isn’t really freedom unless you also have the time to enjoy it. And you can forget about running multiple businesses if you can’t [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at CaseySoftware.com.
Startup Blog: “Writing a business plan is one of the most important tasks in the process of doing a startup. While some might get away with explaining the business on a cocktail napkin, the others need to think through what investors will be asking. Download this 28-page template for business plan from Microsoft (so in [...]
