Archive for July 27th, 2005
Seth Godin has some great advice for new authors: Build an asset. Large numbers of influential people who read your blog or read your emails or watch your TV show or love your restaurant or or or… Then, put your idea into a format where it will spread fast. That could be an ebook (a [...]
Reveries: “The most popular promotion for the Hagerstown Suns minor league baseball team is not Star Wars Night, Bald Night or Beer Night. It is Faith Night, where religion is the drawing card, reports Reid Cherner in USA Today (7/22/05). ‘Baseball, faith, and American, it’s a perfect fit,’ says C.J. Johnson, marketing director for the [...]
Fortune Small Business: Working Hours: Running a small business can be an all-consuming job. Most companies with employees are open for about 11 hours every day. Some 6% are open 24 hours a day. (NFIB) Rivals: The enemy is nearby. Asked to name the main competitive threat to their business, 41.5% of entrepreneurs polled named [...]
Jeff Cornwall: While the iPod was not the product of an entrepreneurial company, it has helped to spawn a whole industry for entrepreneurs looking to create new products around the huge demand for this new technology. Dr. Cornwall points to an article from eWeek that highlights the tech boom surrounding the tiny device: These days, [...]
How To Determine How Much To Offer For A Business
All Business: The first thing you need to do is hire an accountant or a business broker with good accounting skills to perform a valuation. Much like real estate, you need to have some comparables. Research how much similar businesses have sold for, or might sell for, in your area. A good local business broker [...]
One year ago: Grave Marker BizOp.
