Archive for August 2005
Police Shutdown Boy’s Lemonade Stand
Boston Globe: Dominic Serino, 9, and his neighbor, Ryan Decker, 11, were forced Saturday to shut down their lemonade stand at Salem Common after an employee of a nearby sausage vendor called police, complaining that the boys were hurting his sales. The budding entrepreneurs had to call it quits, under orders by some reluctant police [...]
Female Online Entrepreneur Contest
Rogers Cadenhead: “The Planet, the parent company of the ServerMatrix hosting company I’m using for my servers, is having a contest for female entrepreneurs who have a good idea for an online business. A winner will receive free web hosting for a year, $10,000, and other support. From the press release: Women with a great [...]
What Business Are You Really In?
The Small Business Weblog: The business you’re in may not be the business your in. It’s not doubletalk; it’s reality for many small and large companies. For example, I worked with a client not long ago that had an incredibly ability to promote seminars. Their promotion capabilities were developed over years of promoting their own [...]
Brad Feld: If your answer to “What kind of company are you going to start?” is something like “Well, I have a few different ideas…” stop immediately. You should pick one idea in one domain and go extremely deep on this idea. Optimally, it’d be something you already know a lot about so that you’ll [...]
Mark Cuban:”It doesn’t matter how many times you strike out. In business, to be a success, you only have to be right once.” via Ken Dyck.
Anthony Cerminaro: “The Entrepreneur’s Library, from Cayenne Consulting, is a directory of over 600 resources created to help you build, grow, and run your venture.” Some of the topics covered include: Getting Started Legal Structures Directors & Advisors Planning & Research Business Plans Competitive Analysis
Joi Ito: I thought it might be useful to describe the venture investing process in the context of the recent discussion about transparency. Firms have their own processes and some of the details may vary, but generally speaking, most VC’s probably have a similar process. Also, I’ve only been doing this for three years. I’ve [...]
One year ago today: How To Be Creative.
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Michael Cage’s Local Small Business Marketing & Advertising.
Carnival of Personal Finance #7 is up at Steve Mertz’s Financial In Cash Flow We Trust.
