Archive for September 14th, 2005
One year ago today: Selling Cars Without A Lot.
New Zealand Named Best Nation for Business
NY Times: The World Bank has concluded that New Zealand is the most business-friendly nation in the world and that Serbia and Montenegro made the biggest pro-business changes last year. In a study to be released on Tuesday, the World Bank said that New Zealand and Singapore were the easiest countries to do business in. [...]
TrendWatching: Increasingly, consumers are participants instead of passive audience members, and this mega-trend manifests itself in a variety of ways. In fact, the more we hear about GENERATION C making money from its creations, and the more we focus on the financial rewards consumers are reaping from participating in CUSTOMER MADE projects, the more the [...]
Don’t Think Big, and Other Hiring Tips
Startup Journal: When it comes to hiring for his start-up company, Konstantin Guericke knows exactly what he’s looking for: people who are hyperaware of trends in his market. People who react quickly when the whole company needs to switch focus. People who, instead of multitasking slowly through 10 projects, can work on one or two [...]
This week’s Brain Brew Radio episode is online. This week: Don from the Veggie Depot in Arizona finds out from the Brain Brew Crew and former guest, Kevin of Bounty Seafood how he can increase the foot traffic through his new store… Doug and David discuss the future of scrapbooking and marble making this week [...]
Fortune Small Business has a great excerpt from Paul Orfalea’s, the founder of Kinkos, new book, Copy This!: In the fall of 1970 I rented a small storefront near the university, only 100 square feet. I was still a student at USC, but I couldn’t put off this brainstorm. The rent was $100 a month. [...]
Business Week: Some of the best business ideas are hatched over cold pizza in college dorm rooms. If you need proof, look no further than the Dell computer likely sitting on your desk. Considered a generation ago to be the career path for those without one, the term “entrepreneur” has gradually shed its stigma and [...]
