Archive for September 20th, 2005
Starting a Company in 2004 vs. 1993
One year ago today: Starting a Technology Company in 2004 vs. 1993. Joe Kraus’s observations are becoming more spot on every day.
Ideas in Progress: In Roman times, all the average person could do is listen to stories and daydream about what other times, places, or occupations might be like. By the time of the Late Unpleasantness, printing presses and widespread literacy at least allowed the average person to read* history, fiction, or travelogues in what free [...]
Researching Your Business Idea
Most Important Rules For Good Selling
Dave Pollard goes into quite a bit more detail about each of these ten rules: Invest in face-time with customers. Solve the problem, don’t excuse it. Return calls promptly. Make it easy for the customer to buy. Give the customer something ‘extra’. Listen first, sell later. Show, don’t tell. Understand that the customer is not [...]
Small Businesses Still Hit Hardest by Govt
The Entrepreneurial Mind: Even with the push toward regulatory flexibility for small businesses at the federal and state levels, the average cost of compliance with federal regulations per employee is still 45% higher when compared to large employers. According to a study released this week by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business [...]
Rob Hyndman: Brad Feld wraps up his term sheet series with a very handy index to all of the posts he and Jason Mendelson have written.
Wal-Mart and Small Businesses Aren’t Enemies
Wall Street Journal: Getting into Wal-Mart is an entrepreneur’s equivalent of making it to Broadway. Even a short run on the shelves there can help transform an invention from niche product to household name. And while Wal-Mart certainly isn’t the only retail path to commercial success, nor the right outlet for every product, for mass-market [...]
Dan Sherman: Here’s a great way to fund a cross country trip/vacation. Buy about 5 good used Segway machines and get an RV to haul them (and you) around in and set off across America. Stop along the way at parks or parking lots (get permission from the owner… perhaps pay them a measly daily [...]
Growing Your Business With Small Numbers
Michael Cage: When I work with new clients, I often encounter the following request: “I want more clients.� My response is a question: “What kind of clients do you want?� The (wrong) answer I most often get: “It doesn’t matter as long as they have money, we get a little bit of everyone in here.� [...]
Getting Rich, Slowly, From Shareware
The Escapist: “Selling shareware games has been very, very good to me. And I’m certainly not the only one,” Thomas Warfield wrote in a March post on his blog. “There are lots of other people who have been quite successful selling shareware games. Steve Pavlina at Dexterity is well known in the indie game world. [...]
