Archive for October 18th, 2005
OPEN Adventures in Entrepreneurship
This evening Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin companies, will be speaking at the American Express OPEN Adventures in Entrepreneurship Conference in Miami, Florida: OPEN Adventures in Entrepreneurship is an offline/online investigation into the challenges and solutions confronting entrepreneurs as they strive to develop and grow their businesses. The event begins in Miami, with [...]
Then We Set His Hair on Fire: Insights and Accidents from a Hall of Fame Career in Advertising
My new reviewer, Sarah Bosch, starts her series of profiles today with a look at Phil Dusenberry’s Then We Set His Hair on Fire: Insights and Accidents from a Hall of Fame Career in Advertising: According to ad industry veteran Phil Dusenberry, one big insight is worth a thousand good ideas. In his new book [...]
I’m looking for someone that wants some long term work doing translation from English into simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese . Send me an email if you’re interested, or can point me in the right direction.
How a Jam-Maker Found Her Recipe for Success
Startup Journal: Ms. Braunschweig and a co-worker, inspired in part by their job covering the venture-capital industry, would discuss “get-rich-quick schemes” over lunch. One day, the idea for a jam-of-the-month club struck her fancy. “I wasn’t an engineer or doctor, so I wasn’t going to come up with the next great technology or medical invention,” [...]
Network Marketing Tax Benefits
Tracy Austin: The average American works until May 5th just to pay their taxes. And many Americans have little or no savings or investments for retirement. And here’s why I’ve brought up this uncomfortable topic at all: Enter the savvy person who joins a network marketing business, or starts any home-based business this year. As [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at a Accidental Verbosity.
