Archive for November 1st, 2005
Pete Caputa: Tim Grahl just interviewed me at Solo Tees, his new “T-shirts for bloggers” enterprise, in partnership with Dane Carlson. He’s doing a series of interviews of entrepreneurs. He’s also asked me to pick a few entrepreneurs that I think embody the lifestyle. I’ve invited a few of them. If you’d like to be [...]
MIT Enterprise Forum: MIT OpenCourseWare is a free educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT’s mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. Courses include: Managin g the Innovation Process Global Entrepreneurship Lab Designing and Leading the Entrepreneurial Organization Entrepreneuri al Finance Law [...]
How to Organize Your Home Business Office Effectively
Work at Home Business Opportunities: How to Organize Your Home Business Office Effectively
What Not To Say in a Business Plan
Barry Moltz: Sometimes I find that the company’s founder is so far ‘outside the box’ that they ‘stretch the envelope.’� As an angel investor, I review more than 500 business plans each year. Unfortunately, many are so riddled with economy lingo, business jargon and clichés, that they do not communicate any real business value. In [...]
To Partner, or Not to Partner?
Jeff Cornwall has written an outstanding post about chosing whether or not to take on a partner: A practicing physician who is in the early stages of planning the start-up of a new venture serving the medical field recently asked me about one of the most important issues an entrepreneur can face. While he has [...]
Steve Rucinski: The Small Business Dictionary Web Site and the book The Language of Small Business are the result of many years of difficult and thorough searching for answers to everyday problems of the small business person. Numerous books and articles exist concerning the theory of business and the practical application of business principles, but [...]
Famous Entrepreneur of the Week
About: Often mistakenly attributed as the inventor of the automobile, Henry Ford was perhaps its greatest innovator. His innovations in assembly-line techniques and the introduction of standardized interchangeable parts contributed to making the United States a nation of motorists and produced the first mass-production vehicle manufacturing plant. Known for his stubborn management style, entrepreneurs may [...]
SoloTees: Fear in a suit walked into my office the other day. This fifty something sat in front of me and tried to sell me… I can’t remember. I remember being filled with a horrible fear of that being me in thirty something years. Spending my time pandering to kids half my age dressed in [...]
Core77: You’ve read all the articles and can’t possibly stomach one more column on the iPod. It’s clear that design+innovation is the hot topic for business—with businesspeople taking more active notice of the design scene, and designers focusing more on strategy. (It’s not like business and design were so far apart to begin with, of [...]
This week’s Brain Brew Radio episode is online. This week: Michael from the Winterport Winery looks for advice on how to combat fruit wine snobs this week during Only in Maine… Ann Bancroft, author of No Horizon is too Far, is this week’s 30 Second Guru…
Jeff Cornwall: To be successful, the start-up of a business should involve attention to the product/service and how to connect with customers. For some entrepreneurs selling comes easy; it even seems to come naturally. But, to others, the thought of hawking their goods is a terrifying prospect. They avoid selling by continually tinkering with their [...]
