Archive for December 19th, 2005
Startup Resources from the Boston Business Journal
Mary Sullivan: Here’s a compendium that is worth your attention. It’s a list of articles from the Boston Business Journal, gathered by Joseph Hadzima of MIT Sloan School of Management.
Why You Should be an Entrepreneur
David Lorenzo: The only security you will ever have is confidence in your talent, skills, and knowledge. If you are secure and self-aware, you will always be in demand. Even the most tenured and highest performing employee in a company faces the risk of being fired. The minute a company’s profits evaporate, so do the [...]
25 Characteristics of The Ideal Startup
Sam Decker has posted his 25 characteristics of an ideal startup: Defendable and differentiated Competitive cost structure Attractive partnership opportunities Repeat customers Word of mouth opportunity Memorable product and name Potential for PR Attractive to be bought or merged Scaleable staff and systems Scaleable product — build once, sell many times Uncomplicated Focus Niche market [...]
Jeff Cornwall: Are there other folks with the same good idea as you? Keep your eye open for potential competitors. Competition may or may not be a problem. Some products are so specialized or the customer base so small that there is only room for one or two players. On the other hand, if the [...]
This week’s Carnival of Marketing is up at Ideologic.
This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance is up at Political Calculations.
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Coyote Blog.
