Archive for December 22nd, 2005
Auction Bytes: Many people who surf eBay may have problems with their eyesight. Wouldn’t they instead appreciate an audio description of your item, instead of struggling to read your auction text? So with a few of my auctions last week, I inserted a link to a short MP3 file which was a recording of me [...]
Student Entrepreneurs on the Rise
Fortune Small Business: Protesting on college campuses is back. The object of this generation’s rebellion? Traditional jobs. In an era of widespread disenchantment with the often bureaucratic, scandal-ridden world of big corporations, more students believe that building a successful startup is the way to go. A recent poll of 1,155 teens by Junior Achievement Worldwide, [...]
Fact Or Fiction: 9 in 10 New Business Will Close In The First Year?
Greg Balanko-Dickson: There is a myth from the 1990’s that stated 9 out of 10 businesses close in their first year. The US Small Business Administration still gets calls every year from people looking for the unknown source of the 9 out of 10 sound bite. The myth persists partly due to a widely held [...]
