Archive for January 16th, 2006

From Employee to Entrepreneur

Startup Journal: In 1980, Patrick Martucci, just out of high school, left his hometown of Cleveland with $300, pointing his Trans Am toward Dallas. He landed a $6-an-hour job at a company that was launching an odd, new product at the time — “voice forward mail.” When he tried to explain voice mail to his [...]

 

Carnival of Marketing

This week’s Carnival of Marketing is up at Higher-Profits.

 

The People You Know The People You Know

David Lorenzo: Now more than ever “who you know� is as important as “what you know�. Small businesses can realize huge results by leveraging the power of the owner’s social network. Most people don’t realize how many people they are actually connected to and how valuable those connections can be. Here are some thoughts on [...]

 

Cool Startup Story: Theranos Cool Startup Story: Theranos

Photon Courier: Red Herring, the venture capital magazine, has a piece on a company called Theranos, founded and being run by Elizabeth Holmes. The company has been developing a device which detects adverse drug reactions. It works by analyzing a tiny amount of blood from a person’s finger or arm, then transmitting the data to [...]

 

Carnival of the Capitalists

This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Wordlab.