Archive for January 27th, 2006
Business Week: For many these days, a corporate career is increasingly becoming a prelude to an entrepreneurial second act. Every year untold thousands shed their corporate skins and begin life anew as entrepreneurs. These “second acts’ vary, as do the motivations for them. For some, it’s the right combination of time and money, while for [...]
Determining a Plan for Setting Prices
Entrepreneur: I know of at least three common methods for setting prices for a new business, or for a new product or service within an existing business: Cost-based pricing: Set your price as a multiple of cost, or cost plus a determined amount. An example would be a book store selling each book for 150 [...]
This week’s episode of Venture Voice is online: The listeners have spoken. Jason Fried of 37signals and Joel Spolsky of Fog Creek Software have won Venture Voice Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards. They came in second and third place out of a pack of over 20 world-class entrepreneurs we’ve interviewed on the show (we’ll announce the Venture [...]
