Archive for February 8th, 2006
Most Entrepreneurial Supermodels
Forbes: There’s no more highly paid model in the world than Victoria’s Secret babe Gisele Bundchen. The lingerie company shells out around $5 million per year to the 25-year-old Brazilian beauty. But Bundchen doesn’t get a cut of every bra the corporation sells. To pocket that kind of “passiveâ€? income, Bundchen turned to Brazilian shoe [...]
Pasta & Vinegar: Over 170,000 people in 12 European countries make money selling on the site and 50 million Europeans buy or browse, according to research commissioned by the company. Trading activity generated sales worth $947 million in 2004. In the United States, buyers and browsers total roughly 90 million. EBay’s home market generated 55 [...]
SC Magazine: This file, when modified, can override the default DNS servers, thus allowing users’ internet browsers to receive one address and lead to another, leading users to a spoofed site when they try to access eBay. When personal information is entered, the user will be taken to the actual eBay website, completely unaware that [...]
Updating Blocked Bidder Profile
Auctionbytes: eBay has modified sellers’ ability to block bidders. Buyer requirements allow sellers to block buyers from bidding on or purchasing their items based on criteria such as their country of registration, their buying history on eBay, and whether or not they have a PayPal account. Sellers use the feature to help minimize the impact [...]
Auctionbytes: Launching this spring, the new eBay service – eBay Express – will be aimed squarely at the many shoppers who want to get on the Internet, buy what they want at a good price, and get off. To help them, eBay Express will be limited to fixed price, commodity-type items such as such as [...]
You might be surprised that some professional eBay seller feel the same way… Drea: Today I got an email from ebay letting me know that I sold an item I posted! A few days ago I found this sweater in my closet that had never been worn. Mainly because it just wasnt my style. Someone [...]
Pete Caputa hits on one of the best reasons to employe a salesperson in your small business: The role of a CEO is to project stability. A CEO should be willing to walk away at anytime. A CEO wants the customer to believe that they can walk away from them at anytime. They don’t need [...]
The Entrepreneurial Doctor: iPods
Ivanhoe’s Medical Breakthroughs: This is a new idea in medicine; using iPods and the Internet to educate patients. Arizona Heart Institute cardiovascular surgeon Grayson Wheatley, M.D., is the first to give his patients iPods. Patients can hear and see information about diet, exercise and the heart. Programs also explain balloon angioplasty, stenting and show doctors [...]
Explaining VC to an 8 Year Old
Venture Blog: When you’re a doctor or an architect, it is relatively easy to explain to your kids what you do for a living. “I help make sick people healthy.” “I help build houses.” When you’re a venture capitalist it is not quite as straight forward. What would the one-liner be? “I help small companies [...]
David Lorenzo: “Start Last/Finish First�, an article in the January/February issue of Business 2.0, claims there’s no time like the present to challenge an industry leader with your startup business. They offer five tips for competing with the big guys. Market latecomers cited include Google, MySpace, FedEx, and Target.
Why Entrepreneurs Care So Much About Taxes
The Entrepreneurial Mind: I am not so much of a conspiracy theorist to assume an intent (nor do I think politicians are smart enough to think this far ahead), but the withholding system for income tax has had an interesting psychological impact on many Americans. They don’t really pay that much attention to the taxes [...]
When Do You Really Need a Patent?
Business Week: While conventional wisdom says every new vision needs immediate protection, it’s important to realize that seeing your idea through from conception to completion is a long, rigorous, and expensive process, and patenting should be one of the last steps you take. In fact, Bob Lougher, executive director of United Inventor’s Assn., a Rochester [...]
Tim Berry: The original title of this piece was “business plans are made, not found.” It comes from my childhood memories of the Wheaties ad campaign of the 1950s. The slogan was “Champions are Made, not Found.” The same applies to business plans. You make one, you don’t find one. You develop your own. This [...]
Startup Guide: I am involved in two product related start ups as an adviser and partner which will both probably hit the market within the same time frame. As research and planning is being conducted by each respective team, I am beginning to realize the importance of trade shows. Every industry you can think of [...]
This week’s Brain Brew Radio episode is online: Sal in New York looks to Doug and Dave for advice on how to protect an intellectual property… Once again the flashback phone is ringing and this time it’s Thomas Edison, America’s most famous inventor… Dave in Cincinnati, Ohio wants to know what the next step is [...]
