Archive for February 24th, 2006
Real Estate Idea: Monopoly Houses
With the real estate market starting to turn, maybe it’s time for a completely new direction in housing. B2Day: These may look like Monopoly houses, but they are part of a 10,000-unit housing project in Ixtapaluca, Mexico. The picture was shot from the air, and is real, or so says the helicopter pilot who took [...]
Being an Entrepreneur Gets in Your Blood
NY Times: That’s how it is with serial entrepreneurs: they create one company after another, and everything else is just tossing dirt. They do it, Mr. Tooke says, because they “like to go fast.” They “like simultaneously building a company, tailoring products to changing markets and selling,” he said. They do it because they love [...]
Randy: This is an idea I’ve played with for a while. Suppose you were an affiliate for some kind of product that costs money, but isn’t something that is often sold at a discount or sold used. Like a magazine subscription, for example, or herbal hangover pills. And suppose you put auctions for that product [...]
Guy Kawasaki: The Name Game I’d like to provide some guidelines about naming a company or product because I meet with many companies who are in this process. Generally, the primary concern of most people seems to be whether a domain name is available. However, there are other consid (tags: business branding bizopblog names)
How to Start a Bed and Breakfast
Entrepreneur: Whether you want to start a B&B to escape the rat race, to supplement your income, to create a business out of a historic home that you love, or to indulge your love of being a host or hostess, you’ll want to know the profit factor. What revenues can you expect as a bed [...]
