Archive for March 27th, 2006
How To: Selling for Entrepreneurs
Dave Lorenzo: Entrepreneurs already know how to sell. They sell their ideas to their family first. Betting their future on a new business takes some convincing. After the family comes the people who will finance the venture. The business owner must make a compelling case in a charming way. Next they sell to vendors. A [...]
Seth Godin: If you fund your company, even a little, you’ve just sold it. Maybe not today, or tomorrow, but one day. That’s because rational investors are funding your company in the expectation that you are going to sell it and make them a profit. (sure there are exceptions, but not many). So, if you [...]
Never a Bad Time to Start a Business
The most cockamamie elitist BS I’ve ever read: It’s a bad time to start a company. via Pete Caputa.
NFIB: What is the best way to structure your small business? You have four options: a sole proprietorship, a partnership, some type of corporation or a limited liability company (LLC).
Google recently made a move into the print advertising world by auctioning off advertising space at cut rate prices in a variety offline print publications, including Martha Stewart Living to Road & Track. Unfortunately, even though the advertisers were able to get space that normally sold for $59,000 for $4,000, the return was not inline [...]
The Cash Flow Blog: These traps/mistakes are common to many entrepreneurs: Getting Wedded To an Idea And Sticking With It Too Long. No Marketing Plan. Not Knowing Your Customers. Ignoring Your Cash Position. Ignoring Employees. Confusing Likelihood With Reality. No Sales Plan. Being a Lone Ranger. No Mastermind. Giving Up.
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Radiohead Tour Sells Out in Minutes – eBay your only hope
Gigwise: If you didn’t get your Radiohead tour tickets at 9am this morning you’re out of luck – they’ve all sold out. Tickets for the band’s upcoming mini-tour of Britain and Europe sold out within minutes of going on sale, leaving thousands of fans disappointed. Despite lead singer Thom Yorke recently criticising the sale of [...]
This week’s Carnival of Marketing is up at A Shareware Life.
Mpire Launches eBay Research for Mobile Phones
Auctionbytes: Mpire has launched a mobile version of its research tool for eBay buyers and sellers. Mpire launched Researcher for the desktop in January, and now users can now access data about items that have sold on eBay through their cell phones using Mpire Researcher Mobile.
Ross Perot: Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touch down. via SoHo Savvy.
KansasCity.com: A makeshift mannequin that failed to fool police monitoring a high-occupancy-vehicle lane fetched $15,000 in an eBay auction, and the proceeds will go to charity, the buyer has announced. Denver-based Video Professor bought the Styrofoam head, coat hanger and clothing stuffed with newspapers from HOV scofflaw Greg Pringle, 53, of Broomfield, Colo., said Brian [...]
Brokeback Mountain Truck on eBay
Canada.com: A Pincher Creek teenager is selling a ’50s-era pickup truck made famous in the movie Brokeback Mountain on eBay, hoping to make some cash for college by giving up his dream vehicle. Matthew Kennedy, a 16-year-old Grade 11 student, bought the truck at an auction about a year ago, after a friend of his [...]
Autoblog: Be prepared to ‘go for baroque,’ because we know you’ve always privately lusted for a bold restyling of Pontiac’s Fiero. Always keeping our readership in mind, we couldn’t wait to pass along this minty-fresh red Zimmer Quick Silver now at auction. The 1986 model seen here is motivated by the General’s 2.8-liter V6, and [...]
This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance is up at Financial Baby Steps.
How to Start a Beauty Salon – WikiHow Have you always dreamed of being successful in the beauty business? Here’s how to launch and establish your very own beauty salon. (tags: business bizopblog ideas startup howto salon)
Silicon Valley Startups See Cash Everywhere
Startup Journal: The market for high-technology start-up businesses is so intense in Silicon Valley that some companies are being showered with millions of dollars from investors — without even asking for it. It is a phenomenon called “pre-emptive financing,” and it has become more common in the past several months. The question is whether venture [...]
