Archive for April 19th, 2006
Does the SBA Help Small Business?
Capitalist Chat: What are your thoughts – does the U.S. small business sector need the SBA? Are they helping small business? While Senator Coburn said that his hearing would be to determine if the agency is operating effectively (similar to other oversight hearing he has had on government programs), would the small business community miss [...]
MyNewCompany: Inc. Magazine offers their guide to raising startup capital. The current trend is for most entrepreneurs to self-fund their businesses which, of course, we think is great.
eBay CEO gets $1.7 Million Bonus
“I got a rock.” – Charlie Brown (Powerseller) Forbes: You can buy a lot of Pez with this: The president and chief executive of eBay, Margaret Whitman, received a bonus of about $1.7 million for 2005, compared with $1.55 million for the previous year. That’s according to a filing with the U.S. Securities & Exchange [...]
Map Mashups for Fun — and Profit?
CNET News: Though a handful of mashups have received venture capital backing, many investors are leery of putting money into the sites, which typically use application programming interfaces (APIs) from online map providers such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to display information on an easy-to-use online map. The main reason for caution is the very [...]
Jim Estill: Ideas are a dime a dozen. I have a file with hundreds of ideas I will never have time to do. I am often approached by entrepreneurs with “confidential” and “secret” ideas that are going to revolutionize the world. They often want me to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement (I don’t). Especially now [...]
Business Week: An aspiring entrepreneur has an idea for a new business. He thinks it’s great, but how can he test it? Seth Godin: The first thing people considering starting a business should do is ask themselves — honestly — whether they’re building a freelance venture or an entrepreneurial venture. A freelancer gets paid to [...]
Interview With Small Business Consultant
Yaro Starak: Today I have yet another fantastic entrepreneur interview for you in my series of small business podcasts, this time with Anita Campbell, Editor of Small Business Trends and the Small Business Trends newsletter.
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