Archive for May 8th, 2006
2006 Business Plan Competition
Knowledge@Wharton: Attending the Venture Finals of Wharton’s Business Plan Competition offers an opportunity to whiff the future by surveying potential startups. It’s a chance to see what aspiring, ambitious entrepreneurs believe will be the next big thing. Today’s business plans, after all, become tomorrow’s companies. At this year’s competition, healthcare companies, ranging from medical-device makers [...]
Owners’ Compensation in S Corporations
The Accounting Blog: All business owners face an interesting challenge: how to take profits out of the company and pay the least amount of taxes in the process. If you have an S corp., there are basically two ways you can get money out of the company: by paying yourself salary or by paying yourself [...]
This week’s Brain Brew Radio episode is online: This week on Schooltime, Doug explains how to be Bold and Brave to increase your odds of success in the marketplace… Brain Brew guest, David, has a delivery service to people in The Hamptons – asks Doug and David how to get the word out about his [...]
Matt Weston: Jason Fried says make tiny decisions. I’ve been thinking around this a lot recently. The problem with small business owners I know is that we can’t seem to put down the urge to make big decisions. Photo by Whatknot.
Don’t be fooled by phishing scams
ABC News: Question: I’ve heard about people getting duped into giving out personal information through “phishing” e-mails. How do I spot these kinds of scams and avoid getting caught in them? Answer: “Phishing” may sound like a silly word — more on its origins later — but the threat that this kind of fraud poses [...]
How to Make a Venture Capitalist Happy
Scott Johnson: Make them a lot of money. Listen, take notes and follow their advice (kudos to Guy Kawaski, Art of the Start who taught me this one). Never waste their time (kudos to Scott Rafer who taught me this one). Metrics, Metrics, Metrics (kudos to all the VCs I’ve ever talked to who finally, [...]
Make PayPal Money on Oprah Scam
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eBay….not the growth company it used to be
smart office news: EBay is not the growth Company it use to be. The recent buyers of Skype a deal which many say could hurt the company long turn is struggling in the face of new competition. Meg Whitman, eBay’s chief executive, has sought to quash claims of slowing growth by assuring investors that the [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Harshly Mellow.
Lexington Herald: Since October, the 7-year-old Union boy’s artwork has fetched about $5,000 at auction on eBay. The money from the sale of the 30 or so paintings and drawings is being used to help pay Maddox’s medical expenses. He’s been fighting cancer for more than a year. Earlier this week, the online casino GoldenPalace.com, [...]
Ten Smart Moves to Improve Your Business
Derek Featherstone: Start a blog Get good help Write with a twist Unplug your fax machine Stay as small as you logically can Stay under the radar Just turn email off Raise prices every year Know when to throw in the towel Get office space
Rhonda Abrams in USA Today: After I had been in business for a few years, a friend asked me, “Rhonda, when did you know you were good at what you do?” I had to stop and think. Until my friend posed the question, I hadn’t realized that it had been quite a while since I [...]
Auctionbytes: Collecting Swatch Watches for years, as well as design items, I was a member of a collector club based in New York. Faxes, phone calls and classified ads allowed me to buy and sell worldwide from my location in France. Late in 1999, I saw an ad banner for eBay, and a few clicks [...]
