Archive for February 1st, 2007
Don’t Let Your eBay Sales Get Stale
Success in the eBay marketplace requires that sellers are continually examining their niche for selling opportunities. As time passes even the hottest products will begin to fade from favor with buyers. First there might be a little decrease in sales prices. Next items don’t always sell at auction, even with lower pricing. Finally, there just [...]
Purchasing a genuine diamond or gemstone – not a “faux” or “simulated” stone – on eBay can be a scary prospect. Unlike going to a jeweler, you can’t examine it in person and assess how it looks on your ring finger before you shell out your hard-earned cash. There’s the very real risk that you’re [...]
Low Price Doesn’t Always Mean Big Profit on eBay
One of the biggest mistakes that we made when we first started on eBay was to establish a thriving business that was based on low-cost products. We thought we were going to amake money on eBay with these low-cost products. Yet along with low-cost came low-profit from each sale. Yes, there was a profit. Even [...]
Jessica Livingston, a founding partner of Y Combinator, a seed-stage venture firm, has just published a book of interviews with 32 high tech company founders called Founders at Work: Founders at Work is a collection of interviews with founders of famous technology companies about whathappened in the very earliest days. These people are celebrities now. [...]
5 Things I Had to Learn on the Road to Self-Employment
Dragon Slayers’ Guide to Life: Going from over a decade of salaried work in a licensed profession where I had a clear role and status to full-time self-employment in a profession that is a bit like the Wild West was not without it’s challenges. If you are an entrepreneur or considering making the leap, here [...]
BusinessWeek.com: If you’re trying to keep your payroll expenses down but are still in need of high-quality employees, here are some strategies to consider. Offer internships and part-time challenges to graduate students and upper-level undergrads. They want to get experience and can bring excellent knowledge and skills. Keep an eye out for displaced “Mommy Trackers”—smart [...]
Using Social Networks To Talk Up a Product
The Wall Street Journal: The social-networking bandwagon is getting awfully crowded. For companies looking to better connect with consumers and build brand loyalty, social networks are increasingly looking like the ideal tool. Users get a forum in which to share information, pictures and videos about themselves and their likes and dislikes — and, companies hope, [...]
Entreprenuer Goes Back In Time For Business
Startup Journal: Terry Jarvis describes his hand-powered lawnmower business as a hobby turned obsession turned enterprise. A constant source of annoyance for me on weekends was the hours-long droning of power mowers, leaf blowers and other outdoor power equipment, including my own power mower. I remembered the heavy, clunky hand mowers I used when I [...]
Entrepreneur Magazine: When skateboard-maker Sector 9 in San Diego decided to add a couple of bamboo skateboards to its product lineup, company managers thought they might appeal to a few environmentally conscious customers. But in less than two years, customer demand led the company to expand the line to four models. Bamboo has more going [...]
