Archive for March 2nd, 2007
Mac: An Ideal Computer for Small Business
ComputerWorld: Historically, Macs and small business aren’t often associated with each other. Yet smaller firms seem to be one of the markets Apple is targeting with Mac OS X Leopard Server. Leopard Server’s new Server Preferences interface is designed primarily for small businesses, which often need some of the features of a server but don’t [...]
Credit Cards: A Small-Business Financing Tool
Eric Rosenfeld at eVenturing: When I launched my own firm, Adaptive Consulting Partners LLC, or ACP, a systems-integration and professional-services company, I immediately did what many entrepreneurs do to secure financing: I approached local commercial banks for the $50,000 needed to cover costs during the first year. Just as typically, perhaps, I was turned down. [...]
eCommerce-Guide: Brooks Lambert, who runs TheBeerbelly.com as president of Under Development Inc., is also someone who might have been viewed by some as having a less-than-perfect business model for his venture. But — after the press picked up on his contraption and he got 1 million hits to his fledgling site, as well as about [...]
Entrepreneur Creates Biz From 20-year Old Movie
eCommerce-Guide: For Stephen Clark, the man behind bttf.com, passion is what fuels his “Back to the Future” site, which he confesses with a chuckle, is successful despite being based on a movie series over 20-years-old. Clark, who has a full-time day job at a nearby university, went online in 1995, though the site’s genesis was [...]
Ten Things NOT to Name Your Business
BusyMom.net: Having recently returned from a Florida vacation, the land of boutiques, and, roadside businesses, I deem myself worthy of judging these places by their names. Some words used in business names just bring certain connotations to mind, and, it can be enough to make me not go inside and shop. Anyway, my list of [...]
Tracking Your Goals With Ben Franklin
zenhabits: A number of people have posted about Ben Franklin’s virtues, which is one of the coolest ideas for tracking your habits. I created a simple spreadsheet for tracking my habits and goals, from exercise to quitting caffeine to my morning routine to my debt and savings goals. Now, I have a weekly schedule worked [...]
