Archive for July 2007
Today HP made two new resources available to website developers and bloggers who want to make it simple to print and reformat content from the Internet in a useful, attractive format. The Tabblo Print Toolkit at developer.tabblo.com, is a set of publicly available technology components, which enables web developers to incorporate print functionality into new [...]
I’ve long been on a record as a strong advocate of smart phones, and the Treo 650 in particular. I’ve had a Treo 650 since mid 2005. This weekend, after an hour’s drive and a short wait at an Apple Store, I now own a Apple iPhone and am in a position to compare the [...]
MSN Money: Paul and Alison Martin, who met while they were students at Stanford University, decided to launch a Web-based baby-product business shortly after the birth of their twins, Ainsley and Sierra. The couple launched Noss Galen Baby in February 2004, just before Paul graduated. By May 2005, Paul said, the site was profitable enough [...]
I’ve long been on a record as a strong advocate of smart phones, and the Treo 650 in particular. I’ve had a Treo 650 since mid 2005. This weekend, after an hour’s drive and a short wait at an Apple Store, I now own a Apple iPhone and am in a position to compare the [...]
Learning How to Talk To Angel Investors
StartUp Journal: For small firms looking to grow, angel investors can help provide needed financing. These affluent individuals typically fund companies seeking $250,000 to $2 million, usually in exchange for an ownership stake in the business. In addition to a capital infusion, angels may bring business acumen to their portfolio companies, says Bill Payne, an [...]
Entrepreneurs Must Share Their Ideas
Jeff Cornwall writing in The Tennessean: When aspiring entrepreneurs come to my office for help, many of them are very hesitant to share many details about what they are hoping to do. They are afraid to share any specific aspect of their business for fear that someone will steal their idea and beat them to [...]
Women Loyal to Women-Owned Businesses
Inc.: Companies that purchase goods and services from women-owned businesses have a competitive edge when it comes to securing a female customer base, a new survey found. Out of 1,200 women surveyed nationwide, 80 percent said they would be more likely to try a product if they knew its manufacturer used women-owned businesses as vendors, [...]
Strong Differentiation Is Crucial!
Wall Street Journal: A few years ago, white scrawl on a black billboard along Interstate 95 in Philadelphia screamed: “I hate Steven Singer!” Speculation swirled among those who saw it. A popular theory was that it was the work of a jilted girlfriend. In fact, the sign was paid for by Steven Singer Jewelers, a [...]
Marketing Videos Became a Hit in Their Own Right
Wall Street Journal: How do you know when an online word-of-mouth campaign is successful? When the campaign itself becomes a revenue generator. Blendtec, a 186-employee company in Orem, Utah, set out last November to build brand awareness for its line of high-end home and commercial blenders. Its idea: Online-only marketing videos that show Chief Executive [...]
MSN Money: You hear a lot about companies routing their customer-service calls to workers overseas, but a less-noticed trend is the growth in home-based call-center workers. The number of such workers in North America has tripled since 2000, according to an estimate by research firm Yankee Group, with more than 670,000 phone agents in the [...]
States Easing Regulatory Burdens on Small Firms
Inc.: Texas and Maine recently joined a growing list of states that have enacted legislation to ease regulatory burdens on smaller businesses. Last week, Texas signed into law a measure requiring assessments of the impact of all new state regulations on small businesses, along with mandatory proposals for alternative means of accomplishing the same objectives. [...]
