Matthew E. May writes at Open Forum, one of the first things I teach to the MBA students studying entrepreneurial business is a practical skill: presentation. Specifically, how to pitch an idea. Whether you’re a startup looking for venture financing or simply trying to get an idea implemented in a large company, you won’t move […]
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Richard LaMotta, the inventor of the Chipwich cookie ice cream sandwich rolled in chocolate chips that so many know and love, died Tuesday in his home reports NBC New York. What started as 50 highly visible streetcarts with people standing in line for the $1 novelty, soon turned into armies of vendors nationwide. The ‘Chipwich’
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Entrepreneur Magazine’s Entrepreneur of 2010. Last year’s winners turned heads with headphones and made the grass greener by being green. Tell us what you’re doing to make an impact–on your industry, for your employees and in your community–and you could be the Entrepreneur of 2010. Post your entry by June 15, 2010 (don’t procrastinate) and
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Over at 99percent.com, Jack Dorsey outlines three core takeaways from his experiences building and launching Twitter — and more recently — Square, a simple payment utility. 1) Draw: get your idea out of your head and share it, 2) Luck: assess when the time (and the market) is right to execute your idea, 3) Iterate:
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PR.com: Greenspoon Marder, a full-service business law firm, has opened two new practice areas and expanded three others, with the recent hiring of five new attorneys. The Florida-based firm now offers International Tax services, to complement its domestic practice, and Public Insurance Adjusting, to address insurance claims on behalf of home and business owners. Greenspoon
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Globe and Mail: Before Shanda Jerrett opened GumDrops Wet Weather Boutique in late 2007, she thought carefully about the customer experience she wanted to provide. Located in Vancouver’s beachside Kitsilano neighbourhood, her shop greets visitors with a colourful display of fashion-forward raincoats, gumboots and outdoor accessories. Ms. Jerrett says GumDrops appeals to the emotions by
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photo credit: KrätzschePhotography  Businesses, especially small businesses, love to improve their cash flow and why wouldn’t they? So in light of all the talk revolving around a better New Year in business, look below for some tips on how you can easily improve your cash flow that I recently came across on Open Forum.
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Sydney Morning Herald: Last week, Movie Gallery, the second-largest movie rental chain in the US after Blockbuster, threw in the towel and decided to close its 1,900 stores and liquidate all remaining inventory. It marked the end of at least three years of drip torture for Movie Gallery, whose once imposing 2,400 store empire has
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photo credit: Amir K. Many businesses today are doing everything they can to save some money and play it safe when it comes to the recession still lingering over them. One of the newest “in” ways to save money for these businesses is by outsourcing many tasks they once had completed in house. A recent
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Fast Casual: Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants Inc. has re-designed its store prototype, slashing start-up costs for new stores, in some cases by hundreds of thousands of dollars, to make owning a Dickey’s affordable for new owner/operators. The re-design includes the streamlining of kitchen equipment and the decrease of its unit footprint from an average of 3,000
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