April, 2007
FreshBooks
By admin at April 14, 2007 | 9:31 pm | 0 Comment
According to FreshBooks CEO Mike McDerment: “FreshBooks has been designed for service-based businesses. Therefore FreshBooks users primarily fall into two categories: service-based businesses that bill for time (i.e. billing for time like lawyers, web designers, IT consultants, PR firms) and/or service providers that offer recurring services and benefit from recurring more...
Franchise Vs Start UP
By admin at April 14, 2007 | 9:24 pm | 0 Comment
Entrepreneurs have plenty of questions that need answered when they’re planning new ventures, covering everything from business type to location to funding. But there’s one other question that is just as important: Should the new business be a franchise?Budding restaurateurs Brian Kubik of Buxton-Kubik-Dodd Interiors and Architecture and Paul Freeman of Computech more...
Offertrax
By admin at April 14, 2007 | 9:12 pm | 0 Comment
RSS is mainly used by bloggers and media companies to distribute their latest blog updates and news flashes. Adding to the mix, Offertrax is bringing Really Simple Syndication to the retail sector, offering consumers more purchasing intelligence and online merchants a new way to convert site visits into sales. According to Offertrax, less than 3% of site visits convert to more...
Start Up Spark
By admin at April 13, 2007 | 11:45 pm | 0 Comment
If you’re an entrepreneur, blogger and interested in getting more involved online and working with a great company like b5 media, this is the right opportunity for you.Check this more...
Spotzer Makes Video Advertising Affordable
By admin at April 13, 2007 | 11:19 pm | 0 Comment
Andrew Klein founder of Spotzer at last years ETRE in Barcelona. At this time Spotzer made first headlines as a alpha version but it has progressed tremendously since then. Time for an interview with Andrew:1) What does Spotzer do?Spotzer makes video advertising affordable for businesses around the world. We offer small and local businesses a library of pre-produced, more...
Online Business Information
By admin at April 13, 2007 | 10:59 pm | 0 Comment
Taking your business online and growing your business online can be intimidating if you don't have much experience with online trends and technology. The first step in the investment of your time (which always equates to money as an SME) is your web strategy. A solid web strategy places emphasis on the Internet as a marketplace, communications medium, and business channel more...
Tumpang
By admin at April 13, 2007 | 10:33 pm | 0 Comment
Tumpang, which is Malay for pooling, makes it easy for buyers to pool their resources to get a bulk discount on everything from fabric freshener to flat screen televisions.However, Tumpang has added an interesting twist on the seller's side. Much like eBay, anyone can post an item for sale, paying Tumpang a listing fee. The seller states what the discounted price will be more...
20 Things Not To Do Before Starting A Business
By admin at April 13, 2007 | 4:37 am | 0 Comment
Here’s list of twenty things not to do before starting a business:Don’t quit your day job. Don’t incorporate. Seventy five percent of all businesses are sole proprietorships, and they already make money. Don’t get a bank account. Your personal banking account will work just fine if someone wants to write you a check, or if you need to pay for something. Don’t more...
Mog TV
By admin at April 12, 2007 | 8:31 pm | 0 Comment
A new online social-network called Mog not only enables members to meet other people with similar musical tastes, but also view music videos based on the songs in your music library, reports Wilson Rothman in The New York Times (3/29/07). “Imagine if YouTube knew what songs were in your music collection … it’s the ultimate mash-up,” says David Hyman, Mog’s ceo. more...
Goodreads
By admin at April 12, 2007 | 8:22 pm | 0 Comment
Goodreads provides an online platform for discussing just that. Booklovers can share recommendations for their favourite page-turners with friends, online acquaintances and other like-minded bibliophiles. Unlike the reviews found at sites like Amazon.com, Goodreads write-ups have a more personal touch since the site is built around a networking concept. Users can sign up more...
Different Kind Of Entrepreneurship
By admin at April 12, 2007 | 1:50 am | 0 Comment
The following is a little story about encounter with the amazing entrepreneurial spirit of homeschoolers and the great company they built, Wakeside.com.John Hellweg was a normal homeschool guy who had a big vision: start a company. Everyone knows homeschoolers are great at academics, but what about being “cool?” Or, what’s even more dubious, what about building and more...
GOOG411
By admin at April 11, 2007 | 8:45 pm | 0 Comment
Fed up with fees? A new bevy of free software-based directories could make you hang up on Ma Bell's operators for good Related Items911 for 411 Who isn't tired of paying $2 a pop—or more—for a simple number look-up over the phone? Google (GOOG) and other info providers feel your fatigue. Here's an annotated list of alternatives to the traditional paid-for 411. Just more...
Best Article From Other Business Sites At One Place
By admin at April 11, 2007 | 8:37 pm | 0 Comment
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Imagine If We Could Sell What We Say
By admin at April 11, 2007 | 8:16 pm | 0 Comment
Skype's latest software release includes a beta version of Skype Prime. The service is very similar to Ether: sellers set a price, fixed or per minute, find buyers for their service, and Skype handles the rest. Of course, instead of using phone lines, both sellers and buyers use Skype's voice over IP platform. While Skype charges 'call providers' more than Ether more...
Is Personality Type Matter In Venture Captial?
By admin at April 11, 2007 | 8:10 pm | 0 Comment
I’ll never forget Mitch Mumma of Intersouth telling an assembled group of newly initiated venture capitalists that a degree in psychology would probably be a stronger indicator of success in the industry than a degree in economics. One’s ability to intuit the capabilities of a team, to build trust, and manage bumps in the road are key skills for a VC, and only likely more...
Can Mangment Theory Help In Winning Boat Race?
By admin at April 10, 2007 | 8:47 pm | 0 Comment
Can voguish management theory help to win a venerable race?CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY'S “blue boat”, which faces its Oxford rival in the 153rd boat race on April 7th, glides past the browns and greys of the East Anglian fenland. The oars cup and spill the water, leaving eight evenly spaced dimples in the river behind them. Two catamarans track the boat's progress. In the more...
Get Full Technology Report
By admin at April 10, 2007 | 8:43 pm | 0 Comment
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Starting New Business,Don’t Worry
By admin at April 10, 2007 | 8:39 pm | 0 Comment
I will be starting my own business in a few months. What advice would you give me as a new business owner to help me maximize productivity? Read More:http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/edmunds/2007-04-03-time_N.htm more...
Why Some Ideas Survive?
By admin at April 10, 2007 | 8:27 pm | 0 Comment
In their new book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, the Heath brothers — Chip Heath, a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford and Dan Heath, a consultant at Duke Corporate Education — isolate and elaborate on six principles for helping ideas succeed. In other words, what makes an idea "sticky"?Principle 1: Simplicity. How do we find the more...