Archive for April, 2009
Charlie Rose Interview with Bill Gates and William Gates Sr.
I recently saw a fantastic Charlie Rose interview with Bill Gates and William Gates Sr. They discuss everything from vision, curiosity, capitalism and much more. It is a fascinating and inspiring conversation that I am sure you will enjoy. For the full interview go to www.charlierose.com and below is a preview of the interview. Also, [...]
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Thursday, April 30th, 2009Posted in Interviews, Videos of Interest
Tags: Bill Gates, Books, Charlie Rose
Announcement of Our New Guest Blogger
Harvard’s next Guest Blogger is Jerry Barney, possibly the most successful independent business valuation specialist in the history of entrepreneurship. One of these days you’ll need to put a price on your company and Jerry’s the man to do it. After more than 3,000 valuations on a global basis, Jerry still answers his own phone [...]
Posted by Rick Bell on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Posted in HBS Announcements
Tags: business valuations
Business Valuation in the Current Declining Market
It likely does not come as a surprise that business valuations have dropped dramatically since October 2008. Many owners are wondering how to assess their current value and how to plan for the future. Here are some current trend observations by American ValueMetrics Corp, which is a national business appraiser. Please remember that these are [...]
Posted by Jerry Barney on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Posted in 101
Tags: business valuations
Hit the Ground Running
The Leading Blog has a fantastic review by Michael McKinney of the new book Hit the Ground Running: A Manuel for New Leaders by Jason Jennings. Below is an excerpt of the post with a top ten list of rules to follow to hit the ground running. Check out the full post here. Rule 1: [...]
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Tuesday, April 28th, 2009Posted in Articles of Interest, Books of Interest, Top Ten Lists
Tags: Leaders
Book Review: Small Giants
America is full of small businesses, businesses like mom & pop grocery stores, printers, clothing stores, photo studios, computer repair shops, and restaurants. Many of these businesses are their customers’ first choice when they shop because the customers know that those businesses always give their best. Those business owners also know how important their customers, [...]
Posted by Jake Cornelius on Monday, April 27th, 2009Posted in Books of Interest
Tags: Book review, Entrepreneurs, Small Business
Advantages of Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing, is bringing about big changes between advertisers and media outlets, and between buyers and sellers. Usually, whether web based, print media or a broadcast, the advertiser pays a fee based on the number of readers, viewers, or visits to a site. The advertiser pays the fee no matter how many sales or inquiries [...]
Posted by Brett Melson on Friday, April 24th, 2009Posted in 101
Tags: Marketing
The Weekly Media Trainer: Part 6
The Fundamentals: The Good Answer Radio Stations Politicians often say there are no bad questions, only bad answers. In other words, someone who is on his or her game can use any question to lead to their chosen answer; to take control of the interview situation. Last week I explained how to bridge from a [...]
Posted by George Merlis on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009Posted in 101
Tags: George Merlis, Media, Media Training
The HBS Refer a Friend Program
Harvard Business Services, Inc. would like to extend the invitation to you to join our Refer a Friend Program. We are very grateful for all referrals that come our way and to show our gratitude we have created this new referral program as a way to say thank you and to give our referring clients [...]
Posted by Brett Melson on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Posted in HBS Announcements
Tags: Refer a Friend Program
Quote of the Day
“If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think that perseverance is one of the key qualities. It’s very important that you find something that you care about, that you have a deep passion for, because you’re going going to have to devote a lot of your life to it.” [...]
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009Posted in Quotes
Tags: Perseverance, Quotes
13 Steps for Startups
Author Paul Graham makes some fantastic points regarding startups in an essay he wrote on his website, read the full post here. 1. Pick good co-founders. 2. Launch fast. 3. Let your idea evolve. 4. Understand your users. 5. Better to make a few users love you than a lot ambivalent. 6. Offer surprisingly good [...]
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Monday, April 20th, 2009Posted in Articles of Interest
Tags: Entrepreneurs, Startup
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