Archive for June, 2009
Guy Kawasaki’s Ten Commandments
Guy Kawasaki is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author of The Art of The Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, Selling the Dream and Reality Check. While looking at his lastest endeavor, Alltop.com (a web site that uses RSS feeds to organize by topic, the latest stories from thousands of blogs and sites) I found out that [...]
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009Posted in Articles of Interest
Tags: Articles of Interest, Entrepreneur
Success is a Continuous Journey
Another great TED Talk has just been posted, this one is a short video but it still delivers a fantastic message. Success is a continuous journey not a one way road, it’s a great reminder for all entrepreneurs.
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Monday, June 15th, 2009Posted in Videos of Interest
Tags: Entrepreneurs, TED Talks, Videos of Interest
Marketing During Turbulent Times
Business Week has a great interview with author and marketing guru, Philip Kotler. He has a new book out called Chaotics: The Business of Managing and Marketing in the Age of Turbulance. Below is a portion of the interview. Philip, in these troubled times, companies are cutting their marketing budgets—in fact, marketing is one of [...]
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Friday, June 12th, 2009Posted in Articles of Interest
Tags: Articles of Interest, Marketing
Noteworthy Quotes From Recent Business Stories
This week we’ll focus on several business news stories that earned extensive coverage in the media. We’ll look at some soundbites and quotes and judge them for effectiveness. Tarp or Trap? The biggest story is Treasury’s decision to allow some banks to repay $68 billion in TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) money. Reuters coverage included [...]
Posted by George Merlis on Thursday, June 11th, 2009Posted in Quotes
Tags: Media, News
Book Review: Panic
This current economic recession, just like the ones that have preceded it, have a lot of people asking who’s fault it is and why it happened. Blame has been placed on the mortgage companies, the banks, the federal government, deregulation, homeowners who overspent, Wall Street traders, etc. A really big-picture view of the whole thing [...]
Posted by Jake Cornelius on Wednesday, June 10th, 2009Posted in Books of Interest
Tags: Book review
Dealing with “Comps” in Business Appraisals
Most everyone has heard the term “comps” as applied to valuation. It means data from comparable sales of businesses. But the data itself is problematic. The most common databases are Pratt’s Stats and BizComps. These sources of data are organized by Standard Industry Codes (SIC). This may seem reasonable, but in fact there is as [...]
Posted by Jerry Barney on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009Posted in 101
Tags: business valuations
Sowing Rewards From Risk
What is an Entrepreneur? Our good friends at Webster’s offer a rather interesting definition: one who organizes, manages and assumes the risk of a business or enterprise. What is an enterprise? a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated or risky. If you notice…both involve “risk”. Anyone who has ever contemplated the start of [...]
Posted by David Zeigler on Monday, June 8th, 2009Posted in INC Knowledge
Tags: Entrepreneurs, Risk
The Innovation Zone
Check out this great video on innovation created for the recently published book The Innovation Zone: How Great Companies Re-Innovate for Amazing Success by Thomas M. Koulopoulos. I found the book to be very helpful, the writing is engaging and there are many takeaway lessons showcased in lists and charts to teach you how to [...]
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Friday, June 5th, 2009Posted in Books of Interest, Videos of Interest
Tags: Books, Videos of Interest
Best Industries For Starting a Business
Inc.com created a very interesting list of the best industries for starting a business right now. Add to the list in the comments! Here are their picks: Candy iPhone Apps Health Care Technology Beer, Wine and Liquor Wholesale Software as a Service Home Healthcare Yoga Products and Services Technical and Trade Schools Fast-Casual Dining Green [...]
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Thursday, June 4th, 2009Posted in Articles of Interest
Tags: Articles of Interest, Entrepreneur
Delaware is #1
Every year the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ranks the 50 states for the corporate law structure each has established. Delaware is unique in that it ranks #1 for the 7th year in a row in a survey generated by the United States Chamber Institute for Legal Reform. The survey polled judges, attorneys, professors and others [...]
Posted by Brett Melson on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009Posted in Delaware
Tags: Delaware, Delaware Division of Corporations, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, United States Chamber Institute for Legal Reform
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