I read a lot of business books, and too many of them are so dry you could use them for sawdust. Last year, I happened to meet Kevin Daum at a dinner party Sam Horn threw in Washington, DC (where neither of us live) and we connected quickly and personally. Kevin is a sales and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Entrepreneurship'
A Fun Book About Marketing…A Great Strategy for Product Launch
February 4th, 2010 · View Comments · Entrepreneurship, Marketing Techniques and Philosophies, Networking
Tags: book marketing·kevin daum·product launch·Roar! Get Heard in The Sales and Marketing Jungle
Advice to New Entreprenurs
December 16th, 2009 · View Comments · Abundance and Prosperity, Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship
My friend Denise O’Berry is running a contest for the best advice to new entrepreneurs. I don’t have much use for the prize (a year of blog hosting at Network Solutions–I’m happy hosting my own blog), but it felt like a fun and seasonal thing to do. Here’s what I posted: 1. Be as helpful [...]
Tags: entrepreneurship advice
The Dawn of Eco-Chic?
December 15th, 2009 · View Comments · Energy & Sustainability, Entrepreneurship
I love the concept of EcoStiletto.com that you can be super-Green and also super-fashionable. The site name, of course, is taken from stiletto heels. I will not win any prizes from the fashionistas myself (and it’s really ironic that I’m writing about fashion today), but I’m delighted to see sites springing up that reinforce this [...]
Ben Franklin: Genius and Contradictions
November 27th, 2009 · View Comments · Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship, Ethics: General, Publishing, Transparency vs. Secrecy, propaganda
While visiting Minneapolis, I took in the opening day of the new Ben Franklin exhibit at the Minnesota History Center in downtown Saint Paul. I’ve long ben a Franklin fan. To me, his far-reaching curiosity, big-picture viewpoint, multiple interests, creativity, willingness to question authority and even make fun of it, media and persuasion skills, dedication [...]
Tags: abolitionism·Ben Franklin·Benjamin Franklin·contradictions·diplomacy·ethics·invention·morality·science·slavery
“Don’t Get Caught in the Magpie Syndrome”
October 3rd, 2009 · View Comments · Blog Tour, Entrepreneurship
Guest post by Jacqueline Wales Everything that glistens may be interesting, but it’s not gold, and it’s a mistake that many young entrepreneurs make. So here’s my top 10 list of things to do when starting your own business for the first time. 1. Create a step-by-step strategy. SERIOUSLY simple steps (ex. step 1: buy [...]
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