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 marketing [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Entrepreneurship'
A Fun Book About Marketing…A Great Strategy for Product Launch
February 4th, 2010 · 6 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 · 6 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 and [...]
Tags: entrepreneurship advice
The Dawn of Eco-Chic?
December 15th, 2009 · 4 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 duality: [...]
Ben Franklin: Genius and Contradictions
November 27th, 2009 · 5 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 · 1 Comment · 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 domain name step 2: [...]
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