A Little Business Know-How from the Chick in the Skirt…
Posted in Start-Up of the Week on Jul 15th, 2008
In a recent post I mentioned that being an entrepreneur often means having to take great risks. Well here is another story of a brave individual willing to lay it all on the line – an entrepreneur who has stepped outside of the mainstream and created something very unique. There’s only one word [...]
Posted in Business Extras, What's Hot in Business on Jul 14th, 2008
Did you know that there are more than 1.3 billion people online or approximately 20 percent of the world’s population? Men, women, children… tweens, baby boomers, parents… small business owners, corporations and governments… Every conceivable market has found a home on the net. That’s why you should absolutely consider online advertising. PricewaterhouseCoopers [...]
Posted in Start-Up of the Week on Jul 12th, 2008
Being an entrepreneur often means taking great risks. Our start-up story of the week is all about taking risks and reaping the rewards. Introducing La Mesa Verde! La Mesa Verde is a pioneer of a new realm of audiovisual production. Its CEO and founder, Pablo de la Rocha, attributes deep industry [...]
Posted in Business Basics on Jul 11th, 2008
Assuming that you can be all things to all people is the single greatest mistake that you can make as an entrepreneur – projecting that everyone in the developed world is a potential customer. Wrong! Not going to happen. Never has. Want to turn-off an investor? Show them a presentation [...]
Posted in Business Extras on Jul 9th, 2008
As entrepreneurs, we keep a close watch on the stock markets, the price of oil and any potential ‘bubbles’ in the online sector. With the way things are today, you can’t help but wonder if there is money to be made in this down economy. So I did some digging around. I [...]
Posted in Start-Up of the Week, What's Hot in Business on Jul 9th, 2008
This is the first of what I hope to be many posts about hot new start-ups – those up-and-comers worth keeping an eye on. One I highly recommend you bookmark is Viddiction. Viddiction takes the video sharing social network space a notch higher by offering competitions and a unique revenue sharing model. [...]
Posted in Business Basics on Jul 6th, 2008
One of the best ways to boost your exposure and create awareness of your services or products is to get social on the Web. By social, I am referring primarily to networking – as this approach works quickly and effectively (and costs next to nothing). If you’re sitting back waiting for business to [...]
