6 Steps To Immediately Starting Your Own Business

February 9, 2009

Did you just get laid off? Or are you looking for a way to earn more cash? Either way, now is the best time to start your own business, but the hardest part is getting started.
Starting a business is like pulling off a band-aid RIGHT OFF!
Collected here are 6 immediate steps you can take to [...]

How To Easily Make Money Online In a Recession

February 4, 2009

Everywhere we look, there are thousands of layoffs, from some of the best firms in the world, and it seems like there’s nothing left for consumers to do but sit and wait it out.
Cut back on expenses, start spending money more wisely, but a big piece of living through a recession is learning to seize [...]

Veoh, YouTube, and Many Other Sites One Step Closer To Becoming 100% Legal

January 6, 2009

From a recent ruling by a case between Universal Music Group and Veoh, the judge ruled that Veoh is a legal entity as long as it complies with the DMCA.

The safe harbor of the DMCA states that Web services are not liable for copyright infringement if the content is stored “at the direction of a [...]

The Best and Cheapest Perks To Retain The Top Talent

December 9, 2008

The most powerful asset in any company is the people. For a company like Google, you have the best minds in the world, and then contrast them with General Motors and you see my point. We just chronicled the best Google job perks, and there is a lot small businesses can learn from them.
How To [...]

The Best, Least Known Perks of Working at Google

December 5, 2008

So everybody knows Google is the best company on Earth, aside from their “do no evil,” motto, their stock price hovers around $300 (even in this horrible economic climate), and just to rub it in that you don’t work at Google, here are 10 more reasons to hate love the Googlers. Did you know they [...]

Google Doesn't Care About Monetizing Youtube, Releases New YouTube Player Lets You Embed Videos Right From The Player

November 6, 2008

YouTube has added additional functionality to their embeddable video player, perhaps pushing their site more to the platform play, and putting less emphasis on the portal.
This will be great for YouTube growth, but I don’t know how well this is going to play out for monetizing YouTube.
It’s a pretty cool feature none-the-less, meaning you can [...]

Gainesville Delivery is Booming or How To Make Money With Local Affiliate Marketing In Your College Town

November 5, 2008

Gainesville has more restaurants per capita than any other city in North Florida. There are more than 10 different pizza restaurants, about 7 or more sushi restaurants, and countless Chinese food restaurants.

Tony Soprano Now Has His Own Wine Line, Bada Bing!

October 29, 2008

Even though the Sopranos show is no longer on the air, just like Seinfeld, it continues to live on. Bracco wines, of Lorraine Bracco fame, has launched a new Sopranos Italian wine.

Want To Know Where To Launch A New Product?

October 29, 2008

Researchers Find U.S. Doesn’t Top the List of Countries, and Suggest Marketers Take a ‘Waterfall’ Approach to Rollouts. The actual top-country doesn’t even speak English at all, at least not natively.

Startup Facing Layoffs? Hug Your Stars, and Ditch Your Blackholes

October 28, 2008

The sports world is a great parallel to the startup and venture-world. You have a team, and often times the team is made up of rag-tag players or employees, and like any team, you can only get as far as your weakest link.

Bridge Group: 6 Rules for Successful Inside Sales Hiring

October 22, 2008

The Bridge Group has a great blog on the best practices for inside sales managers. They’ve put together 6 rules for building a new inside sales team.

Want To Know What It's Like To Be a Sequoia Company? Here Is Their 'RIP Good Times' Powerpoint Deck, Good Luck!

October 10, 2008

Been wandering what it feels like to be a Sequoia capitol company? Here’s an inside glimpse into their recent powerpoint presentation detailing the fallout of the stock market, and the subsequent ‘RIP Good Times’.

Where To Raise Your First Startup Capital

July 16, 2008

Raising money is one of the most difficult aspects of running a startup, and assuming you already know how to self-fund and bootstrap for as long as possible.

7 Steps to Build Your Startup Business Credit

February 21, 2008

The credit crunch has hit America. Businesses need capital to continue to operate. Wise Startup Blog has put together 7 steps to building and maintaining your business credit.