Michael Simmons (via Dan Marques):
In my opinion, the first two mistakes that students can make with entrepreneurship are:
1. Not getting started
2. Not keeping with itHowever, what happens once you get past these? Over the years, I’ve met hundreds of committed young entrepreneur, and I’ve noticed six recurring mistakes. Below you will find my advice on how to avoid these.
Technorati tags: failure, startup, entrepreneurship
Every person has strengths and weaknesses. The appeal of a partnership — even if the team is just a pair of people doing what they can to leverage the power of two — is a matching so well-suited that the pair’s strengths are more powerful than those of either individual, thereby reducing the effects of each individual’s foibles. Whereas finding a romantic partner is such a regular occurrence in our society that people couple all the time, finding a business partner who is truly complementary and thoroughly communicative and unquestionably trustworthy is a much more elusive achievement.
Technorati tags: entrepreneurship, startup, partner, founders, hiring
Been talking to some pubsub-ers (ie people that work at pubsub) about creating Pete Caputa’s list of Under-the-Radar Entrepreneurs that Blog. I get to start the list with 35-40 bloggers. It’ll look something like this (explained here).
So, who should be on the list? Feel free to nominate yourself. I have about 20 that I want to add to it. I am hoping that you all have another 20 to add yourself.
Technorati tags: blogging, lists, entrepreneur
Greg Balanko-Dickson (via Mary Sullivan):
The secret to successful planning is to implement the plan then measure success. You do this by tracking actual results vs. planned outcomes which creates accountability. A plan without measurable milestones will be prone to failure. Measurable milestones are also key indicators that can be used to determine whether or not you are making progress on your plan.
Technorati tags: planning, management, measurement, entrepreneurship
We ended up trying to compile a list of the most important ‘rules’ for good selling. George came up with these ten, which I thought were outstanding, and well worth sharing with readers…
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Kiko (via Michael Arrington):
Slow, featureless online calendars are so Web 1.0. Kiko Calendar provides all of the functionality of offline calendar software, and all the convenience of online access. Plus, it’s free!
Technorati tags: calendar, web2.0, productivity
Chapter 3 (via Larry Borsato):
It’s the fall again, and as summer draws to a close we feverishly get ready for another entrepreneurial event in Waterloo. So welcome to the Chapter 3 blog.
Technorati tags: entrepreneurship, startup, waterloo
You’re pissed off about high gas prices, right? I thought so. But you don’t really want FEMA to run gasoline distribution, do you? I thought not. I’m trying slow revenge; I’m driving the speed limit. The difference in gas consumption is huge.
Technorati tags: gasoline, consumption, economics, driving
When a customer orders a product or engages your services, toss in something extra. You don’t need to make a big deal of it but do it systematcially and don’t advertise it. This is one of the easiest ways to over deliver on expectations.
We’re putting the finishing touches on our next book. We’re not sure what we’re going to call it yet, but here’s a peak at the latest version of the table of contents.
Technorati tags: book, software, programming, entrepreneurship, design
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