Rich Sloan

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Rich Sloan is chief startupologist and co-founder of StartupNation and host of StartupNation podcasts. He is also co-author of the acclaimed how-to book, StartupNation: America's Leading Entrepreneurial Experts Reveal the Secrets to Building a Blockbuster Business. Rich encourages you to make a comment under his blog posts or send him a personal message at member nickname, "Rich," here at StartupNation.
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2 Contests with great upside

StartupNation's 3rd Annual Home-Based 100 competition This is the quintessential ranking of home businesses and the superstar people behind them. StartupNation selects 10 Top Ten Winners across ten categories including Recession Busters, Greenest, Wackiest, Savviest...
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NBC Nightly News update and video link

Thought you might enjoy a link to an extended interview I did with NBC Nightly News. What their site says: Small business owners are 'American heroes' July 13: Rich Sloan from Startupnation.com explains why a recession might...
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Max’s greatest adventure begins

Yes, my incredible, ever true, best friend has met his end. Max has died of cancer at nine years old. This photo of him was snapped on Friday, tumor obvious, at a favorite spot of his – the...
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The downside of “-ish”

I was recently asked by a strategic partner of StartupNation's, when's your site relaunch occurring? My answer was, "End of June-ish". I realized at that moment, that i was guilty of being an "-ish". An...
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Mom tips for staying organized and ahead of the game

Our ally, Victoria Colligan of LadiesWhoLaunch has been a huge supporter and advocate for our Leading Moms in Business competition. She and her team created considerable awareness among the LadiesWhoLaunch community about the competition and many...
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Join in on my webcast, Details below

My good buddy and ally in advocacy for small business success, John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing has organized a great webcast happening at 9a Pacific this Wednesday. It's all about strategies for success in...
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New SBA program update – ARC loans

It's Small Business Week. Or, so says the federal gov't. Of course, we all know that EVERY week is small business week! Received this transcript of SBA Administrator Karen Mills' speech and thought it contained...
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PR Opportunity: ABC Casting Call

StartupNation PR Team Connects you to a Casting Call for an ABC TV show about Entrepreneurs and Inventors! Do you have the next great moneymaking idea? StartupNation is working closely with the wonderful folks at...
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Woohoo! for Leading Moms featured on ABC News

So excited to share that the 2009 Leading Moms in Business are catching the attention of major media! ABC News's Tory Johnson just ran a feature on the winner of the 2009 StartupNation Leading Moms in...
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Our ROI Revealed – What It’s All About

Usually, the acronym, ROI ("Return on Investment") is reserved for use in characterizing how much money you get out of a deal as an investor. It's basically a financial stat. But the ROI for us...