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Hobby: How to Turn Yours Into a Business

The dream of many would-be entrepreneurs is to slide seamlessly from their passionate, enjoyable pursuit of a hobby into the passionate, enjoyable establishment and operation of a company based on their favorite pastime. Nothing is...

byThe Sloan Brothers

December 8, 2005

My favorite holiday promotion yet…

(Entry by Rich Sloan) The deluge of holiday promotions is getting overwhelming. Offers for free shipping, unheard of discounts, etc., are EVERYWHERE! One recent promotional mailing, though, actually stopped me in my tracks. It was...

byRich Sloan

December 7, 2005

Holiday Shopping Tips From StartupNation

StartupNation Radio is your secret to holiday shopping. Okay, nobody else at StartupNation is making that claim, but my holiday shopping is almost done, and I couldn't have done it without StartupNation. If you listen...

byJoan Isabella

December 7, 2005

New stuff every day? We’re listening.

I love a website that has something new on it each day that I visit. If I know that a site will have something fresh for me every day, that's one that I'll revisit constantly....

byJoel Welsh

December 5, 2005

Plan Your Life

On The Verge of Something Big

You think you have everything in order. You created a plan. You've made the contact. Things look good. And you are just waiting for the big deal to come through. And waiting. And waiting. I...

byJoan Isabella

December 2, 2005

Finding the ”where” of success

In Rich Karlgaard's book, Life 2.0, he focuses on how people have transformed their lives by moving to a new city, town, tract of land. In reading the book, it reinforced our belief that it's...

byRich Sloan

December 2, 2005

And You Thought You Had Problems!

I asked Jeff Landers from www.offices2share.com to forward some of the entries they received in the "Home Office from Hell" contest I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. These are my personal favorites. I...

byJoan Isabella

December 1, 2005

Grab Your Partner

You don't have to do it all yourself. In fact, you can't. Entrepreneurs all have a certain amount of maverick "I can do it alone" attitude, but real success comes when we can step aside...

byJoel Welsh

December 1, 2005

Business Startup Costs: Write Off!

One of the basic financial principles of being in business today: your revenues can be offset against your expenses. Sure, some expenses, like meals and entertainment, may be only partially deductible. Other expenses may have...

byJoseph Anthony

December 1, 2005

Now Hear This!! (or you can listen later)

Are you a TIVO person? Recent surveys say that people with TIVO watch MORE tv than those who only watch their television shows live. I find that fascinating. What about how you listen to radio?...

byJoel Welsh

November 30, 2005

Hate your boss? Start Your Own Business.

The number one reason that people change jobs is their immediate supervisor. The company can be crumbling around you but if your manager is treating you well, you are likely to stick around - and...

byJoel Welsh

November 22, 2005

6 Ways to Handle the Holiday Sales Rush

When you’re watching your favorite holiday movie – say, “A Christmas Story” or “It’s a Wonderful Life” – do you ever wonder how in the world the actors could summon convincing yuletide emotions in July,...

byStartupNation

November 22, 2005

Dodge Phishing and Pharming Without Phreaking Out!

Chances are good that you don't have a dedicated IT guy in your home office. So it's up to you to stay on top of the latest news about how to protect your computer and...

byJoan Isabella

November 17, 2005

Who’d have thunk he’d write back?

Who knows what was going through Joey Hawilo's mind when he sent an email to Mark Cuban? Joey is on the board of the Entrepreneur's club here at U of M. They're planning a conference...

byJonathan Hudson

November 16, 2005

The power of ‘Word of Mouth’

Have you seen the results of a study done by Intelliseek and Forrester this fall? The study indicates that word-of-mouth is far and away the most powerful way to influence the decision making of customers....

byRich Sloan

November 15, 2005

Extra Credit

Like my cell phone and briefcase, credit cards are such an integral part of my life that I forget what life was like before I had one. In speaking with some of my younger friends...

byJonathan Hudson

November 15, 2005

Are You Waving a Red Flag Outside Your Office?

An accountant can really help you figure out what tax deductions you qualify for, and mine has suggested a myriad of things I didn't know were deductible. I suggest if you don't have an accountant,...

byJoan Isabella

November 15, 2005

Running late for the meeting

Every now and then, we throw a scenario your way--a common scenario from everyday business dealings. Here's one that's ever present, and some of us are more guilty than others: Being late for a meeting....

byRich Sloan

November 14, 2005

Podcast Poolside Business Meeting

I'm at the inaugural Podcast conference in Ontario, California and it's extremely fascinating. Podcasters from all over the world have converged on this town in the mountains east of Los Angeles to meet one another...

byJoel Welsh

November 12, 2005