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Business Development Discussion
2007-10-20 07:06:00 Dailymotion blogged videoBusiness Development Discussion Conversation with my brother on business development, sales, and keeping customers for life. More About: Sine
The Importance of Time Management
2007-10-15 19:13:00 If I am not traveling, my day usually starts at 7:00 a.m. I work for an hour or so in bed on my laptop, then, depending upon the day, I work out with my trainer at my house, shower, and leave for the office by 9:00. I have conference calls lined up until I reach the office, usually around 9:30 a.m. I work straight through until 7:30 p.m., only getting up from my desk to use the restroom. I almost always have lunch at my desk unless I have a meeting. When I get home around 8:00 p.m., I usually take a couple of hours to hang out with my girlfriend, eat, relax, and watch some TV before picking up my laptop. I don’t usually get to bed until 12:30 a.m. That is, of course, if I don’t need to chat with India about an application spec which can sometimes run until 2:00 a.m. or later. I remember a time when I would have a meeting on the other side of town and after the meeting; I might hang out at Starbucks for an hour before heading back to the office. This seems unthinkable now. It... More About: Management , Time , Time Management
Decision Making
2007-10-09 22:49:00 I have seen it time and time again: Brilliant people with great ideas who can’t make a decision to save their lives, or their businesses in this case. It’s like the person had so much on his or her “to do” list that he or she couldn’t decide what to do first, so ended up doing nothing at all. Failure to make quick decisions will always be the downfall of an entrepreneur. As Lee Iacocca said, “The one word that makes a good manager—decisiveness.” It is incredibly important that you make quick decision-making a habit early on. A good entrepreneur always goes with his or her gut. If gut-level feelings are one-third genes (or something that you are just “born with”), then the other two-thirds have to be experience and logic. That indescribable feeling you are born with will help you choose a path quickly, while logic and experience will help you solidify your decision because they will affirmed it with more calculated thoughts. (more…) More About: Decision , Decision-Making , Makin , Decision making
The Million Dollar Entrepreneur
2007-10-06 19:07:00 Entrepreneur blogger Cristian Dorobantescu from energybyte.com recently asked me to answer these questions: • What is the minimum amount it would take to make you feel OK about your entrepreneurship? • What is the most difficult challenge that you face in reaching it? This comes after getting a consensus from a number of entrepreneurs that: • Having a million dollars in the bank is the minimum amount to feel ok about your entrepreneurship. • The most difficult challenge is to make the first million. In order for me to feel good about doing well in business, I need to accomplish a lot more than just increasing my wealth. For me, true success would be accomplished by making a large social impact that changes the way people do things. Much like what Bill Gates has done for businesses over the personal computer, I want build a global brand that will make people more successful at whatever they do. The byproduct of this success would be money, and money helps you buy a Ferrari s... More About: Entrepreneur , Dollar , Million , Doll , Rene
Entrepreneur?s Software Arsenal
2007-10-02 22:27:00 I?ve put together a list of software that help me be productive. I wish there was one place you could go to download all of this for one price. Google is kind of leading the way with its Pack, but it still doesn?t cover half of the tools an entrepreneur needs. 1. Adobe Acrobat ... More About: Software , Arsenal , Entrepreneur , Infrastructure , Rene
Saving Money on Office 2007
2007-09-22 05:24:00 Dailymotion blogged videoSaving money on Office 2007 (www.jaredreitzin.com) How non-profits, students and home users can save a ton of money on the Microsoft Office 2007 Pro suite. More About: Money
Creating a Corporate Newsletter
2007-09-21 21:10:00 I believe all organizations, no matter what they sell, need to have a corporate email newsletter. Ideally, it should be sent once a month, but semi-monthly could work as well. Hype for a small business is a very important thing. There is this unforeseen momentum that builds as you start to see small successes. The ... More About: Marketing , Communication , Corporate , Creating , Newsletter
Running Demos for Clients
2007-09-11 00:20:00 If you provide a Web-based service like I do, there are two tools that I can?t live without. Although Webex can provide both of these features, it can be expensive for the growing company. The first thing you need to be able to do is have a phone conversation, and it sometimes may involve more ... More About: Running , Sales , Demos , Clients , Client
Finding Good People to Work for Less Money
2007-09-07 23:06:00 On a bootstrapped budget, it?s difficult to hire quality people. The irony is that you need quality people to succeed. By quality, I am not talking about someone who is seasoned and has been doing the same thing for 20 years. A quality person could be someone who is just starting out but is ... More About: People , Money , Work , Good
Raising Quick Cash
2007-09-03 21:37:00 Starting a business without funding is always tough because you need to rely on cash flow. If you are like me, you spend almost every penny and reinvest it back into the business to increase the value of your company. Very few businesses have the ability to save although, if you can, always have at ... More About: Finances , Quick , Cash
Hiring Friends and Family
2007-08-09 20:41:00 If you are true start-up with no capital, most likely you can only afford to hire friends and family. There are a few reasons for this: 1. You need people you can trust. 2. You don?t have the money to hire experienced people. 3. Friends or family are the only people crazy enough to believe in you. Hiring friends or family is ... More About: Family , People
Microsoft Tasks (Project Management at Its Finest)
2007-08-06 21:03:00 Project management is very important for the entrepreneur. There are so many things going on at once, it is essential that you manage your time. It is also critical that you manage other people and hold them accountable for their projects and deadlines. However, using a project management program can be as time-consuming as completing ... More About: Microsoft , Project Management , Management , Project , Tasks
What?s Your ?Life? Credit Score?
2007-07-30 20:10:00 Credit in life is one of the most important things you can acquire. Having a good financial credit score can get you a low interest rate when buying a house, get you a much-needed loan for your business, and possibly save you hundreds of dollars a month when buying a new car. Your credit is ... More About: Life , People , Credit , Finances , Random
Why you need a good CRM solution, and how to use it
2007-07-25 04:10:00 I am sure a lot of you have heard of this term but, for those that haven?t, CRM stands for Customer Relation Management. It has been a pretty big buzz in the last few years. CRM software allows you to manage your sales and customer support. At some point you have used a program like ACT ... More About: Marketing , Sales , Good , Solution
Think positively and turn the ship around (Part 2)
2007-07-17 22:33:00 In part one, I talked about staying positive for your own piece of mind, but in part two, I am going to discuss how this affects the people around you. So here is the deal: as the captain of the ship, if you won?t come out of your quarters to steer the ship and ... More About: People , Communication , Part , Ship , Turn
Think Positively (Part 1)
2007-07-12 22:44:00 I have heard that 90% of businesses fail within the first five years and 90% of the ones that survive fail within the next five. This is a pretty staggering statistic if you think about it. I am sure a good percentage of these business owners have shitty ideas, another x% fail because of fraud, ... More About: People , Communication , Part , Posi
The iPhone
2007-07-06 15:37:00 Posted by mobile phone:I finally tried this thing out. Its the coolest device I have ever seen. I was blown away by it. Its the best internet experience I have ever seen. It will open up all sorts of new applications. I would have bought it on the spot, however my biggest issue was the ... More About: Iphone
The Importance of Branding (part 2)
2007-06-23 02:33:00 In part 1, we covered creating a company name, trademarking it, creating a domain name and keyword brainstorming. I continue with my segment on branding with logo and slogan creation as well as website/collateral design and your corporate culture. Step 4: Create a logo & slogan Strategy: Using the keywords you brainstormed, it is much ... More About: Marketing , Branding , Communication , Sales , Part
The Importance of Branding (part 1)
2007-06-20 03:30:00 The importance of branding is something as a small business owner I took too long to figure out. This has to be one of your top priorities from the get go. It?s hard when you are starting out to get people to buy something from you. Even if your company has just two employees, ... More About: Marketing , Branding , Communication , Sales , Part
New moblog category!
More articles from this author:2007-05-28 03:48:00 Posted by mobile phone:This is great, I come up with so many ideas from the road and like most people I forget to write them down and they are lost forever. My new moblog category will allow me to post from the road. Stay tuned! More About: Category , Moblog , Tego 1, 2 |
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