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10 Questions
By: Time magazine
Don´t miss out on this incredible opportunity to ask your favorite personalities any question on your mind. Diversified celebrity and newsmaking personalities such as Meryl Streep, Daniel Radcliffe, Bill Keller, Robert Kiyosaki amongst others come together in a irresistible conjunction of wise thoughts and great facts.
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Failure Is a Constant in Entrepreneurship
By: Scott A. Shane
As a professor of entrepreneurship, I am often asked about the survival rates of new businesses. Students, entrepreneurs, reporters and many other people want to know how many new businesses live and die.
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How to Grow Your Business When Everything Else Is Shrinking
By: Scott Morgan
Budgets continue to be slashed. Brands are disappearing. Media is getting more fragmented. The only thing getting bigger is our federal deficit. So as a marketer, how do you capitalize on a world that is getting smaller in so many respects?
You could ignore it and keep doing things the same way — [...]
Welch: 'No Such Thing as Work-Life Balance'
by: The Wall Street Journal
Former General Electric Co. Chief Executive Jack Welch has some blunt words for women climbing the corporate ladder: you may have to choose between taking time off to raise children and reaching the corner office.
“There’s no such thing as work-life balance,” Mr. Welch told the Society for Human Resource Management’s [...]
Best Advice I Ever Got; Two Lies; Worst Advice; Stimulus Package for Growth Firms
By Verne Harnish
“…keeping you great”
HEADLINES:
Best Advice I Ever Got — Fortune magazine produced a wonderful series featuring the best advice people like Tiger Woods ever received in their life. For Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, it was to “hire [...]
Offshore Outsourcing: Pay Attention to Foreign Exchange Rates or Pay the Price
From: www.cio.com
– Stephanie Overby, CIO
July 09, 2009
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There are many matters to consider when setting up an offshore outsourcing deal—scope, location, roles and responsibilities, service levels, governance plans and price, just to name a few.
The effect [...]
Why You Will Fail When Raising Money
Maureen Farrell, 06.29.09, 7:10 PM ET
Steve Rosenbaum was ecstatic. Three years ago, the former Hollywood TV producer nabbed a chance to pitch his start-up, Magnify.net, a user-generated video-sharing Web site, to a group of interested investors.
The group shook hands and loosened up by sharing stories of mutual acquaintances. They chatted about baseball, New York [...]
Top 10 Blog Tips and Techniques
Malia Griffin, Gazelles International Certified Coaching Associate, Phoenix, AZ
10) You catch attention with headlines and keep attention with content. Having a catchy headline helps drive followers to your blog. Then it’s ups to you to keep their attention.
9) Choose keywords for your blog posts, this will help provide focus and consistency while developing your search [...]
4 Ways to Boost Business With a Blog
Share information, interact with customers and boost your brand–blogs are the perfect way to keep you on top of your industry.
By Jason R. Rich
Read more: http://www.entrepreneur.com/startingabusiness/findingcustomers/article201058.html#ixzz0JO45l3Ub&C
If done correctly, a blog can attract a dedicated audience to build upon and share expertise, information, ideas and content, while boosting awareness of your company and brand. If done [...]