Putting your product to the test on national TV is a big risk, especially when you can’t do a dry-run beforehand. But when it works, the risk can prove to be very rewarding!
Unexpected money can help get rid of an outstanding debt – but have you considered the reasons you might be better off putting the money into an investment, even at a lower interest rate?
Actually, this document is titled “The Income Blogging Guide” and contains a mix of text, audio, and video. It’s free, and was sent to me by Robb Sutton. Considering that Robb generally sends few links, and he gave his recommendation for it, I figured I would give it a look. To get your copy, go [...]
Definition: An IPO, or Initial Public Offering, is the first public sale of stock in a company. A corporation does not need to be publicly traded, and, in fact, most are not. They are used, primarily, to act as a liability buffer between the people who are doing work and the clients for whom they [...]
What is the most interesting connection made through your network that resulted in a contract or a sale? We all know the benefit of networking, but I was wondering just how remote a connection other people have found to have landed them a job.
Wednesday night was the first episode of Season 5 of Dragons’ Den on CBC, and it was fantastic. Also called the Celebrity Episode, 3 well-known TV celebrities were on hand to endorse great business ideas. For fashion, there was Jeanne Beker from fashion television. Mike Holmes was there to check out the tools (and inform [...]
I was reading a question on Answers OnStartup from someone who was not happy with his founders agreement, and wanted to know his options for renegotiating. The agreement made was as follows: I early on pushed for getting an operating contract agreed to by all three because I intuitively believed “make things explicit” would prevent [...]
