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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 [...]
With costs on the constant rise, and convenience becoming one of the most important factors for consumers, newspapers are facing hard times. Managing the cost of creating, printing, and distributing content is becoming more difficult. On top of that, a newspaper at your doorstep no longer represents convenience, especially when the same content is available [...]
In my recent posts on questions to be constantly asking yourself as the owner of a small business (10 Questions to Keep Asking About Your Business and Readers Respond: Questions to Ask About Your Business), the area I seemed to miss was in regard to employee satisfaction. Yet, this is a critical component to the [...]
Elie Kochman is the author of Advice for Small Business Owners and the founder of Optimal Upgrade Consulting. Using his experience working in the corporate world along with his exposure to the world of small businesses, he writes these articles to assist others avoiding common pitfalls of growing a business. His experience in the corporate world, building his own business, and working directly with other growing businesses has given him some perspective on the trials and pains of running a business.
