From TechWeb - Risk taking could be the key to successful entrepreneurship, according to a study released Friday by Northeastern University's School of Technological Entrepreneurship.
While 88 percent who participated in the study consider themselves risk takers, 44 percent admit they are somewhat cautious when faced with major decisions. So says the Northeastern study, which examined more than 200 U.S. entrepreneurs.
From SmallBizTechnology - When you search on Google for a topic you are overwhelmed with a list of search engine results. If you are a business, especially a small business looking for answers to a specific question, you simply don't have the time to wade through all of these results looking for a specific solution. With work.com, you can get the answer you need quickly.
From Forbes - Fourteen self-made members of the vaunted Forbes 400 shared candid, contrarian and even comedic answers to 20 thoughtful questions–ranging from what they eat for breakfast and how they pray to the importance (or lack thereof) of getting an M.B.A. and what advice they would give aspiring entrepreneurs.
From paulgraham.com via digg - "In the Q & A period after a recent talk, someone asked what made startups fail. After standing there gaping for a few seconds I realized this was kind of a trick question. It's equivalent to asking how to make a startup succeed– if you avoid every cause of failure, you succeed– and that's too big a question to answer on the fly."
From CNNmoney - Google is projected to pocket a full quarter of US online advertising market in 2006, according to a report released Tuesday.
The online ad giant is projected to take home $4 billion of the expected $16 billion US market, according to eMarketer, an online marketing research company.
from Gizmodo - Here's the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED, and It has the same specs and price as Apple's other 4GB nanos, except $10 of its $199 purchase price will go toward fighting AIDS in Africa. That money will be contributed directly into the Global Fund, according to Apple. Click to view - this is hot!
From CNet news.com - Smart-phone sales have already increased by 75.5 percent in the last year to 37.4 million units, and will grow by a further 66 percent during 2006, according to data released last week by the analyst firm.
Sales of PDAs also continue to rise, racking up a 5.7 percent increase in the last year to 7.4 million units. Growth of 6.3 percent is predicted for 2006, as PDAs continue to be eclipsed by more voice-centric smart phones.
Here is a set of Web sites / Web tools that students use on a regular basis. They ’re handy because they either a) help get things done or b) educate / inform students about things they need to know.
The Advantage Valley ELS is seeking experienced entrepreneurs who have the ability and desire to coach other entrepreneurs. Join the Advantage Valley ELS which is an innovative coaching program in the Advantage Valley region and help develop the region’s pipeline of skilled entrepreneurs. Currently the program serves more than 70 entrepreneurs. Click below to learn more how you can help.
Innova strives to connect entrepreneurs to the best resources available to help their businesses succeed. FastTrac accomplishes this through a series of educational experiences and products. Here is their outline of training for this fall and for the courses next year.
From Fortune - "I'm kind of a simple guy - brewed coffee, straight black. And I do my own e-mails. If anyone in our company e-mails me or leaves me a voicemail, they get a response, quickly. I'm fanatical about communicating. We have to operate like a store. Nobody likes to wait in line. My Treo is a godsend. I get 200 to 250 e-mails a day, and I respond to 75 percent of them. I'm brief, but that's better than not responding.
I also carry a hardback black binder with me. If someone says something particularly smart or not smart, I write it down so I have actual facts to use when I coach people or give reviews."
From Yahoo - Google launched a test version of a service that lets users create documents or spread sheets online instead of needing word processing software on their computers.
The Google Docs and Spreadsheets service was a "mash-up," or meshing, of its Spreadsheets program and word processing capabilities from Writely, which Google bought earlier this year.
Fortune has released their annual list of the 50 most powerful women in business.
From CNN Money - Call it the year of the Most Powerful Woman CEO. In fact the top seven positions on the 2006 list are held by chief executives.
From Gizmodo - As expected, Palm has just announced the low-end Treo 680 for GSM markets sold unlocked in four colors: crimson, copper, arctic and graphite. Each of these phones come with a 320×320 color screen, 64MB of internal storage, 312MHz Intel PXA270 processor, quad-band GSM, EDGE class 10, speakerphone, VGA camera, 352×288 video recording, and a full QWERTY keypad. Software includes an MP3 player, threaded IM software, and various other PalmOS compatible apps.
From news.com's Gadgets Blog - Research in Motion and Palm announced Wednesday that Cingular Wireless will now offer Blackberry Connect to Palm Treo 650 users. Since Treo's account for almost 25% of the SmartPhone marketplace this is a very welcome addition.
RIM's popular push e-mail service, calendar synchronization and other features will be available on the Palm smartphones. All you need is a Treo 650, a BlackBerry Connect plan from Cingular, and BlackBerry Connect software from the Palm Web site. Oh, and your IT department needs a BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Then you're good to go.
From Forbes - Their list of the 200 Best Small Companies ferrets out the most robust, fundamentally disciplined public outfits with sales between $5 million and $750 million. Candidates must carry profit margins of greater than 5% with positive sales and profit growth, on average, over both the last five years and last twelve months. The result? Small, but growing, businesses designed to survive the ups and downs of market volatility.
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Many of you saw the cover story on Business Week a few days ago about Kevin Roses tremendous success with www.digg.com and having redefined the news industry. We wrote an article on him just a couple months ago. Well this cover story has stirred up alot of controversy about the hype associated with some of these web startups. Here are two more realistic views of what's happening in this Web 2.0 space. Still promising - but not as hyped as the lead article.
Much requested by friends and family - here are the photo's from our trip to Riviera Maya, Cancun Mexico. It was just a fantastic trip and such a great start to our new life together!
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Starting in September, the Kauffman FastTrac® GrowthVenture™ Program is a ten-week, ten-module educational program created by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs that is designed to help participants look at their entire business. Delivered locally by seasoned entrepreneurs in the community, it's hands-on program uses participants' businesses as case studies, giving them the opportunity to put proven business practices to work for them.
Citynet Digital Phone Service is now available for the low price of $24.95 a month - giving you unlimited calls anywhere in the US. They just had an open house in Charleston and the service is pretty incredible. They have an excellent product/service offering that has every feature you could want. All you need is a cable or DSL connection to the Internet. There are no contracts, they provide the hardware, you keep your phone number and setup is easy. The service includes real time online account management and 24/7/365 access to customer support.
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