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How Rafat Ali Found a Job (Part 1)

September 5, 2008

Sramana Mitra on Strategy / Jared

Rafat Ali is a journalist, pioneering blogger, and entrepreneur. Editor & Publisher has called Rafat “journalism’s poster boy for career independence from news companies”.

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At Home With: The Ambassador of Handmade

September 4, 2008

New York Times

The proprietor of a crafts store and gallery, Faythe Levine is also the prime documentarian and patron saint of what she calls the handmade nation.

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Move Aside, Frozen Custard, and Make Room for Gelato

September 3, 2008

New York Times

Gelato, that smooth Italian ice cream, seems to be catching on in the U.S. And small-business owners are taking notice.

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TANWORLD FRANCHISE: Tanning Reinvented in the Tropics of Nebraska

September 4, 2008

Franchise Pick / sean

  (FranchisePick.Com)  At first blush it might seem odd for a tropical tanning chain to be based, of all places, in Omaha, Nebraska. At second blush, it makes sense.

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Where is the business plan for Cleveland’s convention center?

September 7, 2008

Brewed Fresh Daily / Ed Morrison

The Pittsburgh Convention Center has “chronic” operating deficits of about $3.8 million per year. Revenues: $6.2 million Expenses: $10 million Deficit: $3.

5 Tips For Small Business Consulting: Franchise Marketing Made Easy

September 7, 2008

Only Interesting Online Business Ideas / Brother In Arms (noreply@blogger.com)

Resourcefulness A Great Characteristic In A Franchise

September 7, 2008

Business For Sale BizBen Blog: Businesses For Sale, Opportunities, and Franchise Info / Peter Siegel, MBA

When examining franchise opportunities to purchase, one helpful trend to look for in any franchise concept is how well the franchise adapts to any form of change.

Legislative Update: Helping Our Small Businesses

September 7, 2008

MonticelloLive / Congressman Mike Ross

Health Insurance Should Be Less Expensive, More Accessible Many of our small businesses and farms are suffering and the American dream is slipping away from too many families.

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Oklahoma City's NBA franchise to be called Thunder

September 3, 2008

USATODAY.com NBA - Top Stories

In the worst-kept secret in town, the NBA's Oklahoma City franchise announced its new nickname Wednesday: Thunder.

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Reyes matches franchise steals record

September 3, 2008

Surfing the MetsNY Daily News :: Blogs

Jose Reyes is now the all-time steals leader in franchise history. Well, tied with Mookie Wilson for the time being. Reyes has 281 career steals after swiping a base in the fourth inning Wednesday.

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Matchupalooza: Seahawks @ Bills: From The Franchise To New Money

September 5, 2008

Field Gulls / John Morgan

Walter Jones versus Aaron Schobel If Jones keeps him square and his left shoulder in, Shobel won't show bull. In 2007, Jones sat out the entire preseason.

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Big, hairy and audacious : Which company should I start?

September 5, 2008

kintya: technology | entrepreneurship | design / kintan

From the three identified factors/criteria that an entrepreneur could use to select a venture, we discussed applying Maslow's hierarchy of needs to identify and size up the market.

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CUPPY’S COFFEE: Franchise Sales Video & Earnings Claim Primer

September 5, 2008

Franchise Pick / sean

(FranchisePick.Com)  Don’t put off watching this video. I doubt it will be up long.

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Five Important Lessons I’ve Learned As An Entrepreneur

September 5, 2008

Business Opportunities Weblog / Rich

Sun.com: Popular entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and blogger, Guy Kawasaki understands business.

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decor8 & Dawanda Event in Berlin: September 20th

September 4, 2008

decor8 / decor8

I’m so excited to announce this as I approached Dawanda some time ago with hopes they’d help me plan a fun blogger event in Berlin this year.

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Being wise versus being smart

September 4, 2008

Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog / jeremyliew

Great post today from Sim Simeonov about being wise vs being smart that I’ll quote in its entirety since it is so short: There is a set of interrelated concepts I’m fond of reminding ...

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Smart Entrepreneurs vs. Wise Entrepreneurs

September 4, 2008

HighContrast / Simeon Simeonov

There is a set of interrelated concepts I’m fond of reminding entrepreneurs about but I’ve never found a really good way to summarize them into a sentence that conveys the right meaning ...

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sweet notions

September 4, 2008

jonnybaker / jonny

shannon hopkins is an amazing woman - a dynamo who is always making things happen. she helped us rethink how to relaunch proost last year and facilitates the NET.

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Fonality raises $12M for small business phone systems

September 4, 2008

SiliconBeat: News about tech money and innovation / Anthony Ha

Fonality, a company that provides Internet phone systems to small- and medium-sized businesses, has raised $12 million in a fourth round of funding.

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GOP's Northern Lights

September 4, 2008

Washington Post / Kevin Merida

ST. PAUL, Sept. 3 Alaska's delegates to the Republican National Convention are staying at the drab Ramada hotel off I-494, within walking distance to the Mall of America, which is the good news.

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The Easy Road To Incremental Innovation

September 4, 2008

HighContrast / Simeon Simeonov

I was chatting with Hank Williams today about startups and the evolving venture capital landscape and he pointed me to Judy Estrin’s upcoming book “Closing The Innovation Gap.

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25 Handy iPhone Apps for Businesspeople

September 3, 2008

Businesspundit: Main Page - Your Daily Dose of Competitive Advantage and Entrepreneurship / Drea

More than 550 iPhone apps currently populate the iPhone store, and the number is constantly growing. The challenge lies not in acquiring apps, but in finding the ones relevant to your needs.

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Catch this video of the Teen Entrepreneurs Panel at Ypulse

September 3, 2008

An SEO & Web Marketing Blog: Scatterings / Stephan Spencer

I shot the following video of teen entrepreneurs Chloe Spencer of the Ultimate Neopets Cheats Site (my daughter!), Juliette Brindak of Miss O & Friends, Jared Kim of WeGame and Angela McBride, a.k.

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Ask Maslow

September 3, 2008

kintya: technology | entrepreneurship | design / kintan

Earlier I had identified three factors/criteria that an entrepreneur could use to select a venture: What are you most passionate about (and where can you add value)?

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Falcons, Lions both hoping to revive their ailing franchises

September 7, 2008

detnews.com - Autos Insider

ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Falcons have a new general manager, a new coach and a new quarterback -- not to mention plenty of good feelings in the locker room.

service management control documents [Robin Harrison Franchise Business]

September 6, 2008

Ecademy

SERVICES MANAGEMENT Control Documents It is very important to identify at an early stage the preliminary items and service requirements of the building site.

Virtual Office Technology (Part 1)

September 6, 2008

Real Blogging / Matt Jones

In the previous article, I discussed how agents are beginning to take their offices wherever they go — well, maybe not the entire office environment, but at least the advantages of the office.

U.S. Students Turn to Entrepreneurship to Help Poor

September 6, 2008

NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories

That is why team representatives travel to the international project sites to interact with their target audiences, particularly potential customers.

SBA Response to Hurricane Gustav

September 6, 2008

The Earth Times Online Newspaper - Health News

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S.

Back to school (Small Business E-commerce Link Digest - September 6, 2008)

September 6, 2008

thinks

Now that the political conventions are over, the Olympics behind us and the kids are back in school, it's time for a little back-to-school learning for the rest of us.

Making Better Fries - A Story of Social Media and Small Business

September 6, 2008

Evolving Web / J. LeRoy

Charlie owns a few things, a wholesale bakery, a few burger joints, some other odds and ends. And he checks regularly for mentions of his businesses on the web. Yelp, blogs, google reviews, where ever.

Selling Your Professional Service

September 6, 2008

Forbes.com: Entrepreneurs and Small Business News and Information / Glenn D. Porter

Chances are that others can do what you do. The difference: relationships and reputation.

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