How Much is That Invention Worth?
“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson more than a century and a half ago. He forgot to mention…
Business Basics Posts
Reboot: The Art of the Start 2.0
Ten years after shaking up the world of entrepreneurship, Guy Kawasaki has fully updated his essential field guide to starting a business. The result: a book that’s both a reality…
Five Tips for Bootstrapping Your Startup
Most entrepreneurs can sidestep the frustration and distraction of finding angel investors or lenders to fund their startups, at least in the early stages. Here are five tips that will…
Six Tips for Fostering Brand Evangelism
Loyal customers are more than repeat business - they are evangelists for your brand. Brand evangelists not only purchase your products, but they also promote your company to their social…
Guy Kawasaki’s Entrepreneurship Course on Udemy
I just received the following email from Guy Kawasaki: Hi there, Today, I'm opening my new Entrepreneurship course to the public! The Essential Guide to Entrepreneurship is for you if…
First Impressions
Entrepreneurs, salespeople, job seekers, and many others must use their personal image to achieve their personal and professional goals. According to a recent Medium post, the importance of our personal…
The Operating Model Just Might be Best for You
In our last post, Your IP Gives You Two Business Model Choices, we touched upon the differences between a traditional operating business model and a licensing business model. In that…
The Founder’s Dictionary: Startup Trends and Terminology
If you have spent any time reading sites like TechCrunch, Hacker News, or just about any startup blog or small business website, you’ve probably noticed that the tech startup field…
Surprise! It Helps to Know What You Are Doing
Clients come to us frequently and tell us that they have a really good idea and they need a business plan so that they can get the idea funded and…
The Worst States for Entrepreneurs
Last March, we wrote a post called If You Could Pick Any Place for Your Business... The post talked about a feasibility study that we did for an international client…