Monthly Archives: December 2007
The Five Step Formula For Getting Prospects to Call You – Entrepreneur University
For this special New Year’s Eve edition of Entrepreneur University we turn to marketing expert David Frey. David is the author of the best-selling manual, “The Small Business Marketing Bible” and the Senior Editor of the “Small Business Marketing Best …
Supportive Entrepreneur Trends – Part 2
Trend 3: Popular Support As more and more people are becoming entrepreneurs, popular support for entrepreneurship is dramatically rising. It is no longer taboo to want to start your own business — it has actually become a popular thing to …
The 15 Most Important Onsite SEO Factors: Part 4 – URLs
Following last week's post on the importance of Body Text (The 15 Most Important Onsite SEO Factors: Part 3 – Body Text) I wanted to continue the discussion on Onsite SEO Factors today and talk about the use of URLs. …
Getting Venture Capital (5 of 5) – Closing The Deal
Venture Capital – How Venture Capitalists Structure Their Investments It is first important to understand how venture capitalists achieve their targeted rates of return of 30% per year. Not every company will make this return on equity but there are …
Black Entrepreneur Series (4 of 5) – Madam C.J. Walker – Modeling Masters
"I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it!" said Madam C.J. Walker. "Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them." Born into a slave family, Madam …
Supportive Entrepreneur Trends – Part 1
The first thing that today's entrepreneurs have going for them is an increasingly supportive environment. Here are the five major entrepreneurial trends that are helping more and more entrepreneurs succeed: Trend 1: Service Economy The fact that the economy is …
The 15 Most Important Onsite SEO Factors: Part 3 – Body Text
Following last week's post on the importance of Meta Tags (The 15 Most Important Onsite SEO Factors: Part 2 – Meta Tags) I wanted to continue the discussion on Onsite SEO Factors today and talk about the use of Body …
Getting Venture Capital (4 of 5) – Going From The Meeting To A Term Sheet
Venture Capital – The Next Steps After The Meeting If the venture capitalists are interested, they will very quickly come up with a draft term sheet for you which gives an overview of the conditions under which they would make …
Black Entrepreneur Series (3 of 5) – Robert Johnson – Modeling Masters
"We sort of lived paycheck to paycheck, like a lot of African-American families do," says Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson, "still do." From his humble beginnings in Mississippi to becoming the first self-made black billionaire in the world, Johnson …
Reasons To Start A Business – Positive Incentives
Setting Your Own Hours There are some people who just can't do the nine to five routine. Maybe you don't like the two hour commute you have to make every day to get to work and come home or maybe …
The 15 Most Important Onsite SEO Factors: Part 2 – Meta Tags
Following last week’s post on the importance of Document Titles (The 15 Most Important Onsite SEO Factors: Part 1 – The Document Title) I wanted to continue the discussion on Onsite SEO Factors today and talk about the use of …
Getting Venture Capital (3 of 5) – The First Meeting With The Venture Capitalist
Venture Capital – What Happens In The Meeting Meetings with venture capitalists are also referred to as "the dog & pony show." It provides the first opportunity for investors to meet the management of your company face to face and …
Black Entrepreneur Series (2 of 5) – John Johnson – Modeling Masters
John H. Johnson went from living on welfare to living in extreme wealth, becoming the first African American to make it onto the Forbes 400 list of the nation's richest individuals. By the time he died in 2005, his empire …
Reasons To Start A Business – Negative Incentives
Entrepreneurship is quickly becoming the driving force of the new economy. Startup entrepreneurs are generating impressive economic growth, powering the job market, and creating innovative solutions for today's emerging needs. In 2002, one in ten Americans were creating or growing …
The 15 Most Important Onsite SEO Factors: Part 1 – The Document Title
This month I want to start a new series looking at the 15 most important onsite SEO factors that can help determine where you rank with Google. Today I’m going to discuss the document title. Document Title The document title …
Getting Venture Capital (2 of 5) – Putting The Plan Together
Venture Capital – What The Proposal / Executive Summary Looks Like Make it so that your mother or grandmother can understand it. Entrepreneurs too often fill their business plans with of acronyms, tech terms, and buzz words. Intermediaries can usually …
Black Entrepreneur Series (1 of 5) – Chris Gardner – Modeling Masters
Chris Gardner wears a $10,000 watch on each wrist. On the right hand is a Cartier set to Chicago time, and on the left is a Roger Dubuis set to South African time. "I was late once and it cost …
