Monthly Archives: March 2011
Young Entrepreneur Interview: Tony Chen of BuzzBlaze
If you're like most entrepreneurs, you're always on the lookout for the next big thing. Well, we don't make those kinds of predictions here, but let's just say we wouldn't be shocked if today's interviewee, Tony Chen, was sitting on …
Young Entrepreneur Interview: Donna Fenn — Author of Upstarts!
Today, we're very happy to have the opportunity to bring you an interview with author and entrepreneur, Donna Fenn. If you're involved with a startup or ever will be, you're going to want to see what Donna has to say. …
Can Social Media Change an Industry?
There are many industries that are starting to prosper due to the social media revolution. In Napa Valley, CA, many wineries are now turning to social media to promote their products. Even small wineries have used Facebook to bring new …
5 Keys to Successfully Launching Your New Business
You are excited… you have a great new service, and you are ready to start putting it all together and make it work. However, when it comes to really putting all the pieces in place, you aren't completely certain on …
Young Entrepreneur Interview: Sarah Prevette of Sprouter.com
Entrepreneurs looking for advice on starting, growing, and managing their businesses have a lot of options online. Of course YoungEntrepreneur.com is a quality source of practical information, a number of entrepreneurial blogs are available to anyone who can perform a …
Living Your Soul Purpose: 5 Ways to Know if You're Stuck in the Mud
The term sole purpose is one I use in the business world. When a company is totally focused on how they can be of the utmost service, they become focused on fulfilling their sole purpose. A company's sole purpose can …
5 Simple Steps to Getting Started With an E-Commerce Site
Most of the people I meet who are new to ecommerce suffer from the same false pretense that simply having an ecommerce site is all they need. Once it's up and running, the search engines will find them, the seas …
What is the Future of Entrepreneurship Education?
Seven top young entrepreneurs and leaders in the entrepreneurship education movement shared their thoughts during a panel at the Future of Entrepreneurship Education Summit (February 18) at the University of Central Florida. The summit, created by Extreme Entrepreneurship Education (also …
What Consultants Must Do To Get Hired by Startups
Let's face it, consultants have a bad image. Startups need experienced people who are willing to get their hands dirty, rather than experts who give presentations, make recommendations, and disappear. Even consultants don't like their job, since they don't often …
7 of the Biggest SEO Mistakes Most People don't Know they're Making
It's been said that the first page of search engine results is the most highly coveted real estate on the Internet. Hundreds, maybe even thousands of websites exist for the same keywords, but only around 10 can appear on page …
New Opportunities with Facebook's Real-Time Analytics
A little over a week ago, Facebook made an awesome announcement. For the first time ever, Facebook marketers can use real-time data to measure the effectiveness of their social media campaigns. With these tools, marketers can assess the impact of …
Don't Pay The Fat Tax! How a Healthy Lifestyle Can Fuel Your Success
How many of you pay for a gym membership that goes unused? How about that great treadmill or Bo-Flex machine which is collecting dust in your basement? Well, then you are paying quite the fat tax, and it's affecting your …
How Often Should You Update Your Small Business Blog?
If you want to start growing your business' marketing campaign from the ground up, a blog chronicling both your company's projects as well as industry happenings might be the strategy for you " after all, it's free, relatively easy to …
6 Red-Hot Startup Trends for 2011
Need a recession-proof business idea? Look no further than the following list of 2011 startup trends: Mobile Commerce With smart phones as ubiquitous as they are – and growing in use – it's only natural that mobile commerce should take …
Guest Blogging Works if You Put in the Effort
There are many ways to get traffic to your website and build links for SEO results, but guest blogging is probably one of the most effective. The concept of guest blogging is actually fairly new and has really taken off. …
What Would You Do If…
Do you recall growing up and friends asking you the question, "what would you do if…"Â They would come up with a wide range of questions such as: What would you do if you had a million dollars? What would …
6 Social Networking Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make
The glory of social networking, for entrepreneurs, is that it’s a low-cost and open-ended platform for finding the people who will be interested in your business. From trolling your LinkedIn network for possible VC contributors to blogging about your business …
Facebook + Warner Bros: A Blow to Netflix?
Although Netflix has stated they aren't threatened by the announcement earlier this week that Warner Bros. Entertainment would begin offering streaming movies on Facebook, we have to wonder. After all, by far the most prevalent options for streaming full length …
Stop Marketing… for now, and Start Brand-ing!
When most think of the term Branding they often associate it with the function of Marketing or in some cases a traditional branding iron and a cattle ranch. When they think of the term brand, generally an image or a …
8 Ways to Sabotage Your Own Funding Efforts
A while back I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn't find a dime of investment, and was grousing that seed funding just wasn't available anymore. After exchanging a couple …
The Stigma of Entrepreneurs as Unemployed
As first-time entrepreneurs, we have probably all found that we can't get a fair shake from some of the people we meet. They don't really understand what we are doing, so our efforts are often ignored as the work of …
This One Time — at Barcamp…
Barcamps are a pretty crazy entrepreneurial phenomenon if you ask us. I mean think about it: The idea of "barcamp" is only 5 years old and they have already happened in over 350 different cities across the world (including North …
Junior Achievement is Making a Difference for Young Entrepreneurs
Just as in past generations, you hear a lot of talk these days about how "the youth of today" are lazy, unmotivated, and generally headed in the wrong direction. If you want to see proof of just the opposite of …
FoundersCard — Giving Entrepreneurs the VIP Treatment they Deserve
Have you heard of FoundersCard? It's a new members-only community, specifically for entrepreneurs. It's been dubbed "the AmEx Black Card for startups," and it really delivers. FoundersCard is the brainchild of Eric Kuhn, who drew upon his past entrepreneurial experience, …
Delegate Down the Right Way for Maximum Effectiveness
This is an all too familiar phrase in a fast-paced company — but what does it really mean? The word delegate is defined as, "entrusting or transferring power, authority, or responsibility to another." Most people know the term delegate, and …
