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Earlier this month we discussed different options for those who are currently unemployed or recently heard they will be receiving a severance package and asked to look for different opportunities. While buying a franchise isn’t for everyone,  considering the idea is always a possibility after leaving corporate America.
Shortly afterwards, I read this article  in the [...]

Angel investors have become more cautious in light of the recent economic uncertainty, trying to reduce their risk exposure by including more angels in each deal, according to the Angel Market Analysis for the first and second quarters of 2008 released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
According to the [...]

Nations measure GDP.
Big Businesses measure Profit and Revenue.
Small Businesses measure
People measure…their weight.

Is the focus on these measures getting us to where we need to be? Probably not.
Think about it: if you buy into the (very true) notion of “if measure it you can manage it,” than you get what you measure. The measures in the GDP measures all the [...]

Entrepreneurs are different, that’s a common theme on Startup Nation.
We work differently. We think differently. And, by the looks of my Startup Nation profile pic, we dress and wear our hair differently. But, maybe that’s just me.
A case in point: I went shopping with my friends. They’re your average corporate hard-charging, salary-seeking, bonus-pimping 40-hour-a-weekers.
Now, as we [...]

I remember the days when you could send a press release free of charge on most news wire services, not so much anymore. I am always looking for ways that entrepreneurs can get the word out and get noticed. Help them find a good bang for their buck, and the most cost effective way to [...]

It’s a pretty well known fact that your brand needs to stand for more than just your product these days.  One of the best avenues to communicate your brand’s core values is through a non profit association.  In planning the branding concept for my clothing line I had been struggling with which non profit organization [...]

Hi gang,
For those of you who have entered the Home Based 100 contest right here on StartupNation, best of luck!
Mr. John Lawson,  aka ColderIce,  is burning it up right now!  He’s a big time eBay seller and a social marketing expert (he’ll Twitter you to death!)
Best of luck,  John!
Here’s his entry:
http://www.startupnation.com/homebased100/contestant/751/index.php
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-Kevin
http://buybackmadness.com

So you have written and produced material for your next email campaign but have you found your audience yet? Establishing a valuable list of email recipients can often be hard work. A key factor in building effective email campaigns is to use different methods to grow and build your email lists. Â
One way to get the [...]

Do you plan for a crisis? Of course not. But you can plan yourself out of one!
Let me weigh in here with another question: Who do you want to be? The person who goes on a hike  prepared with the Ten Essentials? Or would you rather be the one that blindly walks along and relies [...]

Hiring a lawyer can be intimidating, confusing and overwhelming. How do you know who is good and who will be a good fit for your business? Unfortunately, there aren’t really any central databases you can go to get reliable information about attorneys and their track records. But here are some ways to [...]