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Some of you may want to jump in and comment on “the first thing you’d have an assistant do” if you actually had one.
http://www.startupnation.com/forums/13043/1/1
Some fave’s so far:

“make the coffee”
“clean the house”
“filing, without a doubt”
“do tender lovin’ care for clients who need it”

If you’ve had an assistant and no longer do, or if you’ve always wanted [...]

As an entrepreneur you wear many hats, we all know that.  It’s one of the things that makes being an entrepreneur so exciting.  At the same time you are developing your product, you’re ensuring everyone is on task, trouble shooting “situations” (otherwise known as problems), hiring contractors etc. etc.  In this all encompassing process don’t [...]

An important aspect of email marketing is taking the time to organize your contact lists and ensuring that your messages will be delivered with confidence. Today, email marketers are finding many shortcomings in sending out emails. By understanding how email bounces work, it will help ensure a higher deliverability rate for each of your campaigns.
There [...]

After a while of going it alone, it may seem right to hire or partner. Some times it takes people a while to understand when and how to leverage hiring other people to do things that you can do yourself. You’d be able to do it all - if time were not an ever-present variable. There’s a limit to [...]

Some GREAT advice from my business attorney, Joan Jakel!
Joan says: I have been spending a lot of time consulting with clients and looking at strategies to deal with the down turn in the economy.  Unfortunately, many businesses are struggling and trying to make the best decisions for these times.  I want to encourage each of [...]

Hi gang,
Well, Google pulled off another surprise yesterday and announced that they have been working on a web browser, named Chrome.  They made the beta available for download to the general public and within 1 day, Google has 1% of the browser market!
There are a ton of possibilites here for Chrome to integrate into all [...]

“In the past 20 years, the lure of instant gratification has gripped the youngest half of our population. For the hooked-up generation-those born after 1970 who are wedded to iPods and the immediacy/pervasiveness of the entertainment industry-it’s a stretch to go backwards to consider the root of things. The gratification of the moment is a [...]

In several of the interviews that I’ve done, one of the frequent topics that comes up as an aside, is Money now vs. Money later. Many business owners are torn between the product or service offering money quickly and the development or infrastructure efforts that take short-term money but offer long-term reward.
This creates an immediate feeling [...]

On a recent appearance on The Big Idea with Donny, I was one of three people on a panel. It was our role to help people fed into the show via satellite and phone.
It’s a huge challenge to be in the hot seat and be ready to fire away with valuable advice. But it’s thrilling, [...]

I have written on social applications before, but just read this book and it made me re think how we approach technology.Â
From Amazon:
Imagine an almost instantaneous communication system that would allow people and governments all over the world to send and receive messages about politics, war, illness, and family events. The government has tried and failed [...]