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About Rich Sloan

Rich Sloan is chief startupologist and co-founder of StartupNation and host of the StartupNation radio show and podcasts. He is also co-author of the acclaimed how-to book, StartupNation: America's Leading Entrepreneurial Experts Reveal the Secrets to Building a Blockbuster Business.

Posts by Rich Sloan

• Opportunity for you to be featured on NBC Nightly News: Update
• Max’s greatest adventure begins
• How to know if you’re sitting pretty with customers
• More encouraging signs - consumer confidence soars, says study
• The downside of “-ish”
• Strategies for You in Residential and Commercial Real Estate
• Mom tips for staying organized and ahead of the game
• Join in on my webcast, Details below
• New SBA program update - ARC loans
• Star Trek technology - a Thing of the Present
• PR Opportunity: ABC Casting Call
• Woohoo! for Leading Moms featured on ABC News
• Our ROI Revealed - What It’s All About
• StartupNation’s 5 Survival Tips for Your Business (as seen in Costco Connection Magazine this month)
• 200 Years that changed the world - YouTube video
• The beginning of the end … of the bad economy
• My Most Passionate Encouragement to Start Up
• The “Think Big Manifesto” from My Buddy Michael Port
• Win Tax Software (delivered by express mail) for Your Business
• My comments on CNN this past weekend
• Publicity for StartupNation Users - We’re Going to Bat for You!
• Invention of the Week #16: Rock, Paper, Skissors
• Invention of the Week #15: Making Peace with Pills
• Using Severence Pay to Start It Up
• Win the Small Business Startup Kit
• Invention of the Week #14:
• Possible Insight into Buying Search Terms for Search Marketing
• Invention of the Week #13: Itsy Bitsy Spider Saved!
• Invention of the Week #11: Mess-esity is the Mother of Invention
• Video as a promotional tool for your business
• Handouts - Do they ultimately make your business more successful?
• Invention of the Week #10: Possible Solution to Marital Bliss
• “Working on a Dream” - new anthem for entrepreneurs?
• 2009 Elevator Pitch Contest on at StartupNation
• Invention of the Week #9: Cross-Dressing Dogs
• StartupNation.com, 2008 Summary by the Numbers
• Invention of the Week #8: The Doodle Daley
• Laid Off? Do This to Run Your Own Business
• Invention of the Week #7: Dryer Shoe Holder
• Costco Magazine “Recession Busters” Article
• My Dog, One Life-Loving Animal
• Invention of the Week #6: Expandable Power Strip
• 2009 Looms Big for Entrepreneurs
• Putting my holiday present to work
• Invention of the Week #5: Doggie Fountain
• Best Advice I Can Give You
• Back from India - Land of Paradoxes
• Carrying the Torch of Entrepreneurship in India
• This Year, It’s Turkey Tandoori-Style
• Invention of the Week #4: Future Wrist Stick
• Invention of the week #3: Dual Option Tape Measure
• Max, The Day After
• Pulling for Max, My Best Friend
• Invention of the Week #2: Cruisin’ Casket
• Invention of the Week #1: Critter Litter
• Inside the Angel Investor Mindset
• How to get on the cover of a book
• The Big Idea Asks for Help
• I Appeared on ABC News Now - Promoting Home-Based Business
• Leadership Attributes of Great Presidents Applied to Running Your Business
• The first thing you’d have an assistant do…
• Helping Cedric and Kymberly on The Big Idea
• Twitterers actually aren’t twits
• Online Tip Jar (from Seth Godin)
• Sales grew 186% over last year
• Prep for CNBC’s The Big Idea
• Another StartupNation Success Story - Quench Bath and Body
• Holy Crisis, Batman!
• Managing Your Business Credit and Cash Flow in a Down Market
• I drew pictures at a sales meeting, and it worked
• Learn how to draw out your vision
• (Part 4) How Suzy Batiz made $1 million: She did it without an influx of cash
• (Part 3) How Suzy Batiz made $1 million: She was a marketing maniac
• (Part 2) How Suzy Batiz made $1 million: She protected her concept, used friends’ input
• (Part 1) How Suzy Batiz made $1 million: She moved from idea to product FAST
• The federal stimulus package and your business
• Vision to Venture webcast is live!
• Homage to Romeo
• The Ultimate Home Office
• On the subject of innovation
• My call with Howard Behar, frmr president of Starbucks, and Michael Port, author
• Online consumers prefer green products
• Dr. Google Completes Successful Brain Augmentation (Breaking News)
• It’s good to be the king (of a small business)
• Great business community
• Kick-butt customer service transformed me
• We’re keynoting this week - come join us in snowy Green Bay
• How the federal stimulus plan could affect your small business
• Home-Based 100 winners mentioned in New York Times
• The time is NOW to get your business online
• If he can sing opera, you can start a business
• The latest stats about YOU, entrepreneurs
• More than 40 million Boomers are all about ‘green’
• Do veterans have an edge as entrepreneurs?
• Teenage phenomenon runs photography business
• Where to look for honest information
• Critiquing Facebook’s new "Beacon" service
• Holiday Selling Tactic #493: Provide Lagniappe
• A new poll showing small business perspective on big business, policies and politicians
• Making a statement about home-based businesses
• Healthcare - If you want to learn about it, read on…
• Sign of the times - Internet advertising to sail past radio
• Nothing original - just plain inspiring
• The fudge store phenomenon, and why it works
• What’s better - street cred or straight dough?
• Looking for your home-based business wisdom
• The Dog Ate My Business Plan (and other excuses)
• The Post-It Note Approach to Success
• The Power of "Track Record Marketing"
• The cell phone is in the cheese drawer
• Are you with the rest of the sheep or are you a mountain goat?
• Bad Business Practice
• Negotiate!
• I am green with business
• An Entrepreneur’s Theory of Relativity
• What’s our soldiers’ business in Iraq? Or more to the point, in America?
• What is your ”Moonrise”?
• Good networking. Great inspiration!
• To move forward, work backward
• Separating your business from ‘the noise’
• Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored…
• Put the fish closer to the camera!!! (The Power of Perception)
• Once upon a time, this product was all the rage
• The short, unabridged history of the Internet
• What the new patent ruling means to you
• Do I ‘muse’ you?!
• Why There’s Hope for Silicon Valley
• Reaching the Do Point
• Be bold, not stupid
• Beyond "Nice," Fighting Off Cynicism
• Guest blog about The Power of Nice
• The true mark of an entrepreneur
• The Angel Honey Pot Continues to Grow
• Online Promotion Mania
• Hot Off the Presses - Coffee Houses are Hot Business Ideas!
• Institutional Sludge
• You Really Do Get What You Pay For
• Is this the golden age for entrepeneurs?
• The Power of "You"
• Cool Company of the Day: Turn Your Head
• The Internet Continues to Evolve… To Your Benefit
• War of Words: Coming down the pike?
• Cool Company of the Day: VocationVacations.com
• Cool Company of the Day: ManageYourCellar.com
• Cool Company of the day: Template Monster
• Cool Company of the day: PODS
• Cool Company of the day: Airforce Nutrisoda
• Cool Company of the day: Tea Forte
• Cool Company of the day: Spot Runner
• Cool Company of the day: Zillow
• Cool Company of the day: Vital Choice Seafood
• Cool Company of the day: Cocktails by Jenn
• Fellow entrepreneur needs help with packaging and drop shipping
• Cool Company of the day: The Evening Hatch
• Cool Company of the day: Blurb.com
• Cool Company of the day: Old House Gardens
• Cool Company of the day: Foot Petals
• Cool Company of the day: Prosper.com
• Cool Company of the day: Dogmatic for dogs
• A home-based business that serves your soul
• Reasons people don’t start a business
• Entrepreneurship runs in the family blood!
• War of Words: ”For all intents and purposes…”
• Entrepreneurship is what Africa needs
• Craig of Craigslist… visionary or listener?
• Start an eBay business, don’t miss the Express
• War of words: ‘Vetting’ a business idea
• How to ask for help and get results
• Ditch your day job!
• Consultants of every kind
• Know your ”most valuable purchasers”!
• Another clever holiday promotion
• Why more people will start up
• My favorite holiday promotion yet…
• Finding the ”where” of success
• The power of ‘Word of Mouth’
• Running late for the meeting
• Back from L.A., Looking for Mentors
• ‘I Have a Problem!’ (Or Do You?!)
• Dropped Cell Phone Call
• How Would You Use Community Boards?
• Who’s Hiring Santa Claus this Year?
• A way to see if something is patented
• Certain words are creeping into your vocabulary…
• Fleshing out our latest promotion
• War of words: is it ‘flesh out’ or ‘flush out’?
• Everyone Says They Want the Big Order
• Big Changes for a Key Employee.. and your reaction
• Lunch from hell
• An opportunity to work with a fellow entrepreneur
• Incredible outpouring of help
• Knowing the right moment to start up your dream business
• Website Traffic Tips from Overstock.com founder
• Shedding light on an unforgettable impression
• Desperately seeking sales
• eBay Live! update
• Help a fellow entrepreneur!
• Great on paper, but do you hire her?
• When raising money, use the Goldilocks Approach
• He shows you the money (but do you take it?)
• Are you willing to say, "Don’t buy that from me."?
• A business practice we admire - Classy Follow Up
• Entrepreneurs that LOVE America
• Careful if you’re seated next to a Sloan brother!
• Road Trip!!!!
• Book tour update - encouraging feedback
• The beginning of our book tour
• Being frank about franchising
• Words of wisdom for entrepreneurs
• Entrepreneurship pays off! But what kind?
• Reporting in from the 2005 SBA Expo!
• The Faces of StartupNation
• Why be an entrepreneur?
• We’re looking for Key Moves
• What is it like to work at a big company?
• Challenge: What is the Percentage of Businesses Based at Home?
• 10 businesses you could start in the Bahamas
• When business opportunity knocks, open the door.
• Burs in a dog’s coat led to what invention?
• "Small Business." Does that term apply to you?
• Putting Purpose into Your Business
• Bob Plath invented what?
• What it’s Like…
• From the Road…Not Dazed. Dazzled!
• Spring Fever!!!