Business Blogs: Trends, tips, and real-life anecdotes from industry experts.

Once, I had to hire five people in two weeks. The first day, I interviewed about ten people. By the end of the day, I couldn’t remember which was which, or who said what. So on Day 2, I had a plan. I asked each person when the last time they [...]

Walk the halls of StartupNation and you feel like you’re living in a case study about entrepreneurship.
Just like you, we work hard everyday to grow our business–our DREAM business.
We’re smaller than you think. We have only a dozen (totally inspired) full-time people and another half dozen experts on contract.
The output of our team is always [...]

Larry Thompson is an agent in Hollywood. He wrote a book called "Shine." I read about it in AARP Magazine. After observing stars–the Hollywood kind– he came up with these four tips for success:
1- Identify Your Talent: Stars are clear about what they excel in, whether it’s fixing cars, taking photos, working [...]

Here at StartupNation we’re always in the mode of helping you, now we’re looking for you to help us. Our community has been loving what we’re doing with this website, our nationally syndicated radio show, online seminars, podcasting, etc. and you all have been clamoring for more, more, more! Ok, we’ve got plans to give [...]

We had a great radio show this weekend filled with coaching and stories from callers about their exploits and efforts…
Toward the end of the show a guy named Ryan called in. He had been waiting a while on his cell phone to be brought on the air.
When we went live with him, he explained that [...]

Every now and then, I speak to an aspiring entrepreneur who is amazed by the daring feats of business-building we all read about here on StartupNation, in magazines such as Inc., and anywhere else a business is being built. They perceive a huge chasm between where they are and where we entrepreneurs sit. This [...]

If you haven’t noticed, our Blogs have received a bunch of comments from fellow entrepreneurs in recent weeks. It’s basically become our best place to have community dialogue — take for example the comments on the Blog entry about Jan and her startup conundrum. You have really poured on the support in a very productive [...]

OK, we’re putting the word out to help one of our community members–you can read her article in this week’s newsletter, actually… Linda Case.
Here’s her challenge and her request for help:
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Hello StartupNation. You guys were able to help me out once before and I am hoping you can help me again. I have been [...]

Isolation is an issue all at-home entrepreneurs encounter. When you’re stuck for a new idea, or a solution to a problem, there is no one with whom you can brainstorm, no one to pull you up when you’re feeling down. And sometimes it’s tough.
At home, there is no throng of fans cheering you [...]

Received this email this week…
—–Original Message—–
From: Sharon
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:31 AM
message: Where would a person go to find out if some other person or company already has a patent on an invention? Is there a website or can a company help out with that?
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It’s a common question, actually, so we thought we’d [...]