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I blogged about this 10 days ago but something caught my eye this afternoon that caused me to revisit, even perseverate a bit on, the issue again.
There is a tendency for first-time entrepreneurs to go with the “it’s never been done before in the history of humankind” excitement & strategy when starting a small business. [...]

Just when you think you’re a pretty darned good networker, someone comes along and shows you how to build relationships even better.
In a StartupNation Key Move article, Start Your Business Globally, Glenn Coggeshell of Black Dot Coffee talks about doing business in Russia and then this little gem gets dropped on us at the very [...]

Staying on the beverage theme…, I was passing through the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport friday of last week and was thirsting for a soda.
So, I walked into the magazine/snack store. My eyes were instantly drawn to a cool array of slender cans in the open cooler. They were cans of "Nutrisoda," sold by Air Force.
THE PRODUCT [...]

We were let down when we went to TeaForte.com to research more about the product we’d recently been wowwed by - we thought we were on the cutting edge of discovering a hot new product. But at their site we learned that Oprah beat us to the punch when she announced in 2004, "if you [...]

I don’t know, maybe it’s because of the relief that comes over me once it’s all done. Maybe it’s because I’ve persevered & survived yet another tax season. But I’ve always felt like rejoicing once April 15 has come & gone – and this year April 15 is actually April 17.
For an entrepreneur, filing your [...]

Ever wanted to do a TV ad campaign for your business?
Not a problem.
Even the thought of it sounds too pricey?
Not a problem.
Don’t know how in the world you’d shoot and create the commercial itself?
Not a problem.
Enter Spot Runner, a new service that packages up your specific advertising message with pre-produced footage. There are dozens of [...]

I am a subscriber to 5 podcasts:
• StartupNation Radio
• Entrepreneurial Tips with the Sloan Brothers
• Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code
• The President’s Weekly Radio Address
• Roots Rock Radio
You’re surely familiar with StartupNation, the Sloan Brothers, Adam Curry if you’re a podcast listener, and the President. But what’s the deal with Roots Rock Radio?
Richard Taylor loves a special brand of music [...]

Looking to buy a home? Wondering what your own home is worth? Has the value escalated the way you hoped?
The people who created Zillow want to help you find out. The beta version of their site puts the power of maps, comparables, trend charts and more all at your fingertips.
Is this destined to be the [...]

It’s gotta be Customer Service.
I could try to write a pithy blog with supportive documentation and research statistics to back up my hypothesis. I could quote successful entrepreneurs and point out entire businesses that have succeeded solely on the basis of customer service as the backbone of all that they do.
Instead, let me tell you [...]

A Monday musing ….
.… while some of my friends are at the Detroit Tigers home opener this afternoon (one of them even sent me a photo of the baseball field in a text message – I hate that guy), I was getting into a Monday start-of-the-week groove while still thinking about the calm & quiet [...]