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From Joan Isabella, StartupNation Radio consultant
This weekend, I came across two marketing concepts that made me ask the question WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE THINKING?!?!?!. The first was in an article in the Detroit Free Press and it talked about a new energy drink called "Cocaine". The spokesperson for the company said, "It’s a fun [...]

I just took a walk at lunch. I had already eaten a sandwich at my desk (peanut butter & jelly). I just wanted a walk break. I walked by 2 movie theaters & thought how cool, and creative-thinking-mind-changing, it would be to watch 45 minutes of a movie during my lunch hour.
But the idea of [...]

Out: heal-hurting leather-soled dress shoes
Out: Clothes
Out: Web 1.0
In: run-through-the-airport rubber-soled dress shoes
In: Working from a home office via computer
In: Web 2.0
Out: Tanning beds
Out: Thinking out of the box
Out: business devices with a cord (including white cords)
In: Healthy tanning……….Sunless tanning, spray or lotion!
In: Not allowing yourself to be put in a box in the first place
In: [...]

We launched a contest last week in partnership with Dell where you can enter every day between last Monday September 18 & November 16 to win. Pretty cool prizes too: you can instantly win a Dell Handheld, Dell Laser Printer, or a 50” Dell Flat Panel TV.
Some of the winners have bragged about their good [...]

I could tell you that it’s because the kids have been back in school for a month or so and families are settling into a non-summer-vacation routine.
I could tell you that the first day of anything, and sundown today is also the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah, is a great time to start something [...]

You say you’re not an entrepreneur? You look at Henry Ford & Ray Kroc and say, “Well, that was all fine & dandy for them, but I’m not even close to inventing the automobile assembly line or the greatest hamburger that 29 cents can buy.” (that’s what the McDonald’s hamburgers cost when I was a [...]

How many times have you heard that from your friends, relatives at Thanksgiving dinner or even someone you just met for the first time? You just gotta love their enthusiasm.
The thing is, they just might! How do you know if your idea (or Uncle Ralph’s) has some beef behind it or is as soggy as [...]

StartupNation has partnered with Dell on an exciting new contest – you can register for a chance to instantly win a Dell Handheld, Dell Laser Printer, or a 50” Dell Flat Panel TV.
You can play the instant win game every day between Monday September 18 and November 16.
Head on over to this page for your [...]

What can I introduce that’s a “natural” addition based on what I already provide?
This question is just one of those posed in the first half of Step 5 of StartupNation’s brand new ‘10 Steps to Grow Your Business‘. Step 5 is titled "Maximize Your Niche, Expand to a New One” and is, of course, only [...]

Having a website, whatever your business model, is elementarily critical for a successful small business. Since everyone has a website, yours needs to shine. One of the ways to ensure that yours does is to make certain that it doesn’t turn people off. You might have a site that is and does many great things, [...]