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

About Joel Welsh

Joel Welsh, Chief Community Officer, is also the CEO of a new startup company ... Showcase U. Joel shares behind the scenes key decisions being made in the "Birth of a Startup" and knocks it out of the park to provide his own entrepreneurial wisdom.

Posts by Joel Welsh

• Ghost Runner on 2nd
• Skype Mostly Rocks as a Killer App for Startups
• You Gotta Start Your Week
• The Startup Company 2X Factor
• Words Matter
• Making Yourself Vulnerable Can Be Profitable
• Working Through the (Holiday) Weekend
• An Early Start to a Startup Day
• A Strong Foundation
• Birth of a Startup
• Entrepreneurs: Git It While the Gittin’s Good
• Start & Grow Your Small Business Step By Step
• Enter StartupNation’s Home-Based 100 Competition!
• Pimped Out Search Functionality
• Keeping Up With the Jones’s, Internet Style
• Entrepreneurs have “Attitude”
• New StartupNation Key Moves Podcast
• Maple Syrup Festival is Entrepreneurship in Action
• Marketing Strategy for your Small Business: Just Do It !!
• Every Day Seems More Intense When You’re Starting Up Your Business
• SouthernRockin’ HarpHowlin’ TwangBangin’ Baby!
• You Gotta Know When You’re Throwin’ Grapefruits
• Tiger Woods has 2 Coaches. You?
• New StartupNation.com homepage is an ideal jumping in point
• New StartupNation.com Homepage & Global Navigation on the way
• The Tipping Point For Your Small Business
• Photos and a Contest Make for a Happy Friday for Entrepreneurs
• Make NCAA March Madness Work for Your Home Based Business
• Share NCAA March Madness With Your Network
• Business Owners Need to Know When and How
• Business Startup Good Ideas & Bad Ones
• The Small Business Family
• The Importance of Convenience as a Small Business
• Entrepreneurs vs Business Owners
• Tennis and Small Business
• Entrepreneurs Capture the Flag for Smarts & Prizes
• You need to be the best in the world at … something
• Entrepreneurs Love Pizza!
• Love Is the Killer App
• It Still Smells at StartupNation HQ
• iPhone – Apple vs Cisco
• Britney Spears as an Entrepreneur?
• Startup Business Coaching
• Bad Customer Service Goes a Long Way in the Wrong Direction
• Entrepreneurs are constantly project managing
• Small businesses can learn from Netflix and Blockbuster
• How to Ask for a Proper Website Critique
• No limp handshakes allowed
• Call for career advice
• Small Business Internet Relationships
• Entrepreneur Word of the Day: Energy
• Do you like music? You’ve got a business idea.
• StartupNation Community Podcast Has Launched !!
• Sara Blakely turned visible panty lines and uncomfortable g-strings into a booming business
• Win Prize Package in StartupNation ’10 Step Challenge’
• Wacky Idea to Grow Small Business Sales
• What’s OUT! What’s IN! The ‘Wayne Gretzky’ Small Business Trend Spotting Strategy
• Contest Winners Every Day from Dell and StartupNation
• First Day of Autumn is the Perfect Time to Start Your Direct Marketing Campaign
• When Small Business Opportunity Knocks, Answer the Door!
• I Have the Best Franchise Idea Since McDonald’s
• Dell Serves Up a Chance to Win!
• 10 Steps to Grow Your Business
• Web marketing 101: learn from website pet peeves
• Does your business plan include blue jeans?
• Small business owners are like an orchestra conductor
• People thinking about starting a business are smarter than they think
• What’s REALLY important about being an entrepreneur
• When is Bragging a Good Thing?
• The Fun Continues in StartupNation’s Contest. Now There Are 4 Total Prizes.
• 3-Day StartupNation Contest – Win Advertising on StartupNation.com (or an iPod Nano)
• Case Study: Does giving away your product to promote sales work?
• Email marketing #1 choice for pre-Holiday eCommerce rush
• Infosys Technologies entrepreneur sticks to his own rules
• Former Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble has got it goin’ on
• Guy Kawasaki agrees with StartupNation
• What does a bachelor party have to do with entrepreneurship?
• Vote for the entrepreneur you believe most deserves a vacation
• Start your own business to help fund your retirement
• Small business loans grubstake entrepreneurs
• Word of mouth marketing and advertising
• Does your business plan include an exit strategy?
• Small business resource – Lifehacker.com
• Do you have the entrepreneurial confidence of Satchel Paige?
• Favorite Movie Entrepreneurs
• Independence Day - start a business
• Need a Vacation? Tell Us Why and You Could Win One
• StartupNation blog honored by MarketingSherpa
• Southwest Airlines Ticket Winner #4!
• Startup attitude: Act like a winner
• Online marketing strategy: Podcast – you can do it!
• More Entrepreneurial love, and VOTE for StartupNation.
• Best small business marketing blog? Show StartupNation some love!!
• How can you help an entrepreneur? Plan more weddings!
• Southwest Airlines Ticket Winner #3!
• Internet businesses are fanatical about numbers – you should be too
• A small business wrestling with software
• Southwest Airlines Ticket Winner #2!
• The Scheherazade marketing plan – 1001 Arabian nights
• Must-have tool for a home business
• Southwest Airlines Ticket Winner!
• “Work Hard. Play Harder.” Round trip tickets from Southwest Airlines
• Who don’t you partner with when starting a business?
• A small business loan with a twist
• Entrepreneurs need to turn it off to turn it on
• Your small business needs more Cowbell!!
• StartupNation is JOM’n
• Even a home based business needs a team
• Top 10 Reasons to join the StartupNation Community
• Loving my cell phone leads to startup business ideas
• A "normal" day for an entrepreneur
• Home business idea for woman in Pennsylvania
• Scissor-runners are cut out to start a small business
• “No budget” marketing strategies
• A small business startup needs that work life balance
• Lunchtime: I’m in the sales pipeline for small business
• Inspiration
• Craig Newmark of craigslist just stopped in – are you ready for that unexpected meeting?
• An advisory board for your business startup will make you smart
• StartupNation community fuels the best small business blogs
• Does integrity ever NOT matter when hiring (good) employees?
• Help your business startup today: Set goals
• Best small business opportunities remember that we’re creatures of habit
• Networking, Russian style, to grow your sales pipeline
• Tax filing day is here – rejoice all ye small business owners!
• Life Plan in action: a “do what you love” podcast business
• The secret weapon of small business
• Sexy & new or dull & boring? - New businesses you can start
• Advice for starting a home business website
• StartupNation community has spoken & keeps talking!
• Brand new Entrepreneurial Tips podcast
• Play Ball! Baseball’s opening day for small business entrepreneurs
• MRI: inspiration for small business opportunities
• Apple Computer trademark litigation: lesson for small business startups
• Time management: one of the critical steps to starting a small business
• Must-read books for business start ups
• Invaluable tools & help for small business
• Big business is in trouble, small business opportunity abounds!
• Character matters more than skills when hiring good employees
• First day of spring: time to take those steps to starting a business
• St. Patrick’s Day grassroots marketing examples
• March Madness: sales prospecting techniques idea for home based businesses
• Can a buzzword create a new definition for marketing?
• The absolute number one best business to start
• Starting a small business: The Wheat Thins for lunch strategy
• Starting a business the old fashioned way: one customer at a time
• Starting and growing a small business: fast & furious or slow & deliberate?
• Marketing strategies for two opposite customer groups – trendy & pregnant
• Women’s home based businesses rock!
• Movie lines that motivate the entrepreneur
• Free beer – an outrageous viral marketing idea
• Craig Newmark of craigslist will give some website marketing strategies (I’m sure of it!)
• Get a massage and a franchise business opportunity
• Small business travel tip: Sometimes spending more is smarter
• Small business tip: Don’t lie
• Small business advice: You answer to yourself when you’re an entrepreneur
• Podcasting strategy for small business
• TV is dying - an online marketing business opportunity?
• Are newspapers still a resource for entrepreneurs?
• Story of a young entrepreneur: do what you love
• Learn How to Start a Small Business with StartupNation’s Free, One-Hour Coaching Call
• Opinions on 7 Ways to Boost Your Web Visibility
• A day in the life of StartupNation’s chief community officer
• Business Plan or Life Plan? Put the horse before the cart
• Looking for a small business idea? Listen to the wedding bells
• A dead ipod leads to a small business tip of the day …
• NFL Players: Life planning after football
• TOP SECRET: Entrepreneur forum on steroids
• Attention web entrepreneurs: Are you a Googleholic?
• Let the Prediction Market give you that next great business idea
• Business startup advice: Be attentive to your customer
• The Super Bowl creates unique business opportunities
• Is a franchise opportunity really a good way to start a small business?
• Skype is a great tool to create work from home business success
• What’s so special about craigslist?
• New stuff every day? We’re listening.
• Grab Your Partner
• Now Hear This!! (or you can listen later)
• Hate your boss? Start Your Own Business.
• Podcast Poolside Business Meeting
• Thank God for Entrepreneurs
• Podcasting can launch your business
• Looking for a web developer
• Powered by Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Disaster Relief for Small Businesses: Low Interest Loans from the SBA
• Entrepreneurial Success is Where Bold & Aggressive Meets Preparedness
• Behind the Scenes in the StartupNation Radio Studio
• Home Based Business Tips
• An eBay Businesswoman Takes Care of Her Son
• Entrepreneurs Will Knock You Over
• Who’s On Your Superstar List?
• Your family are your most important people
• Which Comes First, a Great Idea for a Business, or a Great Team?
• Hire the ones who smile
• Your employees represent YOU
• Start Your Dream Business Through Your Own Daily Experiences
• Entrepreneurs just can’t keep quiet
• The Mudville Nine
• Philly Cheese Steaks
• You Gotta Just Wanna
• Baseball and the Passion of Starting Up
• Amish Inspiration
• Entrepreneurs & Guacamole