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About Rich Sloan
Rich Sloan is chief startupologist and co-founder of StartupNation and host of StartupNation 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. Rich encourages you to make a comment under his blog posts or send him a personal message at member nickname, "Rich," here at StartupNation.
Posts by Rich Sloan
- StartupNation’s 10th Anniversary and 10 Million Served
- Gerber Hits a Nerve
- Saved! By Automatic Backup
- New Video Series from StartupNation: “Small Business Braintrust”
- StartupNation 1, Facebook Squatter 0
- Stressed Out, But Investing - Survey of Businesses by Brother
- Weekend Read Will Change My Approach, Change My Year
- Post Here to Win a Sleek Dell Vostro V130 Laptop
- 26 Business Ideas - Take Your Pick!
- Quick Survey about websites, get a free StartupNation eBook
- Building Your Company to Last (Part 2)
- Building Your Company to Last (Part 1)
- Come Get INSPIRED! Sloan Brothers, Eric Trump, Mel Robbins and more!
- Expert Gene Marks weighs in on how to increase 2010 profits
- ABC’s Shark Tank is Casting Again! More StartupNation Members in the Spotlight?
- Las Vegas, Baby!, Two Great Events Happening at the Same Time!
- Votes are in, Judging Underway for Leading Moms in Business
- Our Franchise eBook - Your guide to becoming a franchisee
- Pew Study: Small Business Most Trusted “Institution”
- Read up, and start getting referrals
- Got a restaurant concept? NBC Casting Call!
- How to Lose Credibility Immediately (Hilarious Huckster!)
- Finding a Franchise Opportunity - ‘Tis the Season
- Get on the Google Rocketship!
- Fox Business Network Features Our Elevator Pitch Advice
- Stop Dilly-Dallying. Get This Book. Start a Business.
- 55% of Americans Don’t Like “Workin’ for the Man”
- StartupNation Reports in on 2009
- More Advice on ABC News Now
- ABC News Now Highlights 2009 Home-Based 100 Winners!
- There’s a “Survey” for everything
- ABC News Now Appearance: Maximizing Your Holiday Sales
- Why you should pay for this content
- Secrets to Accelerating Your Business Success
- CEOs grow more optimistic, third quarter in a row
- The Case for Social Media
- Search Optimization Update: Google and Keywords
- StartupNation Member Goes on ABC’s SharkTank!
- 2 Contests with great upside
- StartupNation Member Goes on QVC Tomorrow Morning!
- How Someone Ripped off Our Twitter Name and We Fought Back
- StartupNation on ABC News Now, helps an entrepreneur in need
- NBC Nightly News update and video link
- Free Webinar! Strategies to Save Time, Save Money, Win More Customers
- PR Update: StartupNation member booked for NBC Nightly News
- 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!!!
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