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Pitch Your As Seen On TV Invention To 6 Great Companies in 1 Location

The DRTV Product Summit is the only industry event that offers so much opportunity for inventors! Hosted by InventionHome, the DRTV Product Summit is a one-day event that gives everyday inventors the opportunity to pitch...

byRussell Williams

August 5, 2013

Revving Up An Entrepreneurial Engine For Our Youth

Our youth is our future. And with this in mind, we need to ask if we are doing enough as a country to support and empower the younger tiers of our population to become the...

byStartupNation

July 22, 2013

Hey Used Video Game Sellers: The XBOX One Just Pooped In Your Sandbox

Hi gang, Happy early summer to you wherever you are. Here in Charlotte, we celebrate 5 seasons: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring, and Pollen. I am very happy that Pollen season is over because it was...

byKevin Harmon

June 3, 2013

Third Party Sellers Need To Rethink The Amazon FBA Program

Hi gang, Long time no talk. How are you? You’re looking good! How are the kids? How is your business doing? Did the doctor take care of that rash? Good. Good. Is your business growing?...

byKevin Harmon

May 22, 2013

How to Effectively Build a Family Business

Competency Versus Relationship (Nepotism)Every business hires employees based on some mixture of the candidate’s competency and how good/bad the relationship is with the candidate. Unfortunately, in a family business the default or predominant method of...

byJeff Karges

January 17, 2013

Ignite a Revolution!

Our business firepower in the United States begins with our educational system. In many ways, that system is stuck in the analog world, a throwback in time. What this means is that the education market...

byStartupNation

November 13, 2012

eBay, Amazon, Mobile, e-Commerce, and Stripping.

Hi gang, John Lawson is a nationally known e-commerce and social media expert. You can find him speaking at conventions all over the world and on colderice.com and if his name sounds familiar it's because he...

byKevin Harmon

January 19, 2012

My Love Hate Affair With Twitter

Hi gang, I really love twitter. Actually, I can’t stand it. What a wonderful tool - and what a waste. I am so conflicted - I am the @chazbono of Twitter users. I’m not going...

byKevin Harmon

October 3, 2011

The Future Is Coming…And You Won’t Believe It

Hi gang, welcome to Noodle Baking 101! It’s been a while! How’ve you been? Still in business? Growing? Circling the wagons? Custer’s last stand? Hey, you got into this entrepreneur thing because you don’t fear...

byKevin Harmon

August 30, 2011

Small Business surprise in my week away

Hi there StartUpNation! I am back after one final tribute to summer last week. Where I live, school is back in session as of today, and I am glued to my desk and ready to...

byRachel Blaufeld

August 23, 2011

Six Businesses You Can Run From a Tropical Island

There’s been a prominent shift in the way that Gen Y perceives work and the idea of a “career.” No longer are most students graduating and trying to lock down a 30-year job at a...

bySean Ogle

July 20, 2011

StartupNation 1, Facebook Squatter 0

Similar to our efforts on Twitter to claim the www.twitter.com/startupnation account name, we have now achieved something similar for www.facebook.com/startupnation. As I wrote a while ago here in my blog about the Twitter squatter who...

byRich Sloan

April 24, 2011

Attention eBay sellers! Join me on April 22nd for awesomeness! Audio File Now Available!

Hi gang, Please do me the honor tomorrow of joining myself and John Lawson, aka ColderIce, aka one of Startupnation's home based business winners, as we discuss what the GSI Commerce deal means for eBay...

byKevin Harmon

April 21, 2011

Taking Control of Your Schedule with a Home-Based Franchise

The days are getting longer and the sunshine beckons you outside. But you are on someone else’s schedule. What can you do? Are you ready to have more control over your time? Are you tired...

byGail Parker

April 21, 2011

Is Frustration Getting In the Way of Your Success?

Your phone stops ringing. You don’t get a response for your proposals. The competition steals your business. Yep. We’ve all been there. It’s not fun, but frustration is a part of business. Instead of taking...

byMelanie Rembrandt

April 6, 2011

BREAKING: eBay Announces “FreeBay” – The Completely Free Program

SAN JOSE (Startupnation.com) - To enhance the recent fee changes that will force sellers to offer free shipping, eBay announced this morning that all sellers must offer their items for sale for free as well....

byKevin Harmon

April 1, 2011

Do You Know the Price Tag of the Franchise You’re Eyeing?

When researching franchises for sale, the first question most franchise candidates ask is “how much does it cost?” The answer is almost always “more than you think.” New franchisees often get in trouble because they...

byGail Parker

March 30, 2011

Got SEO Writer’s Block? 3 Helpful Tips to the Rescue!

You have your cup of coffee, your laptop and a quiet space to work. You are ready to write the copy for your Website. But then, the white screen stares at you. You have a...

byMelanie Rembrandt

March 29, 2011

eBay Buys GSI Commerce For $2.4 Billion and eBay Sellers Look Around Nervously

Hi Gang, "Ooohhh, so THAT'S why our fees are so high," exclaimed eBay's seller community today after eBay announced that it is acquiring GSI Commerce for $2.4 BILLION in cash and debt. Hey, I'm an...

byKevin Harmon

March 28, 2011

Weekend Read Will Change My Approach, Change My Year

I started my Saturday this past weekend with a midwest to westcoast flight. By the time I was over the Rockies, I was so excited to get to work on the new ideas filling my head...

byRich Sloan

February 28, 2011