By Brendan Coffey & Zohair Siraj - Aug 5, 2013 5:06 PM ET
There’s a reason why Richard B. Cohen escapes attention.
The chairman of C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. works out of a nondescript office park once slated to house a county jail in Keene, Ne ...
Posted Monday, August 12th 2013 at 12:11AM
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As a new business owner there is immense pressure to gain and retain new clients. However bending over backwards to do so only causes more harm than good. The following negotiating tricks by Geoffery James on Inc. provide wise advice to catch and avo ...
Posted Sunday, August 11th 2013 at 1:41AM
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The WSJ is looking at 24 startups and selecting a startup of the year. From the website "Introducing 24 startups whose founders are building businesses and attempting to disrupt their industries in everything from popsicles to satellites"
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Posted Wednesday, August 7th 2013 at 5:18PM
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From Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2013/08/02/is-entrepreneurship-really-contagious/
What made you an entrepreneur: nature or nurture? Can you really ‘catch’ the entrepreneurial bug?
For me, entrepreneurship was not a consciou ...
Posted Tuesday, August 6th 2013 at 11:38AM
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Great article on SBA 8(a) programs.
Veteran and former Newark officer honored as entrepreneur
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Posted Monday, August 5th 2013 at 12:10PM
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Entrepreneurship is the operative word these days — not just in the Valley. Universities are organizing business plan competitions, venture capital firms are offering entrepreneurs-in-residence (EIR) programs and corporations are putting programs i ...
Posted Sunday, August 4th 2013 at 11:30PM
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You can read the entire article at:
http://www.businessinsider.com/startup-founders-give-life-advice-2013-7?op=1
Here's an excerpt:
Starting or working at a startup can be one of the most stressful things a person does in his or her life.
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Posted Friday, August 2nd 2013 at 3:49PM
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From New York Times, January 2, 2013
By JOHN GROSSMANN
Jacqui Rosshandler, founder of Eatwhatever: Should she take the money?
We just published a case study about Eatwhatever, a recent entrant in the crowded, billion dollar breath mint industr ...
Posted Thursday, August 1st 2013 at 1:46AM
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Formerly considered a recreational activity to be done outside of working hours, many North American companies are now recognizing the benefits of promoting a cycling culture in the workplace. "Bicycling is the new golf," says Bill Nesper, Vice Presi ...
Posted Wednesday, July 31st 2013 at 1:09PM
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Interesting article that helps entrepreneurs get "backers"..an interesting new way to finance your own start-up.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/20/your-money/unusual-student-loan-programs-link-to-future-earnings.html?ref=entrepreneurship ...
Posted Friday, July 26th 2013 at 11:50AM
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When Kevin Shroff interviewed a small business as part of his MBA class, he realized that they were making the same strategic and tactical mistakes that Kevin had made years ago when he launched his own business. That insight sparked an idea: creatin ...
Posted Sunday, July 21st 2013 at 8:03PM
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Yahoo appears to be stabilizing as it closes its first year with Marissa Mayer at CEO. The company is banking more profit but ad sales are on the decline from a year ago.
Yahoo cleared $331 million in net income on $1.07 billion in revenue, a 46 p ...
Posted Wednesday, July 17th 2013 at 5:35PM
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Warren Buffett always knew he'd be giving away a lot of money, and he always knew how he would do it: outsourcing.
In a video clip for a new online course on philanthropy that starts today, Buffett says he follows the lead of Adam Smith's division ...
Posted Wednesday, July 17th 2013 at 1:48PM
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Getting audited might be one of Americans' biggest fears, but what are the odds your turn will come up next? According to data compiled by the accounting resources directory, Best Online Accounting Degree.org, there were about 1.5 million audits cond ...
Posted Wednesday, July 17th 2013 at 1:44PM
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Apple is on a hiring spree right now, trying to find engineers who can help troubleshoot problems its having with its first wearable gadget, the so-called iWatch.
The news comes from Financial Times reporter Tim Bradshaw, who spoke to several sour ...
Posted Tuesday, July 16th 2013 at 2:09PM
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Have you ever interacted with an employee at a local business who was checked-out? You know the type. You ask to pay, and they roll their eyes at you and act as if they're doing you a favor by taking your money.
Well, you're not alone. According t ...
Posted Tuesday, July 16th 2013 at 2:03PM
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here are currently between 5-7.2 million people in the United States who are accepted as accredited investors. This group of people, which represents as little as 1% of the U.S. population, is made up of wealthy individuals that make $200,000 or more ...
Posted Sunday, July 14th 2013 at 3:33PM
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he nature of being an entrepreneur means that you fully embrace ambiguity and are comfortable with being challenged regularly. Choosing this career path is completely irrational because the odds of succeeding are dismal, but most succeed because of t ...
Posted Sunday, July 14th 2013 at 3:32PM
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Popular social-review site Yelp is in court once again over alleged extortion and review manipulating now that a group of business owners is attempting to appeal a ruling that was dismissed in federal court two years ago.
In 2011, a U.S. District ...
Posted Sunday, July 14th 2013 at 3:30PM
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Q: What's the advantage of a closed social network?
A: All businesses depend on information flow. When employees have the information they need, they make better decisions, save time, feel connected and are more productive. A closed social network ...
Posted Sunday, July 14th 2013 at 3:28PM
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When my team launched Boomerang last August, we thought it was a sure thing -- until we knew it wasn't.
Our goal was to create a consumer-gifting platform that would let Facebook friends give each other real-world gifts from the best local busines ...
Posted Sunday, July 14th 2013 at 3:27PM
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ranchising and food: They go together like peanut butter and jelly. Many of the oldest, largest and most successful franchises in the U.S. and around the world are restaurants or other food-related businesses. In fact, 122 of the companies on our ann ...
Posted Sunday, July 14th 2013 at 3:11PM
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http://www.inc.com/victor-ho/get-to-know-your-vital-few.html
In the 1940s, Joseph M. Juran coined the "80-20 rule," which posits that there are a "vital few and trivial many" or that 20 percent of the causes drive 80 percent of the results. He nam ...
Posted Wednesday, July 10th 2013 at 8:29PM
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