http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:23:19 -0700 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:52:30 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Quick-checklist-of-marketing-tools-to-promote-your-new-product-or-service?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner No product is sold in a vaccum.  People need to be aware that it exists, what it does, how much it costs, and how and where to get it.  Your goal is to try and make sure that those messages reach people who have a need for what you have ... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:52:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Quick-checklist-of-marketing-tools-to-promote-your-new-product-or-service?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Consumer-behavior-and-your-new-product--a-quick-model?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner When launching your new product or service, think about how combining information with nouns and verbs will produce sales.  Ok, that was the simplified analogy.  In more technical terms, think about how environmental factors in... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:52:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Consumer-behavior-and-your-new-product--a-quick-model?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m10d15-How-to-find-the-key-driver-for-your-startup-business?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner Use a "subtractive" process to identify what mattersLots of things can impact how many customers you have and how much they are willing to spend with you.  These can include the product or service you are offering, the design, the... Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:18:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m10d15-How-to-find-the-key-driver-for-your-startup-business?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m10d6-What-every-entrepreneur-can-learn-from-Toobla?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner Toobla is an innovative new visual bookmarking toolIn late September in Columbus, Ohio an innovative new web application launched that promises to change the game for online bookmarking tools. But I’m getting ahead of myself.If you follow start... Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:13:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m10d6-What-every-entrepreneur-can-learn-from-Toobla?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Branding-vs-marketing-vs-selling-at-your-startup?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner One problem faced by most entrepreneurs is that they are innovators who suddenly have to become marketers and sellers.  They are people with a knack for seeing an opportunity or a pain-point in an industry and coming up with a novel pr... Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:20:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Branding-vs-marketing-vs-selling-at-your-startup?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m9d9-How-to-tell-if-you-are-offering-a-quality-product-or-service?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner How do you recognize quality, and when do you know that you've seen it?  It turns out that's actually a really tough question to answer.  Why?  Because quality is a highly subjective and relative term based on personal likes and dislik... Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:05:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m9d9-How-to-tell-if-you-are-offering-a-quality-product-or-service?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m8d22-Starting-your-own-business--four-great-books-to-read-to-help-you-succeed?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner  Starting your own business is hard. It takes time, it takes money, and it takes expertise. Assuming you don’t have an over-abundance of any of these, then I would highly recommend that you read one or more of the following books as soon a... Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:24:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m8d22-Starting-your-own-business--four-great-books-to-read-to-help-you-succeed?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m8d12-The-importance-of-clarity-in-marketing-your-new-product-or-service?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner View your ads using "new eyes" to add clarityBy its very definition, your startup business is new to every customer you encounter. Unfortunately, the challenge that you have in actually marketing your product or service is that it is not ne... Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:03:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m8d12-The-importance-of-clarity-in-marketing-your-new-product-or-service?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Vegas-tops-the-list-of-friendliest-cities-for-startups?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner Las Vegas is tops in 2010Entrepreneur Magazine has come out with their top ten list of friendliest cities for startups. Number one is Las Vegas, followed by Portland, Orlando, San Diego, Phoenix, Chapel Hill, Atlanta, Madison, Youngstown and Austin.T... Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:37:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Vegas-tops-the-list-of-friendliest-cities-for-startups?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Interesting-Venture-Capital-facts-for-Startups-to-consider?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner Source: NVCA Yearbook - 2009A recent report from the National Venture Capital Association yielded several interesting highlights for startups who are thinking about approaching VC firms. First, for every 100 business plans that come to a venture capi... Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:58:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Interesting-Venture-Capital-facts-for-Startups-to-consider?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m7d3-Two-forces-of-change-at-work-in-the-world-of-startups?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner  In and amongst the biggest economic downturn since the 1930's, a couple of positive forces - one people and one money - are adding strength to the world of startups.As shared on Forbes.com, a growing strategy for people who are 55 and olde... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:02:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m7d3-Two-forces-of-change-at-work-in-the-world-of-startups?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m6d30-Entrepreneurship-tips-and-some-conflicting-signals-about-the-current-state-of-startups?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner The answer might surprise youEmily Brandon of US News just came out with a handy list of tips around starting a business after age 50. Nothing on the list is particularly surprising (tap into your network, leverage your experience, expect long hours,... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:22:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m6d30-Entrepreneurship-tips-and-some-conflicting-signals-about-the-current-state-of-startups?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Best-entrepreneur-in-the-world-is-named?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner  And the winner is... drum roll please...Cao Dewang, Chairman of Fuyao Glass Industry Group.Dewang was named the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 at an awards ceremony held in Monte Carlo.  The largest award of its kind... Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:38:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Best-entrepreneur-in-the-world-is-named?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m6d3-In-the-land-of-startups-building-a-great-product-is-not-the-same-as-building-a-great-company?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner It takes more than just a great product to winThere is a dance that happens between entrepreneurs and investors and it goes something like this. The entrepreneur has invented a really great product and he’s convinced that it’s something t... Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:43:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m6d3-In-the-land-of-startups-building-a-great-product-is-not-the-same-as-building-a-great-company?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m5d13-With-startups-failure-is-often-your-key-to-success?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner Like the Phoenix that rises from the ashes, entrepreneurs and even nations can learn a lot from failed startups.In a great article from Scott Duke Harris of MercuryNews.com on the strength of Stanford’s startup culture, he shares how students h... Wed, 13 May 2009 08:32:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m5d13-With-startups-failure-is-often-your-key-to-success?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m5d4-The-importance-of-venturebacked-companies-to-the-economy-and-how-to-fix-their-IPO-market?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner  The market for VC-backed IPOs needs to be fixedThe National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) indicated that a report to be released in early May from Global Insight estimates that in 2008 public companies that were once venture-backed account... Mon, 04 May 2009 07:11:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m5d4-The-importance-of-venturebacked-companies-to-the-economy-and-how-to-fix-their-IPO-market?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m5d1-What-happens-when-you-cross-startups-with-a-recession-a-lesson-and-a-pandemic?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner Instances of Swine FluA new study by the Kauffman Foundation hints that the old saw that a recession is a good time to start a new business “because you have less to lose” is murky at best. It turns out that the subject is very complex an... Fri, 01 May 2009 08:42:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m5d1-What-happens-when-you-cross-startups-with-a-recession-a-lesson-and-a-pandemic?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m4d24-Fewer-women-and-minorityowned-startups-pitch-angels-but-when-they-do-they-succeed?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner Although women make up half of the population, in entrepreneurial circles they sought angel funding only 16.5% of the time in 2008, that according to a report just released by the Center for Venture Research. The good news is that 9.5% of these women... Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:16:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m4d24-Fewer-women-and-minorityowned-startups-pitch-angels-but-when-they-do-they-succeed?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m4d23-There-is-an-easy-way-to-find-a-local-business-incubator-for-your-startup?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner  Have you ever wondered where you can find a business incubator for your startup? Well, here is a terrific resource from the National Business Incubation Association. Their incubator finder has a list of incubators in all 50 States as well as ma... Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:43:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m4d23-There-is-an-easy-way-to-find-a-local-business-incubator-for-your-startup?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m4d20-Why-you-should-run-a-lean-startup-and-lessons-on-economic-adversity?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner  Eric Ries recently made a great presentation at the Web 2.0 Expo on lean startups. He began by suggesting that the difference between successful and unsuccessful startups were that the former had the ability to shift direction (i.e. morph) from... Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:46:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7075-Startup-Business-Examiner~y2009m4d20-Why-you-should-run-a-lean-startup-and-lessons-on-economic-adversity?cid=exrss-Startup-Business-Examiner