David is currently a lecturer at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, where he teaches intellectual property, and the Harvard Law School, where he teaches entrepreneurship and venture capital. See full bio
Greg Miliates started his consulting business in 2007, ditched his day job 18 months later, and quadrupled his salary. He gives specific tips, tricks, techniques, and tools for starting and running a successful consulting business on the cheap. See full bio
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The BlogNotions Small Business Blog delivers a diverse series of perspectives provided by thought leaders in the world of small to medium sized business. Presented by NetLine, this forum delivers compelling updates on the technologies being used by successful and growing small businesses, discussions of common problems and solutions faced by small businesses, best practices for scaling your business, tips and tricks for successful marketing, and much more. Here you can find helpful information, ask questions, and collaborate freely.
If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use social media. There are many ‘experts’ out there telling you how to do it, or even offering their services. But very few are talking about how to measure your results, and [...]
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) reported small businesses are beginning to add jobs — employment grew by 0.14 workers per firm last month, a bit slower than the pace in March but still the fifth straight month of gains.
Are you thinking it’s time to add to your team? Making the decision [...]
Scheduled Guests: Melissa Wilson, Eric Covino, Jonah Berger, Alvaro Fernandez and Kris Duggan. Sponsored by Sage America and Nextiva. Nextiva | Sage Solutions | Small business | Peter Shankman | Jonah Berger Read Original Post
It’s pretty simple. In your email system, create a folder. Title the folder: “Testimonials and Positive Feedback”. How fast can you fill this folder to the point where it overflows? To be sure you don’t forget the folder exists, move it towards the top of your email folder directory. Sure enough, most of the positive [...]
Start My Consulting Business – Ditch your day job. Make things happen. Change your life.
Yes, it’s Monday. Whether you have a day job or work for yourself, it’s the beginning of the week. If you have a day job though, it’s likely the beginning of a long slog through the week, waiting for the weekend, [...]
With the an estimated 150,000 new websites and 7.3 million new pages added to the Internet every day, the biggest challenge for every entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. I can attest from experience that publishing a regular blog to properly showcase your offering, even before you [...]
There’s an old saying in business: Nothing happens until you sell something. But with a tight economy, it’s getting tougher and tougher to get your foot in the door and make new sales. After massive lay-offs most companies are understaffed. As a result, workers are doing more with less and they often don’t have [...]
The unique challenges facing today’s working women drives many out of the workforce and into an entrepreneurial venture. There are two option: Continue to carry the burden and live a paradox, quit and be a stay at home mom or start a small business which offers more flexibility and balance of life.
Scheduled Guests: Jennifer Warawa of Sage talks about the pulse of what is going on with small business. Josh and Mara Opperman provides advice for start ups. Stan Phelps discusses is latest customer service book. Mark Sanborn, comes out with Fred 2.0 and Ed Reilly, President of the AMA shows us what really matters to [...]
Start My Consulting Business – Ditch your day job. Make things happen. Change your life.
Judging from all the e-mails I received from my last post ( 19 Questions that will change you consulting business–and your life), I struck a nerve. Before I list the questions that many of you cited as being squirm-worthy, I want [...]
