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Mobile: The Latest Technology Disruption
Mobile internet computing is going to disrupt desktop internet computing in the same way that......desktop internet computing disrupted personal computing in the same way that......personal computing disrupted mini computing in the same way that......mini computing disrupted mainframe computing.And •••
- February 4, 2012
The Best Idea to Pursue...
The best idea to pursue is to take a problem you know exists, experienced by a large customer set you know how to reach, solved it in a way you know how to solve, delivered by means you know how to deliver, with resources you know you can control, and in a timeframe you know you can meet. •••
- December 29, 2011
Will an LLC Help Lower Your Business Taxes?
Excellent article on LLCs and the various tax elections:The key reason to form an LLC (limited liability company) is to shield the personal assets of the owners from that of the business. This means that if your company has bad debts or is sued, banks and other lenders cannot seize your personal •••
- November 29, 2011
The Importance of Google for Your Business
70% of web searches start at Google89% of all clicks come from Google's first search page84% of people use the web to look for local businesses"Seventy percent of Web searches start at Google, and 89 percent of all clicks come from page one. Eighty-four percent of people use the Web to look for •••
- November 29, 2011
How Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Got Started
This is a great video of NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg explaining the early days of his billion-dollar company Bloomberg, a business and financial data services firm: •••
- November 29, 2011
Crown Financial Ministries Launches New Magazine and New Strategic Relationship
"Do Well" Magazine Launch From the inaugural issue of Do Well magazine, Jim Henry, the Editor in Chief describes their goal: Our goal is to provide you the best possible advice in three key topic areas: personal finance, careers and business. Along with timely, practical information, we •••
- November 17, 2011
Are You Selling Product or Are You Selling Stock?
As an entrepreneur, your most precious resource is your time and how you invest it. You can invest your time trying to get customers (by solving their problems) and/or you can invest your time trying to get investors. The more time you spend getting customers (selling your product), the less time •••
- October 26, 2011
Tax Reform and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Politicians love to talk about tax reform, but real reform almost never actually happens. Instead of real reform, we usually just get more of the same: additional rules added to our already bloated tax code that is estimated to stand at around 74,994 pages as of the election in 2012 and •••
- September 10, 2011
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: The Truth about Jobs
Obama talks about creating “jobs”. Politicians love to promise more “jobs”. Pundits worry about mergers destroying “jobs”. Workers don’t want “jobs” to move overseas. And on and on, ad nauseum. But only entrepreneurs and growing companies can •••
- September 1, 2011
A Lucid Explanation on the Cause of the Housing Crisis and the Current Economy
My undergrad degree was economics and I can vouch for the fact that academics do indeed push Keynesian policies even though they are a proven failure... •••
- August 25, 2011
Words of Wisdom from Howard Schultz
Howard Schultz has done an amazing job of turning Starbucks around in the past few years since returning to the helm as CEO (the stock has risen from a low of $7.83 in late 2008 (the year of his return) to a current price of $40.35). He chronicles that turnaround story in his recent •••
- July 23, 2011
The Anatomy of a Successful Startup
This short video is an overview of one of my successful ventures with a discussion of the overall timeline, how the company was launched, the results to date, and a few lessons learned. •••
- July 5, 2011
The Secret to Coming Up with the Big Idea
This short video explains the best way to come up with a breakthrough idea for a new business or new offering for an existing business: •••
- July 2, 2011
NVL in the Media: From the Blogosphere
Renee Degroot discusses New Venture Lab and our Family Works video series on a blog post titled "The Family That Works" •••
- May 19, 2011
The Nearly Impossible Ideal Company
The ideal company is one that...…has a seasoned, high-integrity, well-educated, entrepreneurial and fully-developed management team with excellent leadership and communications skills that have successfully built other companies together, have unmatched strategic, analytic, and financial •••
- May 6, 2011
Training My Son for Entrepreneurial Success - Part 2
Day Two (a continuation of Training My Son for Entrepreneurial Success) The next day -- Saturday -- I accompanied Adam on his initial car washing outing to help him with quality, safety, and customer service. First, we headed to Home Depot where he invested in some supplies. He must have •••
- May 4, 2011
Training My Son for Entrepreneurial Success
Adam, my 9 year-old son, recently decided he needed to make money to buy a little scooter that he covets (although I'm hoping by the time he works hard for the money, that the lesson about investing vs. spending will have sunk in deeper). So, given the combination of his •••
- April 29, 2011
Reminder: Free Webinar Invitation: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur - Part 3
Join us for a Webinar on April 23 This webinar is continuation of our series that covers key principles every aspiring entrepreneur needs to learn and that •••
- April 22, 2011
The Secret to Selecting the Right Type of Business to Launch
I was recently asked the question: "What kinds of businesses are the best types of businesses for a family to start?"That question reveals some slightly-flawed thinking because even if one designed the ideal business and it scored extremely high on the Venture Analysis, that doesn't •••
- April 12, 2011
Free Webinar Invitation: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur - Part 3
Join us for a Webinar on April 23 •••
- April 2, 2011
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