Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category
Saturday, January 2, 2009 | Written by Henry Chang
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Are you looking for new ideas for a business? or ways to improve your existing business? I recently found this website called http://www.whynot.net and it allows people to post new ideas and then everyone would rate it good, neutral, or bad. They can also leave comments on why they think that way.
I think its a great way to find a business idea or to ask for people opinion before rolling it out.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009 | Written by Henry Chang
Posted under: Blog, Business Ownership, Creativity and Ideation, General Thoughts, Marketing |
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This is a local dry cleaner in portland, washington.
By giving away their service for free, they will gain loyal customers. As you can see from many peoples comments here
Of course, not everything can be given away for free, you have to find what is most suitable for your business, and take a look at the whole economic situation.
Anyone have some ideas to share for your business?
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Saturday, December 5, 2009 | Written by Henry Chang
Posted under: Blog, Creativity and Ideation, Entrepreneurship Stories, General Thoughts |
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Friday, October 23, 2009 | Written by Erik Rostad
Posted under: Blog, Bootstrapping, Podcasting, The Entrepreneur School |
Tags: how to start a podcast, Podcasting, podpress, turn blog into podcast |
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The Entrepreneur School Podcast Channel
I was speaking with a friend yesterday who runs an excellent blog. He writes 2-3 times a day and the content is outstanding. It’s so good that I recommended that he try another outlet alongside his blog. I recommended that he begin recording his blog posts in order to send them out as podcasts.
Most people spend hours a week in their car and have more time to listen to content instead of reading content. Are you reaching those people?
These days, podcasting has become almost too easy. All you need is a basic microphone (standard on most laptops now days), recording software (available free on Mac’s (GarageBand), and a way to upload your files online. If you have a Wordpress.org blog, you can download the Podpress Plugin and set yourself up so that after recording yourself reading the blog you just wrote, you can easily post the audio file within your blog in a very sleek looking Flash-based player. And if you set things up correctly with iTunes, Podpress will send your podcast directly to the iTunes podcast section to be searched all over the United States.
The Entrepreneur School loves testing these new ways of communication because we know how important they are to bootstrapping entrepreneurs trying to get the word out in every way possible. We just got our own iTunes channel for this blog. So if you prefer listening to reading, you can click on the following link to go to the new Entrepreneur School iTunes Podcast Channel.
But I need to warn you. If you are the type of blogger whose most recent post was from July and the recent one before that was from February, podcasting is not for you. The idea, (as well as the idea for your blog), is to keep momentum going so that the people who subscribe to feeds from your blog or podcast are satisfied daily. And be sure to provide interesting and relevant content. If you are just making advertisements, good luck getting followers.
Tags: how to start a podcast, Podcasting, podpress, turn blog into podcast | Posted under Blog, Bootstrapping, Podcasting, The Entrepreneur School | No Comments
Saturday, October 17, 2009 | Written by Henry Chang
Posted under: Angels, Blog, Entrepreneurship Stories, General Thoughts |
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I recently read an article where angel investment groups are charging entrepreneur to hear their business plan.
Angel Groups We’re Investigating
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1. Keiretsu Forum ($1,000 to $8,000 to present according to sources) The first group that was brought to my attention is something called the Keiretsu Forum. They have chapters all over the world, it seems, and they’ve been doing their program for a long time. I’m told by people that they charge between $1,000 to $8,000 to present and that a lot of good folks are involved. This is not publicly available
information: they hide it! Now, if there are so many ‘good people’
2. Maverick Angels ($500 to $1,000 to present).
This group is a splinter group from Keiretsu we’re told. They hide their fees in a “boot camp” to prepare you to pitch (what a joke).
3. PrivateEquityForums.com (stunnning $14,500 to $25,000 plus 3-5% of your raise to present!) We’ve received information that Mike Segal of Joshua Capital Partners runs this forum that is looking for up to $25,000 and/or 3-10% of how much you raise! I’m in shock by this one… could this possibly be true? Do you know anyone who has attended this event or, worse, actually paid these fees? If so, I need you to email me immediately.
4. Tech Super Club ($595 to present).
This seems like a small event, but folks tell me they are charging
$595 to pitch to angels.
the 3-5% of money you raised seems excessive, not to mention the $25,000
I would stay away if they are charging these kind of money to to hear a pitch!
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Friday, October 9, 2009 | Written by Henry Chang
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The wall street journal has an interesting article, 3 ways to improve your online reputation.
I especially agree with #1. Reach out immediately to dissatisfied reviewers.
What do you think?
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Thursday, October 8, 2009 | Written by Henry Chang
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Is pork white meat or red meat?
if you said white meat, you’ve fallen for the advertising campaign for the U.S. National Pork Board. Pork is actually RED meat, during the 80’s when people became more health conscious, red meat was considered bad for your health, and the pork industry lost sales dramatically. so in 1987 the US national Pork board started “the other white meat” campaign to re-brand pork as white meat.
This is the power of advertising. The slogan, and the repetition, now majority of the people in the US thinks pork is white meat.
Here is another interesting advertisement I saw on tv the other day.
Comcast- “cutting back on advertising is like turning off the open sign to save electricity”
I think comcast really nailed this one.
So, what are your advertising plans? hopefully you have abandoned traditional media advertising (newspaper/magazines)
Here are some of the most important advertising venues
- Major blogs
- Mainstream website advertising
- Linkbacks on mutiple forums/blogs
- reseller ranking websites/BBB
- social media digg/reddit/stumbleupon
BTW, if anyone tries to sell you social media as facebook/twitter/myspace, he/she does not know what they are talking about. advertising on twitter/facebook has been limited, and generally does not provide good return on investments.
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Friday, October 2, 2009 | Written by Jacob Dearolph
Posted under: Blog, Creativity and Ideation, International |
Tags: Africa, creativity, problem solving, solutions |
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I went to Georgia Tech; I’m definitely part nerd. I love practical and pragmatic solutions to problems, which is one reason I love entrepreneurship. It can be a small problem like needing a seatbelt for my dog to a complex problem like how to solve the traffic dilemma in Atlanta, GA. When someone poses a good solution I love it.
Well, in our research for good entrepreneur blogs we came across Afrigadget.com. This blog is fascinating in the way it captures people thinking creatively and solving problems. The site is a boon for entrepreneurs looking for creative inspiration and problem solving. I pasted their mission statement below:
“AfriGadget is a website dedicated to showcasing African ingenuity. A team of bloggers and readers contribute their pictures, videos and stories from around the continent. The stories of innovation are inspiring. It is a testament to Africans bending the little they have to their will, using creativity to overcome life’s challenges.”
Afrigadget.com has been featured in Time’s 50 best websites and has been written up in different publications.
Take a look at some of these pictures – (each links back to Afrigadget.com) -
Solar Vest Idea:
Idea for Capturing Solar Power from AfriGadget.com
Cleaning Water:
Device Used to Clean Water
Snares to Kill Wildlife (a taste of art as well):
Killer Snares turned into artful message at AfriGadget.com
So as you continue to explore the blog I believe it will set off our creative mind. I learned some great things about creativity at The Entrepreneur School that relates to this site. Basically, to be creative you have to work at it and surround yourself with creativity. Afrigadget.com is a great site to surround yourself with. Hope you enjoy.
Tags: Africa, creativity, problem solving, solutions | Posted under Blog, Creativity and Ideation, International | No Comments
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 | Written by Jacob Dearolph
Posted under: Blog, General Thoughts |
Tags: Blog, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, list |
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A full list of How to Start a Business and entrepreneur blogs.
We at the Entrepreneur School have been developing and tracking a comprehensive list of blogs on How to Start a Business and entrepreneurship.
Check out the list at our sister site:
http://www.internationalentrepreneurship.com/blog.asp
More to come…
Tags: Blog, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, list | Posted under Blog, General Thoughts | 1 Comment
