Right now, in online business, there is a trend toward interacting with customers with the help of video and audio. Recently, I spoke with Joe Yeoman, who is with Big Marker, a company that brings community building tools and webinar capabilities to bloggers and business owners. Read More
Another excellent list of five notable contests that are aimed at entrepreneurs and startups. Includes prizes of cash, funding and marketing services. It also includes contests for US and UK businesses. Read More
We brought together eBay management software solutions that should be considered before opening an eBay store. Read More
Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. That’s not bad, but who wants to be average? Every young entrepreneur knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Statistics show that the failure rate for new startups w Read More
Many of us would love to start our own business or have our own startup, but many of us also suffer with mental blocks that won’t allow us to create an idea that means we can chase the dream.


It’s easier than you think.


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Many women succeed in working from home, while others fail. That is why creating a home office that makes working efficient is important to succeed. Read More
A good example of an easy inexpensive business to start that can grow into a large profitable enterprise is dog walking. You can seriously get started for free using lots of free resources that are available to you online (and offline). The main skill you need is a love of dogs - and I'm not even s Read More
Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys. They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your Read More
Every so often a promising entrepreneur seems to freeze in the oncoming headlights and gets run over by his competition. Why is it that his idea which seemed so fundable only months ago fails to attract investors today? The team is the same. The company's market is the same. Read More
Dan Shipper is the cofounder of the recently founded Firefly. He blogs at DanShipper.com and tweets at @danshipper.

I started coding in 5th grade after I read Bill Gates’ biography. I decided that I wanted to create a Microsoft competitor and build an operating system to rival Windows. It was go Read More
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