Dharmesh Shaw over at OnStartups relates some interesting points about
Archives for October 2006
Are Ideas Really Worthless?
No. They’re not worthless. (Talk about getting to the point quickly eh?) If ideas were worthless, entrepreneurs wouldn’t exist. And that doesn’t make much sense to me, at all. Entrepreneurs by their very nature, take ideas and turn them into reality. They’re opportunity-seekers, coming up with ideas, validating them, and then turning them into businesses. […]
Going to BarCamp Montreal
I should have mentioned this earlier, but I’ll be attending BarCamp Montreal on Saturday, October 21st. I’ve actually volunteered to help out, which should be interesting and fun. What is BarCamp? Taken from the site: BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It […]
Take Risks But Don’t Cut Corners, You May Run Out of Gas
Recently I was rushing home to pick up my son from daycare. I was a touch late but luckily I’m only 15 minutes away by car, assuming there’s no traffic. Hopping into my car I realized that I was nearly out of gas. I was running on fumes. Five blocks from my office there’s a […]
How to Write Great Web Copy from Jordan at Tell Ten Friends
Over at Tell Ten Friends, Jordan is writing a 7-part series on great copywriting for the web. He’s written 3 parts to the series so far, including: Great Web Copy is All About You Great Web Copy Part 2: Call to Action Great Web Copy Part 3: Skip the Jargon If you write any web […]
Will You Sacrifice Your Soul to Close a Deal?
You’ve cut your price down to almost nothing. You’ve agreed to an impossible timeline. You’ve even decided to cut corners with your product or service. But what about your soul? Are you willing to sacrifice that? Enough with the melodrama, Ben! Ok, fair enough, here are some questions to ask yourself:
Will You Sacrifice Your Service or Product to Close a Deal?
We’ve talked about sacrificing your price and time to close a deal…but what about sacrificing what you offer? What about diminishing the value of your service or product to a close a deal? Typically this would be done in response to another sacrifice. You’ve given the customer a crazy price or you’ve agreed to an […]
Choosing a Book Publishing Method and Marketing with Business Cards
There’s so much going on at The Great Big Small Business Show it’s amazing! First, we have a bonus podcast episode titled Choosing a Book Publishing Method which tackles the differences between self-publishing, print-on-demand and traditional publishing. Ted Demopoulos tackles this question with a great podcast. Second, we have our first ever video blog entry, […]
Will You Sacrifice Your Time to Close a Deal?
Time is cheap right? Sure there’s only 24 hours per day, but what’s the harm in doing a bit more work for someone without charging more? Let me ask some more questions: Do you track the hours you work on different projects? Do you charge more when you go over a certain number of hours […]
Resource Page for Blog About 5 Things Week Launched
Blog About 5 Things Week was a huge success. Including my own posts, there were 32 submissions. Not too shabby at all! I’ve put up a page listing all the submissions, so people can go back and read them all with ease. I hope you’ll take a look at the Blog About 5 Things Week […]