Yes, NOW is a Good Time to Startup
Thursday, 03 September 2020
Nearly three quarters of the way through 2020, and with the world fully settled into the “new normal,” quarantine, “the recession?,” (or whatever it is that we’re calling this strange state of things), it’s still very frequently asked, “Is a time like this good time to start a startup?“ The best time is yesterday. The
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The Best SEO Plugin for WordPress [really] [no, really this time]
Tuesday, 07 January 2020
What are the best SEO plugins for WordPress? I love these kind of questions where every plugin developer jumps in with a “hey check out mine which I build because the mist popular one didn’t do what I want… and here are some SEO services.” And it’s particularly amusing in this case because one could
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The Insecurity of Costs – Accelerating New Business Development
Monday, 09 September 2019
GENERAL STARTUP STATISTICS 69 percent of U.S. entrepreneurs start their businesses at home. According to the National Association of Small Business’s 2017 Economic Report, the majority of small businesses surveyed are LLCs (35 percent) followed by S-corporations (33 percent), corporations (19 percent), sole proprietorships (12 percent), and partnerships (2 percent). 51 percent of people asked, “What’s the best way
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The Networking to do BEFORE you Startup
Monday, 18 March 2019
A simple list of five. The FIVE groups of people to start networking before you start anything… Toward investors. Start now. Getting know them before you need them. Get to know those who will likely support what you’re doing. They’re advisors so they can invest, not banks that are just there for capital. With potential
From Automobile to Innovation – Stories of Entrepreneurship
Sunday, 13 January 2019
I didn’t grow up around incredible cars, nor in a family of enthusiasts, but a few of my earliest and fondest memories involve automobiles. The first was as a child, being driven to school by mom, when she shared a passing anecdote that she had always wanted to be a race car driver (that story
How Silicon Valley Really Got Its Start: In Fashion Tech
Friday, 21 December 2018
It was in 1848, that a carpenter by the name of James Marshall spotted gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, Calif. Soon hopeful prospectors flooded the Golden State in search of their fortunes. Today’s gold rush is, of course, the venture capital discovered in them thar hills; with entrepreneurs flooding the Valley in search of their
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What Does it Mean to be Working in Technology?
Friday, 13 July 2018
Frankly, I hate how, since the dawn of the computer and internet, when we say “technology” we tend to presume only software, web sites, and smartphones. “Technology” does not mean semiconductor and code! The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes The idea of technology was defined in 1829! Technology (“science of craft”, from Greek, techne, “art, skill, cunning
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