I am a conflicted tech reporter. I started covering the technology beat because of my love for the power of the smartphone. But the conspicuous consumption of gadgets, with its attendant human and environmental costs, makes me feel as though I'm complicit in injustice. To reconcile these feelings, I've settled on five principles for owning a smartphone. They help me use my device to its fullest potential.
I work with a lot of family businesses as clients. I have seen a wide range of behavior in the interplay of family members–much of it really unpleasant.
But still, I had no idea how prevalent family-owned businesses were until I read an article from Gaebler.com's Resources for Entrepreneurs. Among the stats cited, U.S. family-owned businesses:
Facebook shares have traded on secondary exchanges like SharesPost and SecondMarket since early 2009. Prior to the social network's May 18, 2012, initial public offering, though, they were only available to accredited investors: banks and funds with assets over $5 million or individuals with a net worth above $1 million. Securities laws prevented small investors from buying Facebook shares prior to the IPO. As it turns out, the SEC was doing those investors a big favor.
Question: What is the most important negotiating skill that you have learned as an entrepreneur?
You’ve probably put up plenty of pages and accounts on various services and blogs. But today, learn how to become a real website owner and put together an awesome feature-rich website of your own with little to no experience.
We finally know who owns how much of Rovio, the developer behind Angry Birds, thanks to a new post on ArcticStartup.
Trema Holdings, the holding company of CEO Mikael Hed's father Kaj Hed, owns a majority of the company (nearly 70 percent), while investors Accel Partners and Atomico own 10 percent each.
You might have suspected for a while now that smartphone owners tend to be young-ish, with some disposable income.
A new Nielsen survey confirms that this is the case, with a couple of exceptions. Of 20,000 U.S. mobile phone owners Nielsen surveyed last month, 48 percent said they owned a smartphone, with the 25-to-34 age group making up the largest proportion of smartphone owners, at 66 percent.
No two businesses and industries are alike, but successful leadership principles are largely universal. So, learn by emulating what successful business owners and leaders have done to succeed.
We asked several successful business owners for their best leadership advice. Some fundamental concepts were cited over and over again.
No two businesses and industries are alike, but successful leadership principles are largely universal. So, learn by emulating what successful business owners and leaders have done to succeed.
We asked several successful business owners for their best leadership advice. Some fundamental concepts were cited over and over again.
Segment: Subcompact Car Base MSRP: $11,770 Depreciation: $6,270 Repairs: $1,728 Maintenance: $2,161 State Fees/Taxes: $1,045 Insurance: $4,580 Financing: $1,163 Fuel: $8,921 Total Five-Year Cost: $25,868 Cost Per Mile: $0.34
In a recent KISSmetrics post entitled Can Product Videos Increase Conversion Rates?, Sherice Jacobs explains why video marketing has finally come of age, and why video is an essential selling tool for any business. One of the more popular video formats these days are explanatory videos, or explainer videos.
Surely you have a possession you really care about—a baseball, a sports car or an autographed Bee Jees album with a signature across Barry Gibbs' chest.
Let’s pretend you have a treasured car. Other cars have been no more than a means of transport—but not that car. You would never sell it unless your children were held for ransom. I'm sure you've had many albums, or baseballs, but they're all replaceable. Not the baseball from your first Red Sox game, or the album with Bee Jees song that was on the radio the first time you kissed that special someone.
Welcome to the anti-New Year’s resolution list. If you’re like me, you can’t stand resolutions, and by February 1 you’ve already thrown them to the wind anyway. So forget resolutions. Instead, focus on goals—goals that will help your business next year, goals that are attainable, ones you can achieve with minimal effort and ones that will guarantee to make you a happier and more relaxed small-business CEO next year. Here are seven that should be on your list.
Tax time cometh, and the small business owner runneth in fear to the caves. But that's not really the best idea, is it? Fear not, friends. I contacted several tax professionals to pull together some advice and tips, especially for Q4 and end-of-year taxes.
Many people know that there are many benefits to using social media, but most people don’t. Statistics of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and now Google + users continue to grow daily. Most of these people are individuals though, not businesses. New ways to establish your brand as an authority in your niche don’t come along very often. This is why social media is great way to help you grow your business.
Running a business is exhilarating but challenging. Positive self-talk and the ability to envision great opportunities in difficult times are important to achieving success and emotional stability. But these actions and attitudes can interfere with being honest about your business.
In the past year or so, I have spoken with business owners and managers who have accidentally fooled themselves. Their stories may seem familiar to the situations you are experiencing. Here's how to face the facts and avoid deluding yourself with these four common lies.
We have a great bookstore in my town — the kind of place you picture in your mind when you think of a great independent bookshop.
It’s perfect for browsing, with lots of comfy chairs to relax in. The books are displayed enticingly. There’s a little coffee shop so you can relax with an espresso. They get your favorite writers to come in for readings, so there’s always a sense of event and excitement.
