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Even if you are an entrepreneur or self-employed individual, there is a good chance you’ve been an employee for someone, somewhere before now. Maybe you’ve even been fired. It’s never easy to lose a job, and how you handle that experience can potentially determine where you go from there. Nova Yeoman found […]
Only just over a month old, having launched on July 9, 2008, Savvy Auntie has definitely made a splash. With all the community options there were for parents, Melanie Notkin noticed quickly that there were no options for the non parents who had nieces and nephews that they loved very much.
Over at the Savvy […]
Andy Sernovitz:
It’s good to support worthy causes. It’s also good word of mouth.
The key word in “non-profit organization” is “organization” — these are natural communities of highly connected people who talk to each other. If you provide genuine support to a good group, all of their members will know about it.
Pick a place […]
US News.com:
The Washington Post reported on how the conventional wisdom that Wal-Mart is the bane of small mom-and-pop businesses is being shattered in the wake of a new Wal-Mart opening in Landover Hills, Md., a close-in Washington suburb in Prince George’s County, Md.
The article cites research showing that in urban areas Wal-Mart has not driven […]
eMarketer:
The user-generated content movement is no longer a fad.
In the US, eMarketer projects that the number of user-generated content creators will rise from 77 million in 2007 to 108 million in 2012.
he content is being read, seen and heard, too.
The number of consumers of user-generated content will increase from 94 million in 2007 to 130 […]
Kevin Kelly explains how anyone, doing anything, can be successful via the Internet. It only takes 1,000 “True Fans”:
A True Fan is defined as someone who will purchase anything and everything you produce. They will drive 200 miles to see you sing. They will buy the super deluxe re-issued hi-res box set of your […]
Deutsche Welle:
There are Internet communities out there for new mothers, dog lovers, lacrosse fans, amateur photographers and just about any other niche group you can think of. Web portals are easy to set up and they’re rapidly multiplying around the world.Most users join to communicate with friends. But many of the other possibilities — like […]
Forbes:
Mitch Goldman is looking forward to shaving this weekend. For four weeks, he’s been growing a mustache and using it to gain attention–and contributions–for his favorite charity.
As co-organizer of the New York chapter of Mustaches for Kids, Goldman is helping 80 members raise about $40,000 for Donorschoose.org, a nonprofit that helps public school teachers buy […]
Entrepreneur:
Coke will reduce the amount of water that goes into making its drinks. Last year, its bottlers used 290 billion liters of water in beverage production–leading one plant in southern India to wear out its welcome when the government accused Coke of drying up the water supply.
More than half of the water Coke used in […]
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