Just Because You Give It Away…
June 1, 2009 :: Mike DoughertyThe campaign was clear, very honorable in its intentions, and was giving something away a gift thanks. And this wasn’t just a cheap give away item. It had value both financially and use. The campaign had all the makings of a successful campaign if the appropriate effort was put into it, but what happened?
If You Aren’t Excited About It…
May 15, 2009 :: Mike DoughertyIf you’re on the fence whether you’re excited about what you do or if the shine has worn off… pick a side and go there. It’s going to suck at times. It’s going to be exhausting at others. There’s going to be days where you look at your loved one, friend, employees, or business partner and think, “What the hell did I get myself into” and the answer to that question is the very same thing “I love what I do for a living!”
Grow Smart Business Webinar Interview with Kelly Muccio, Founder of Lost Boys
April 29, 2009 :: Steve FisherAs part of our panelist interviews for the GrowSmartBusiness Webinar, we interviewed Kelly Muccio, Founder of Lost Boys, a fashionable clothing store in Georgetown. Kelly was recently featured featured in the Wall Street Journal, an indicator that her small business is thriving. Here she sounds off on some of the small biz challenges revealed in the [...]
Rules for Entrepreneurs #4 - 5 Ways to Avoid Small Business Death by $100 Expenses
April 17, 2009 :: Steve FisherWhen I started my first business as an adult and left the warm blanket of a steady paycheck I also left the fuzzy fun of expense reports. Those detailed reports on excel spreadsheets full of stapled pages of photocopied receipts that we got paid back on eventually (usually in 2-4 weeks) and were part of [...]
Rules for Entrepreneurs #3: Avoid Founderitis at All Costs
April 9, 2009 :: Steve FisherIn this next rule in our series “Rules for Entrepreneurs”, Rule #3 deals with the affliction of “Founderitis”. Don’t know what it is? Sound like a weird dermal disease?
Wikipedia defines Founderitis as “the unhealthy condition that afflicts many companies whose founders maintain a stranglehold on organizational leadership. While many companies owe their success — and [...]
Entrepreneur Evan Carmichael Discusses the Small Business Success Index
April 8, 2009 :: Steve FisherEntrepreneur and international speaker Evan Carmichael hosts the Internet’s #1 resource for small business motivation and strategies. Evan started his own business, the Evan Carmichael Communications Group, in 2005 as a resource for entrepreneurs to grow their business. He is known as an entrepreneurial expert and has been featured in publications such as The New [...]
Building Recession-Proof Business Models – A Conversation with Lynda B. Rothschild, SVPof Town & Country Movers
March 24, 2009 :: Steve FisherLynda Rothschild is an entrepreneur always in search of new ways to grow her business and find new customers in every type of economic environment. She helps runs Town & Country Movers, located in Gaithersburg, MD, that offers residential, commercial, local, long distance and international moving service and storage services in MD, serving the Maryland, [...]
SXSW Entrepreneurs: Greg Cangialosi on Social CRM and Publicaster 7.0
March 17, 2009 :: Steve FisherGreg is my favorite Pescatarian (those who eat fish but not any other meats) and he is a brilliant entrepreneur who makes email marketing an valuable tool where clients can get real value and high ROI out of their email marketing campaigns.
Greg is CEO of Blue Sky Factory, a leading email marketing technology company. And [...]
New Series for 2009 - Writing the Killer Business Plan
January 6, 2009 :: Steve FisherFor any small business, having a focus on what you sell and why customers should buy from you is critical. One primary way to frame your ideas and vision, especially when you are growing and people need a sort of “playbook” to work from, a business plan seems like a logical first start.
In my career [...]
The Power of e-Mail - An Interview with Trish Forant of eMailOurMilitary.com
July 24, 2008 :: Steve FisherTrish Forant knows the military. eMail Our Military’s founder is a military wife, the daughter of a veteran and an avid troop supporter. Wanting to make a difference after 9/11 Trish, who was working as a IT Instructor, decided she needed to do something more to help make a difference. When she learned the DoD [...]
