On July 25, 2011
Airbnb: From Scrounging for Rent to a $1 Billion Valuation
A business born of a need to find a way to pay the rent receives funding that values the company at more than $1 billion.No tags for this post.
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On July 25, 2011
Electric Cars Are Catching On, but Electric Carmakers… Aren’t
The cars of the future are here to stay. But the startup carmakers that started the revolution are struggling.
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Three Business Lessons from the NFL Lockout
The author of Fixing the Game offers his top business lessons from football's labor dispute.No tags for this post.
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On July 25, 2011
Sales Quiz: Which Question Do You Ask First?
You're starting a conversation with a potential customer. Which of these three questions will move the conversation forward?
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Google Looks to Lure More Local Businesses with AdWords Express
Google really wants you to start advertising if you're a local business, and is trying to make it as easy as possible to do so. The company announced the launch of AdWords Express, which is essentially AdWords without the hassle…
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On July 25, 2011
Are You Ready for Some Football?
With the new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in the bag, the lock-out finished, and the NFL season ready to start uninterrupted, it is worth asking whether the NFL's strategy and behavior was helpful to the long-term…
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On July 25, 2011
Is Disorganization Sapping Your Small Business’s Health?
Disorganization can sap small-business productivity. Here are eight tips to help you stop the chaos and get organized.No tags for this post.
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On July 25, 2011
Why Google Decided to Create Its Own Facial-Recognition Privacy Problem
Just a month after Google chairman Eric Schmidt stated how dangerous automatic facial recognition could be, the company has acquired a business that specializes in related technology.
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On July 25, 2011
Wheel of Misfortune: Reality TV Is Now All About Pawn Shops and Foreclosed Flips
This fall the spawn of pawn-shop shows are coming to TV: A slew of "reality" series about flipping foreclosed homes. Here's a few other shows to cash-in on people going broke.
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On July 25, 2011
Who and What Is an Entrepreneur?
Marc Ventresca's recent presentation at TEDx Oxford asks us to rethink the idea of the entrepreneur. He believes, if I have him right, that we subscribe too heavily to the "heroic" model, the one that says entrepreneurs take…
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