I’m a big supporter of the concept of microcredits or microloans — which are tiny amounts of money you loan to entrepreneurs in 3rd world countries to help them get their businesses off the ground.
One organization that helps promote the idea is Kiva - and back in January, I used Kiva to loan some money […]
There haven’t been enough submissions to the Entrepreneur Pay It Forward Contest yet. I’m hoping to get overwhelmed with submissions today! You’ll have a great chance of winning…
The contest is simple:
Find a great post about entrepreneurship on another person’s blog.
Write about it on your own blog, link to that post, and include your own thoughts.
Link […]
Tackling big markets is great. Nobody wants to start a company in a market worth $5. Creating new markets is great too, but most startups are built in existing markets - and often they tout the enormity of those markets as a great reason to get into them.
“The mobile industry will be worth $50 billion […]
There are some amazing entrepreneurs out there with even more amazing stories to tell.
One such example is Austin Hill (good friend of mine.) He just wrote his “inaugural blog post” after about 6 months of blogging. He took his time getting his feet wet and getting comfortable blogging to the world.
The post is titled Chasing […]
After a trip through Africa, the Carnival of Entrepreneurs is home again at Startup Spark for its 13th Edition. Plenty of great stuff for everyone to enjoy, so dig right in!
And a quick thank you to everyone who has submitted content, and to everyone that promotes the Carnival. I hope more people continue to promote […]
Maybe this contest has legs after all…
I think the problem is that I don’t have a cool name for it. From now on I’m going to call it the “Entrepreneurial Pay It Forward Book Contest” (I just made that up this minute) to spice things up a bit.
Get all the contest details here!
It’s a simple […]
PROFIT magazine is doing its annual review of the fastest growing companies in Canada. And they’re looking for more entries to be submitted. Anyone can nominate a company for the PROFIT 100 list - but make sure the company is growing fast. We’re talking 100% or more in the past 5 years. They base rankings […]
A few days ago I announced a contest to win a couple business books. OK, so I’m not giving away a video IPod (I’ve got a budget people!) but it’s still a fun contest nonetheless.
And the goal isn’t to just win a couple books, but to connect people to a bunch of great entrepreneurial content.
I’m […]
Gourab Nanda has a long history in big business, working in project management and consulting. His background is a mixture of technology and business; huge SAP integration projects and other large IT-related efforts. And then…and then…he went small.
Gourab recently founded MyBusinessAssistant a company dedicated to helping small business. His target is small business, […]
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