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Startup Spark

February 20th, 2007

100 Entrepreneur Stories in 30 Days

Carolynn Duncan is a budding entrepreneurs with a great site called the hundred dollar business. Every so often they attempt to start up a business with $100 in 30 days. It’s a great way to laser-focus and enjoy the true spirit of entrepreneurship - creating something, iterating quickly and getting to market.
Their current project is […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 7 comments

February 20th, 2007

11 Questions With Micro ISV Owner Stephane Grenier

Stephane Grenier, like most small business owners and software developers, wears many hats and loves every minute of it. (Truth be told, I didn’t ask him if there was anything he didn’t like about his business, maybe he’ll comment on that…) Still, I’m dubbing Stephane, “Mr. Enthusiasm.” Stephane runs his own, small software company (a […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 4 comments

February 19th, 2007

What You Sell Isn’t Important

Everything else is…

How you market is important. Are you being authentic? Are you targeting the right prospects? Are you following up?
How you treat customers is important. Are you providing the best level of service possible? Do you genuinely care about them?
How you manage your money is important. Are you watching every penny? Are you questioning […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 0 comments

February 16th, 2007

EntrepreneurshipWeek Is Coming…

Just came across EntrepreneurshipWeek USA which is coming February 24th-March 3rd. It’s being launched by the Kauffman Foundation.
From The Kauffman Foundation website, “The vision of the Kauffman Foundation is to foster a society of economically independent individuals who are engaged citizens, contributing to the improvement of their communities.”
Although I hadn’t heard of EntrepreneurshipWeek before […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 8 comments

February 13th, 2007

Tapping into the BlackBerry Gaming Market

Ever wanted to know what’s involved in developing BlackBerry software? What about a BlackBerry game?
Andrey Butov has already built BlackBerry Spam Filter software and now he’s working on a BlackBerry game.
I wanted to learn more about the BlackBerry game market after my recent interview with Andrey and what’s involved in building a game for […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 2 comments

February 7th, 2007

Carnival of Entrepreneurs #9 at the Dragon Slayer

A quick note to everyone — please go check out the Carnival of Entrepreneurs which hit the road this week with Laura Young.
Laura’s blog is well worth reading too, so don’t just stay for the Carnival. She’s taken a slightly different style to the Carnival and I applaud her for doing that. I think she […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 2 comments

February 6th, 2007

Carnival of Entrepreneurs On the Road Tomorrow

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow’s Carnival of Entrepreneurs will be on the road — hosted by Laura Young at The Dragon Slayer’s Guide to Life.
The deadline to submit an entry to the Carnival has passed, but you might be able to sneak something in today and convince Laura it should go into the Carnival. […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 0 comments

February 5th, 2007

Get The Right Help At The Right Time When Starting Your Business

Pamela Slim has some excellent advice in a recent blog post, The “Big Four” every entrepreneur needs. In a nutshell, every company needs a great lawyer, accountant, banker and insurance specialist.
Sure, cash flow is king, and paying big hourly rates to these experts might hurt the pocket book but it’s well worth it. And you […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 0 comments

February 2nd, 2007

The Top 6 Ways to Create Thousands of Successful Entrepreneurs

We need more entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs create wealth. Entrepreneurs move the ball forward. Entrepreneurs take creative leaps and make the world a better place. At least they can.
We need more of them.
Here are my suggestions for getting more people into entrepreneurship and helping them succeed when they get there:

Teach Entrepreneurship in Highschool. There may be some […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 4 comments

February 1st, 2007

Blogtipping My Way Around the World of Entrepreneurship Blogs

Blogtipping is a great way of finding blogs - particularly those that you might not know about. The concept is simple:

Pick 3 blogs you like.
Post 3 things you like about each one (on the 1st day of every month.)
Post 1 tip for each one.
Contact Easton Ellsworth to let him know you’ve participated - since […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 17 comments