I’ve been following @GaryVee for awhile now. Great guy. Lot of energy. A great role model in some respects and not in others. A wonderful “virtual mentor”. I just watched a video of him talking to a group of students at a USC entrepreneur class. He started of by saying that he believes 100%, with …
Ever since Square came onto the playing field a few years ago everyone has been developing great apps to help small businesses get up and running. Many new business owners have no idea where to start and often feel like they need to spend money on expensive advisers such as accountants and lawyers to get …
I have spent a lot of time trying to find out more about Marcus Lemonis’ personal story. Finally I found a speech he gave to an Inc 5000 conference. They titled it… Meet the Business Turnaround King Marcus Lemonis The key question I wanted answered was how did he even start Camping World. The usual …
If you haven’t seen the CNBC show “The Profit” then you absolutely must. Marcus Lemonis is a business genius and he is learning and becoming smarter every single day with every single new deal he makes. The show’s basic premise is that Marcus comes and visits a potential business and determines if he can make …
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I’ve decided to start a new online business. One that will hopefully provide me with a lot of case studies and other experience that I can write about here @ jeremymday.com The business is called Lokolee and it will serve two purposes… “We are crazy for local business. We give business listing and email marketing …
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This may offend some people, but I don’t know how important intellectual property is these days. Or even if it ever was that important… You invent a product, design, process, etc. and spend a lot of time and money getting it patented. Then you make a few bucks on it, and if it is even …
How do you know when to cut your losses? When your exit strategy says so… Oh, you didn’t make an exit strategy when you got into it? Better start making an exit strategy for all plans and projects in the future… How do you make an exit strategy? Decide what you are willing to lose …
I’ve been trying to keep up to date about what everyone in the publishing industry is talking about… So… here is a quick link to a good little article about how you need to let the product market itself and let your readers be your sales team. I’ve seen this strategy work great in a …
Seth Godin’s latest post is a great one. The title is Generous Gifts vs. Free Samples It gives a lot of food for thought… A lot of learning that occurs in business and life occurs when you turn up the contrast and look at the differences in things. Seth makes the point that giving away …
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I’ve been spending hours upon hours researching this issue and these are my thoughts thus far… For those that don’t know yet (i just learned this), DTB is the affectionate name some people have started calling physical paper book. The acronym stands for Dead Tree Books. In any case, here are some of the things …