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Ideas Aren’t Innovation

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Guerilla Innovation Chapter Six. Ideas need development and implementation — get that done and you’ve still got to run the business. I’ll touch on them later in Guerilla Innovation (this online book) but, this book is primarily about innovation — that component of a business where value is created.

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The Ultimate Guide for Starting and Running a Business at Home

Up and Running

Develop a Business Plan. When developing a business plan, you want to decide on a model that fits your needs. Register your business name. Start doing guerilla marketing. It’s been proven that planning makes you more successful. Determine what type of business plan is right for you . Create a paid advertising campaign.

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Why You Should Embrace Opposing Views at Your Startup

Both Sides of the Table

I use technology precisely to try and develop an intuitive feel about what will work and what won’t” The management team got it. I played Rage Against the Maching “ Killing in the Name Of.” What guerilla tactics do you want to use? To ignore FourSquare would be dumb. The VCs snickered a bit. Eff you guys!

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How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up

www.inc.com

They offered employees referral bonuses, posted on job boards and committed themselves to so-called "guerilla recruiting." Instead, the takeaway message for recruiting is: play to your strengths (in Meebos case, its networking), be active, not passive, and get your name out there. Create an Inc.com account: Home Magazine Blogs Ask Inc.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. Vlad is also the CEO at DarwinApps , a software development shop.

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The Innovation State of the Union

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Her name is Pamela Menges, and she’s President of a high-tech start up in Cincinnati. What I have seen is the American Physical Society (APS) does a much better job at development. I wholly applaud the idea, AND, there might be a more fundamental challenge that needs addressed first. on recruiting from less represented groups.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

infochachkie.com

Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You John Greathouse – Posted in: Entrepreneur , Strategic Planning. With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good.” I would think that with a name like Smucker’s it has to be a vile disease or possibly a large, poisonous, South American leech.

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