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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Our iPad Review | Main | State of Small Business Tweet Chat on Wednesday » September 08, 2010 Wall Street Journal on the Two-Track Economy The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article today on what they call " the two-track economy. and burger giant McDonald's Corp.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Are VCs Colluding? Shapeways is a 3D printing services company and retailer.  is still an attractive place to locate tech oriented companies.  is still an attractive place to locate tech oriented companies.    The U.S.   The U.S.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Industry clusters are place where there is a concentration of companies and services related to a particular industry.    The best know example is the tech industry cluster in Silicon Valley.      The chart below shows PWC's 2040 forecast of the largest clusters by industry.

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JULY 27, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Business Incubators Versus Coworking Spaces | Main | Coworking for the Bio-Curious » July 27, 2010 Angels Versus VCs Fred Wilson has a great post on his A VC blog covering the differences between Angels and VCs, and who entrepreneurs should turn to for funding. 

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JUNE 25, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Please Take "The Organizational Use of Video Storytelling" Survey | Main | Silicon Prairie » June 25, 2010 Corporate Speed Dating Opportunity with Intuit Intuit is holding their 2nd   Entrepreneur Day on August 16th in Mountain View, California. 

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MAY 19, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « DMAs Spring Magazine Focused on Going Global | Main | Is Corporate Social Media Sales Media? Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. " Zingale said. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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JUNE 2, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Learning From Large Corporation CEOs | Main | The Structural Shift to a Contingent Workforce » June 02, 2010 CEOs Believe Technology is Rising in Importance OK, that technology is getting more important is not new news.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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JUNE 9, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Whats Causing the Decline in Small Business Lending?   But unlike traditional VCs, super angels actively invest in seed stage companies.    If you do the math, this means roughly 97% of the companies submitting plans get turned down. . 

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JUNE 1, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Urban Farming Continues to Expand | Main | CEOs Believe Technology is Rising in Importance » June 01, 2010 Learning From Large Corporation CEOs Every other year IBM conducts a global survey of large corporation CEOs.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

At the same time, many consider this the golden era of small software companies.    There are thousands of new, small "apps" companies  generating real revenue.  software companies raised $689 million from VCs. software companies raised $689 million from VCs.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Lessons from Turning Academic Research into a Business | Main | Are VCs Colluding? It is about a UC Berkeley student who started a custom T-Shirt printing company in high school and continues to run it at college.    Lei's total investment in ooShirts was $2,200. 

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Software "Super Vendors" and Barbell Industrial Structures | Main | Why Global Poverty is Declining » October 22, 2010 Gartners Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2011 Is it just me, or is it too early for 2011 top trends lists? . 

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Shapeways Gets VC Funding, Moves to the U.S.   According to the article, outsoucing to rural areas is price competitive with sending work overseas once you add in all the administrative and management costs.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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JUNE 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Frugal Innovation and Homemade Nuclear Fusion | Main | Wisconsin, Illinois Companies Feeling the Recovery » June 30, 2010 Yahoo CEO on Local Content Interesting interview with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz in the Wall Street Journal  (registration required). 

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « PWCs 2040 Industry Cluster Forecast | Main | Gartners Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies » October 07, 2010 Newsweek Sold for $1 The Washington Post disclosed they sold Newsweek for $1.   Ironically, AOL just paid $40 million (or more) to acquire new media company Tech Crunch. 

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JULY 14, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Is Facebook Replacing Traditional Websites?   The loans are made by Sam's Club partner Superior Financial , a non-bank United States Small Business Administration (SBA) Lending Company.   We cover this trend in more detail in The New Artisan Economy research report.

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MAY 20, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Great Quote on Consumer Versus Business Social Media | Main | The Small Business Side of Maker Faire » May 20, 2010 Is Corporate Social Media Sales Media?   People use social media for social reasons; companies use social media for sales. 

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Wealthy Planning on Working in Retirement | Main | Data and Analytics Help Macys Go Local » October 01, 2010 A Detailed Look at U.S. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Local Online Advertising to Increase 18% in 2011 | Main | 20 TED Talks for Small Business » August 26, 2010 Despite Recession, Private Tutoring Booms One of the trends I find really interesting is the continued growth of small personal services companies.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Small Business Recession Not Over | Main | Wealthy Planning on Working in Retirement » September 29, 2010 The Future Job Thats Here Today I've been a regular reader of Popular Science since junior high and have always enjoyed their visions of the future. 

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JUNE 28, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Corporate Speed Dating Opportunity with Intuit | Main | Frugal Innovation and Homemade Nuclear Fusion » June 28, 2010 Silicon Prairie Silicon Prairie News covers the midwestern technology scene, with a special focus on Omaha and Des Moines.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Dandelion Marketing | Main November 11, 2010 Do Business Incubators Work?     NBIA says the 5 year survival rate for companies participating in incubator programs is 87% - almost twice the rate of non-incubated companies. 

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Ultralight Startups | Main | Shapeways Gets VC Funding, Moves to the U.S.   Sometimes this benefits companies looking for funding, other times it hurts them.  » September 23, 2010 Are VCs Colluding? " I think it comes down to definitions. 

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JUNE 19, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Tim Berrys Baby Boomer Un-Retirement - Part 2 | Main | Free Webinar: Using Twitter to Grow Your Business » June 19, 2010 The Female Economy Following on the heels of The End of Men is the female economy.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges | Main | Local Online Advertising to Increase 18% in 2011 » August 24, 2010 What are Social Magazines and Flipboard? Flipboard is the best known of the many new entrants in a space being described as social magazines. 

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « A Detailed Look at U.S. " Another interesting quote is on their efforts to better understanding local customers: "Macy’s requires sales clerks and store managers to examine the local population almost like anthropologists. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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MAY 18, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Business Week, The Economist on the Trickle Down Recovery | Main | Great Quote on Consumer Versus Business Social Media » May 18, 2010 DMAs Spring Magazine Focused on Going Global The spring issue of Point Magazine is on going global.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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MAY 5, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Why Arent Newspapers Doing Social Shopping? Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More.   The chart below, from Nielsen, is pretty self-explanatory. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Posted by: traffic school california | August 10, 2010 at 01:45 AM Companies realize that time on social sites is increasing. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. We can expect more increase in the percentage in coming months.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Future Job Thats Here Today | Main | A Detailed Look at U.S. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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JULY 26, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Venture Capital at Mid-Life | Main | Angels Versus VCs » July 26, 2010 Business Incubators Versus Coworking Spaces An interesting trend we're seeing is business incubators offering coworking options, and at the same time coworking facilities are offering incubator-like services.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Linking Coworking and Innovation | Main | Good News - The Unemployment Rate Went Up in August » August 31, 2010 Small Business Employment, Confidence Stalled The Intuit Small Business Employment Index for August showed a slowing rate of small business job growth. 

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « What are Social Magazines and Flipboard? Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More.   This results in the overall market for onlilne advertising reaching $35.7 billion in 2011.

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MAY 28, 2010

" The company installs 1.2 Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. square meter garden boxes in the back yards of their clients.    The picture on the right is from the article and does a nice job showing the product. 

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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AUGUST 5, 2010

Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More.   A major reason given for planning to work past traditional retirement age is the impact of the recent recession.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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MAY 3, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Accounting a Barbell Industry | Main | Why Arent Newspapers Doing Social Shopping?   It is also becoming attractive to companies to offer social shopping services.    It is becoming easier for cooperative groups of buyers to band together to guy things. 

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