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AUGUST 23, 2010

» August 23, 2010 The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges Investing in venture-backed private companies used to be by invitation only.  But this has changed over the last few years as private company stock exchanges have emerged.    - Facebook has a value of about $25.5

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AUGUST 23, 2010

» August 23, 2010 The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges Investing in venture-backed private companies used to be by invitation only.  But this has changed over the last few years as private company stock exchanges have emerged.    - Facebook has a value of about $25.5

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JUNE 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Yahoo CEO on Local Content | Main | Non-Mortgage Debt and Working in Retirement » June 30, 2010 Wisconsin, Illinois Companies Feeling the Recovery The QPS Employment Group is a staffing and recruiting firm operating in Wisconsin and Illinois.  Kudos to QPS for their survey work. 

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Education Driving the She-conomy | Main | Software "Super Vendors" and Barbell Industrial Structures » October 19, 2010 Large Companies Recovering - Small Businesses Still in Recession Large corporations are recovering from the recession and seeing sales increases. 

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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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JULY 12, 2010

.  The dramatic growth in social media use - especially Facebook - is resulting in more small businesses choosing to use social media sites as their primary, and in some cases only, web presence.   Social media sites are also inexpensive to create and use.    The idea is simple. 

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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?   Like many of the new social magazine creators, Flipboard is an iPad application. 

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JULY 13, 2010

   The general consensus from the feedback is that despite the growth of social media, having a traditional website is still a good idea. Yesterday's post Do Small Businesses Still Need a Website? generated more traffic and emails than usual.   The

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 4, 2010

" We're looking forward to the next wave of Network Solutions Small Business Success Index data on small business use of social media.  Posted by: traffic school california | August 10, 2010 at 01:45 AM Companies realize that time on social sites is increasing. That's an awesome return!

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JUNE 21, 2010

He is globally recognized as one of the most prominent thought leaders and published authors in new media. Marc Meyer is the Director of Social Media and Search at Digital Response Marketing Group in Naples, Florida. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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MAY 5, 2010

| Main | Smallbizlabs Bidding on Newsweek » May 05, 2010 More Evidence Facebook is Taking Over the Web Nielsen released their March data on the top social networking sites.    The chart below, from Nielsen, is pretty self-explanatory. many used facebok.coz they have fun and more game. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Successful small businesses are leveraging social media and technology :  the SBSI results continue to show that technology and social media help many small businesses thrive despite the challenging economic conditions.    I look forward to tweeting with you on wednesday.

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JUNE 22, 2010

  They are fluent in social media.    Some of the best examples of Twitter usage comes from this industry and several good uses of social media are presented in the article. .  But according to Hartman it is "often described as "magical" by die-hard fans." 

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

  Social media provides an ideal platform for dandelion marketing.  .  These programs are released and measured for results.    Rapid feedback loops are used to decide which programs are continued and which are ended.  There's a lot more to the Dandelion Marketing concept. 

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AUGUST 12, 2010

  The awards are given to customer relationship management (CRM) industry leaders and includes both people and companies.    It is one of my favorite issues of CRM because in one magazine a broad range of key CRM companies, technologies and people are covered.  you think so? 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 8, 2010

The article looks at how companies with a large exposure to international markets are faring versus companies that are dependent on the US.  are getting ever-bigger boosts from their operations in fast-growing economies like China and Brazil, companies dependent on the U.S. and burger giant McDonald's Corp.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2011

With 2012 right around the corner, your small business is likely hoping the New Year allows you and your employees a fresh start, especially if the return on investment (ROI) for 2011 has been less than stellar. If you have been around for some time now, how has 2011 compared to previous years? Better revenue?

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Shapeways is a 3D printing services company and retailer.  is still an attractive place to locate tech oriented companies.    No doubt Union Square Ventures had a say in moving the company to NY, but several VC firms regularly move their portfolio company HQs to the U.S.    The U.S.

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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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OCTOBER 15, 2010

Posted by Steve on October 15, 2010 at 01:00 AM in finance | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Moodys Small Business Information Zone : Comments You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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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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MAY 3, 2010

  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.    We expect this trend to quickly move from early adopters to the mainstream.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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JULY 27, 2010

  His first point comes as a big surprise to many:  VCs don't like to invest in companies unless they have a product in market that shows customer traction.    The first 3 companies I worked for (one I co-founded) were funded at the business plan stage by VCs.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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JUNE 25, 2010

  This event is targeted at entrepreneurial companies interested in exploring partnering opportunities with Intuit.    Intuit tells me they are in ongoing discussions with over a dozen of the 42 companies that attended and have active, joint pilot projects in place with 4.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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MAY 21, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « 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.   Think science fair on steroids meets craft show on steroids. 

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JUNE 9, 2010

  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. .    If you do the math, this means roughly 97% of the companies submitting plans get turned down.

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MAY 4, 2010

In the case of social shopping, I have no idea why they aren't aggressively pursuing it. Posted by Steve on May 04, 2010 at 01:16 AM in Business Models , social media | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Why Arent Newspapers Doing Social Shopping?

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Small Business Labs

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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MAY 11, 2010

Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More.   The main driver for this shift is price.    Key quote from the article: "The biggest reason why customers will cut the cord, according to the study, is the growing cost of pay-TV service.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 1, 2010

  In response - according to the study - large company CEOs need to: "Embody creative leadership. " This seems like an excellent list for small company CEOs.  The main finding is the world, business and running a large corporation is getting more complex.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 7, 2010

  Ironically, AOL just paid $40 million (or more) to acquire new media company Tech Crunch.    Such are the fortunes of new versus old media these days.  .  As part of the sale, they agreed to pay $10 million in post acquisition costs and cover employee pension liabilities.

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JULY 15, 2010

  Posted by Steve on July 15, 2010 at 01:00 AM in social media , transparency | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Privacy and Transparency in the Internet Age : Comments You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

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.    The company is ooShirts.com and the founder, Raymond Lei, expects to earn over $700,000 this year from the business.    Lei's total investment in ooShirts was $2,200. 

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? www.allround-invoice.com Recent Trackbacks uberVU - social comments : Social comments and analytics for this post. You want the whole tree."

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JUNE 4, 2010

  In-person and telephone interviews will be used to augment the survey research, dive deeper on topics of interest (the role of social media in coworking, for example) and develop case studies.     We hope to finish the project in the late fall of this year.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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MAY 12, 2010

Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? www.allround-invoice.com Recent Trackbacks uberVU - social comments : Social comments and analytics for this post. You want the whole tree."

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