Small Business Labs

JANUARY 15, 2013

  The Solo Support Industry Grows Up : 2013 will see the continued growth of products and services designed to make it easier for solopreneurs and the self-employed to start and operate their businesses. .  Economic  3.    Social  8.   Health Care  10.

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 1, 2012

With social media and similar forms of marketing, this is a fun and highly cost-effective strategy. Accountants, web designers and marketing people can be hired online at places like ODesk and Elance. For example, try promoting a contest like The Royal Society of Chemists. Try open source websites like WordPress.

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 19, 2010

I’m familiar with Elance but a colleague who had a similar project told me that she’d had great success with oDesk - so that’s where I started. Do you take the time to address the prospect by name rather than a generic form letter? The first project – transcribe a one hour speech from an audio file.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 27, 2014

We think what’s happening with studies on small business formation and entrepreneurship is similar to what happened in the 1980s with studies on the impact of computers and IT on productivity. These studies showed that investments in computers and IT did not improve productivity.   We recently toured a number of U.S.

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BioTeams

JUNE 14, 2010

No blatant self promotion (share your knowledge but do not promote your products or services). Don't restrict yourself to the written word - exploit all forms of multimedia - particularly the video channel. Graphics Designers: elance. It does not matter how good the article is if no-one can find it. Word Press. Videos: youtube.

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

By taking the time to write down exactly what you want to accomplish, you’re much more likely to get a good product and avoid expensive rework because of miscommunications. Failure to pay as agreed is a particularly bad form of feedback, but I’ve often seen clients use it that way. Do use sites like Elance.

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