UPS is having it’s 2nd annual “Out of the Box Small Business Contest” where the 1st place winner receives $10,000 cash (or $10,000 in free shipping – yeah, I dunno, I guess some people would need that), an HP computer (~$2,000 value), $5,000 of UPS consulting, $1000 in document services from UPS Store, plus a [...]
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The school of hard knocks
Our friend Newt attended the Startup School this past weekend and raved to us about how great the sessions were. The schedule does seem really impressive; it reads like a Who’s Who of Web 2.0 notables. One talk that was particularly interesting was Paul Graham’s discussion on The Hardest Lessons for Startups to [...]
A business plan – doing it for all the right reasons
There’s not a doubt in anyone’s mind that you need a sound business plan for a successful business. But, you shouldn’t go through the process of building and writing a business plan just because it’s another thing to check off the list. There are plenty (and I mean plenty!) of templates available on [...]
