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Archive for January 2008

January 9th, 2008

5 Easy Ways to Reduce Company Expenses

5. Run folding to reduce your heating bill. Folding uses your CPU to help fold proteins. So keep your CPU and workspace nice and warm (no, it doesn’t hurt the CPU) and feel good about doing it.
4. Use the phone as much as possible. Gas prices are high, so why drive 45 […]

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January 7th, 2008

Writing Effective Surveys - Scaling

Part of gathering useful statistics is making effective surveys.  Many of your surveys will include questions that ask the user to scale something from 1-5.
The first mistake people will make is assuming the user thinks 1 is the worst and 5 is the best.  If you don’t say “Scale these from 1 to 5 in […]

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January 7th, 2008

What to Look for In Colleges for Young Entrepreneurs

So you’re applying for colleges and you don’t know what to look for. You applied to your state schools and every other outlying school you can imagine - and hey, what do you know, you got accepted into all of them! Well before you choose the most prestigious of schools, let’s talk things […]

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January 5th, 2008

Oh Crap Situation 7

You opened your own niche store for board games.  You have every type of board game in existence.  One company, called Playtel has issued a recall of all 50 board game products because of an unmarked choking hazard.  Playtel toys represents 33% of your store, and the recall has really concerned patrons (as many do […]

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January 5th, 2008

Springwise Posts Top 10 Business Ideas

I’m going to be a bit slow with posting for the next few days, as I pack and unpack for school and finish up for work. Anyways, on with the show…
Springwise has posted the top 10 business ideas for every imaginable category. Check out 100+ business ideas posted on this site. Here […]

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January 3rd, 2008

Your Friends and Family Lie - Redo Your Statistics

Have you ever asked a group of friends and family if they liked one of your ideas? Have you ever personally given them one of your products and asked “Hey, this is good, right?” How many of them said “no”? According to this article on CNN (taken from Fortune), a venture capitalist […]

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January 2nd, 2008

How Important Is Ethical Business Behavior?

As a boss, you will confront a world of people. You will also hire some of these people. Who should you hire?
With my previous work experience, I found that people are the most productive when they are happy (seems fitting, right? A happy worker is a productive worker). Ethical behavior needs to […]

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January 1st, 2008

BossHatch New Years Resolution

Be Resolute
I don’t really believe in a New Years resolution. Creating a difficult resolution sets you up for failure (I will run 8 miles every day!). I’m not afraid to fail, but this sort of resolution is supposed to be constructive. Anyways, to be resolute is to be resolved and determined. […]

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