Boss Hatch - Entrepreneurs in the Making

May 9th, 2008

Fun With Stimulus!

Hey, we are getting $500 - let’s spend it!  What is the most effective, beneficial use of your stimulus check?
Here’s a few ideas I came up with:

Pay debt
Test a new form of (online?) advertising
Nest egg
Invest in organizational tools
Upgrade computer (assuming it can’t accomplish all the tasks you need)
Buy some useful software
5-hour back massage :)

Where else […]

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January 26th, 2008

Oh Crap Situation 10: Saying ‘Yes’

You’ve opened up a consulting firm and want to get off to a big start.  Your business is your part-time job.  Since you need money to live, you work part-time at a local store and get paid by the hour.  Suddenly, jobs start coming in at a very steady pace.  Doors are opening all around […]

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December 29th, 2007

Identifying Your Audience - Part 6 - Ages 50+ (last one… finally!)

Just to knock out a few of the generalizations - the older generations prefer the following:

Ease of use
Utility
Nostalgic properties

Cost should be reasonable, but doesn’t have to be dirt cheap (older people have all the money!). I don’t really think this needs much more explaining. Oh - I guess the nostalgic properties could be […]

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December 28th, 2007

Identifying Your Audience - Part 5 - Ages 30-49

So I overlapped ages - well, who cares? Sometimes age groups can merge (or at least that’s what they want you to think!). An audience consisting of people from ages 30-49 are wanting to reach out to their inner youth while maintaining a good level of their maturity. What does this mean? […]

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December 10th, 2007

The Belated Sunday Young Entrepreneur News

Sorry about the late Sunday-Monday news, everyone.  I am studying for my finals, so I am getting a bit behind with what really matters - surfing the internet!   This week has been pretty quiet, and I haven’t really stumbled upon much about young entrepreneurs.  Either way, here’s your belated Sunday news:

HA! We beat onrec.com […]

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