November 2011 Archive

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Carter Schimpff of the Garraty Group talks about his entrepreneurial journey
The Garraty Group was born in 2009 after founder Carter Schimpff “kept hearing horror story after horror story” from people frustrated with consultants paid to market their small business. Soon after ...
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How Buyer Personas will Rock the Conversion Rates of your Landing Pages [VIDEO]
Demographics can lie to you. In fact, they often do. View original post here: How Buyer Personas will Rock the Conversion Rates of your Landing Pages [VIDEO]
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Small Business Funds – Drying Up Again?
When congress passed the recovery act in 2009, it allowed the SBA to back bank loans and insured them up to 90% in the event of a default. Since that ...
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Combining word of mouth and P2P
Fancorps launched in 2008 with a simple concept: That word of mouth marketing and peer to peer social recommendations are more valuable than ever for business after the explosion of ...
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Xeris Pharmaceuticals Awarded $1 Million NIH/NIDDK SBIR Grant
Grant to Advance Diabetic-Friendly Glucagon Rescue Pen through Clinical Studies Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an Austin-based, emerging biopharmaceutical company developing patient-friendly injectable treatments for diabetes and other diseases, was recently awarded a ...
Thom Singer
Want To Be Better At Public Speaking? — Listen to Country Music
I was not a fan of Country Music.  I grew up in Los Angeles in the 1970s and 1980s, and it was just not a "Country Music Town".  While in ...
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Episode 3b: Smart Bear Live!
(Powered by LaunchBit) By Jason Cohen. This is the conclusion of Episode 3 of Smart Bear Live; see the original post for details and the first half. You can listen by ...
Bob Villhard
Trademark Search First, Then Brand
All too often an entrepreneur requests a trademark search after they have settled on a branding strategy.  Indeed, in many cases, the company has been formed under a particular name, ...
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The Road to a Better World is Jammed with Red Bikes
Note: This post originally appeared on the Change.org Social Entrepreneurship blog last year. There is something pretty amazing going on in Denver, and it might just change the world. B-cycle, a nonprofit ...
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Why Shop Local?
The 2nd Annual Small Business Saturday is this coming Saturday, November 26.This day is a national initiative and a perfect opportunity to support small businesses by doing some holiday shopping ...

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Wendy Covey 5 Core Steps in the PR Marathon
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marc nathan SXSW 2012 Schedule
SXSW Interactive is only a few weeks away, but as anyone who has ever ...
Thom Singer Asking Better Questions
I was inspired by a post by Joan Eisenstodt on the "Meetings Focus Blog" ...
Nell Edgington - Social Velocity A Contest to Help Your Nonprofit Manage to Outcomes
I’m excited to announce something a little different on the Social Velocity blog: a ...
Image kingphoto-300x227.jpg Would MLK Disagree with MLK Day?
Today we commemorate the birth of one of America’s greatest heroes—Dr. Martin Luther King ...