By Mark A.R. Mitchell Small businesses face enough challenges in the pursuit of success, and those that operate a mobile office have it even tougher. Why make avoidable missteps? Here are 10 mistakes to avoid in the virtual and mobile worlds:
Failing to back up your data: This is a sure-fire way to destroy [...]
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10 Mistakes to Avoid in the Mobile Office
How to Find Startup Capital
from: http://smartstartup.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/09/how-to-find-sta.html
I have this conversation at least once a week. Some visitor to my site on financing startups spends a couple of hours reading all, or most of it, and decides to call me up. The conversation then, almost invariably, goes like this.
Caller: Hi, I read your site. It’s fantastic, by the way. Look, [...]
Why the Great Indian Media Companies will Fail on the Internet…..
from: Abinash Tripathy
Since my move to India in 2004, I have worked with several of the Telecom and Media giants in India at a very strategic level and spent a year at Yahoo! India after the Zimbra acquisition. Over time my belief that the Online Media industry in India is in big trouble has been [...]
How much equity for investors and employees?
by Don Dodge
Entrepreneurs face some pretty tough questions at a very early stage. Should I take Angel or VC money? How much money should I raise? How much equity should I give up? How much equity should I grant to early employees? There are some guidelines, but every situation is different.
Paul Graham wrote a [...]
What I Learned About Entrepreneurship From Watching the World Series of Poker
By Eric Ries
I can’t play poker, but I do enjoy watching it on TV. We’re in the middle of the 2009 World Series of Poker, an event that draws thousands of professional and amateur players to Las Vegas every year. The grand finale is the Main Event, a massive Texas Hold ’Em tournament with [...]
