Small Business Tools
Advanced small business tools help to avoid a big problems with the finance planing strategy.
Posted by Sara Lopez on January 30th, 2012 ~
0 Comments Are you looking for real expertise in social media? Megan Berry today announced the launch of LiftFive, her new startup. I wish her all the best on this exciting launch day. And yes, she is my daughter and Im very proud of her.
You can reach Megan as and now also as on Twitter, or visit the new website at liftfive.com.
I’ll conclude with this quote, from her announcement:
I will be helping startups grow communities through LiftFive, a new company I’m starting in partnership with Lerer Ventures. I’m moving to NYC to work out of the Lerer Ventures space with Paul Berry on the Soho Tech Lab incubator and RebelMouse, as well as helping out other Lerer Venture companies. I’m also happy to say I will be continuing to work with Klout for some time as part of a transition.
Congratulations. A great launch today. Very exciting.
Tags: New Startup, Startup
Posted by Brian Reed on January 28th, 2012 ~
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J. Michael Olszewski
owner/Olszewski Stained Glass Studio
Address: 1650 Leopard St., Corpus Christi
Company description: Design, fabrication and installation of stained, beveled and faceted glass projects.
Hometown: St. Louis
Years in business: 32
Tenure in position: 12 years
Education: Robstown High School, Class of 1978. Studied at Del Mar College.
First job: I started sweeping up the shop for my dad when I was about 7. It taught me that every job is important and that there’s a right way to do it. It’s worth the effort to do it right the first time so you don’t have to do it a second time.
Biggest career break: In 1917, my great grandfather, Michael, founded Olszewski Stained Glass Studio. My grandfather, Bruno, took it over and then my father, Donald, ran the studio. I worked here full time after high school and served an apprenticeship. Within two years, I learned how to paint glass and make stained glass.
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Tags: Michael Olszewski, Olszewski
Posted by Brian Reed on January 24th, 2012 ~
0 Comments Social media is a huge area of discussion in small business these days as a way to market, network and engage your clients and customers while boosting your brand. Here are tips on building an effective social media platform you may wish to consider.
Tips & Trends
Building a business platform. If 2011 was the year businesses began using social media in earnest, 2012 may be the year of building an effective social media platform to share your ideas and brand. Heres how to do it.
Small busines trends in social media. Michael Stelzner interviews Anita Campbell, founder of Small Business Trends, about what kinds of businesses do best with social media and how to use social media effectively.
Tools & Training
Managing your time online. As a small business owner you need to manage your time. Social media can be an awesome tool for both marketing and collecting information but it can be a huge time sink as well. Here are some tools that help you manage your time on the social Web well.
Small businesses still learning the ropes.
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Tags: Media, Small Business, Social Media
Posted by Sara Lopez on January 23rd, 2012 ~
0 Comments Every small business needs to know where the money went – and is going.
Intuit QuickBooks Pro accounting software
It’s hard to beat their convenience for business people,
These top selling accounting software programs simplify your small business accounting tasks, and provide all the reports and tools you need to effectively use your financial data.
Tags: Accounting Software, Business, Small Business
Posted by Brian Reed on January 17th, 2012 ~
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Choosing a college is a big decision at any level, but choosing the right Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program can be crucial to your career. Whether you want the degree because you’re eyeing a high-powered position or you’d simply like to develop your leadership, management and entrepreneurial skills, you can’t afford to settle for second-best. Your competition won’t, especially now that the MBA has become one of the most popular degree programs in the nation.
The obvious way to stay ahead of the competition is to base your decision on MBA program rankings – but how do you know which rankings are the most reliable and the most relevant for your personal purpose? Rather than flooding the market with another MBA ranking, we’ve decided to highlight the best MBA rankings out there, all in one place. Stay tuned to this space because the new year marks the beginning of rankings season and we’ll be adding new quality rankings as they become available.
U.S. News,
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Tags: Mba, Mba Rankings
Posted by Sara Lopez on January 12th, 2012 ~
0 Comments I’m proud of the progress we have made during the past year. We have not shied away from tough decisions – on the budget, education and health care – to put Oregon on a more sustainable path. And it’s been refreshing to partner with a legislature that has put problem-solving ahead of partisanship. We have come a long way.
And we have more to do.
I’ve been unable to shake an image from an Oregonian story I read in October. It’s an image of an extension cord. An extension cord that runs from one Crook County house to that of her neighbor, providing power because she has gone without heat or electricity for six months. She has exhausted her unemployment benefits and is living on the edge.
That extension cord is her fragile lifeline and a harsh reminder that we are at or near the high point in terms of human need in Oregon, at the very moment when we are at or near a low point in state revenue to provide critical public services. That extens
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Posted by Sara Lopez on January 8th, 2012 ~
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Forget its mild-mannered reputation: tea is not for the faint of heart. Last year, the United States tea industry brought in $6.5 billion thanks to a roster of heavy hitting, fiercely competitive brands, ranging from Honest Tea to Tazo and old-time stalwarts like Lipton.
So what are the chances that Runa – a start-up company peddling an obscure Amazonian leaf called guayusa – can elbow its way into this already crowded scene? Combine seemingly long odds with Runa’s unlikely provenance: In 2008, a pair of Brown University undergrads, one doing linguistic research in the Amazon, the other studying marine biology, rerouted their career paths to become entrepreneurs after encountering the caffeinated guayusa leaf, which steeps into a potent brew, and realizing it hadn’t yet been commercialized.
Employees: Runa has 5 full-time employees in Brooklyn, 30 in Ecuador.
On top of providing income to some 1,000 farmers, Mr. Gage sai
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Tags: Tea, Tea Company