Scott's Entrepreneurs Blog December 2003 Archive

Business leaders in both South Australia and New Zealand are calling for major changes to the government small business support programs, citing a lack of confidence from business owners, and ... Read More

I experienced first-hand the hidden cost of war earlier this year. On the day we want to war, I had over $20K in consulting contracts ready to close. And ... Read More

In the burgeoning entrepreneurial environment of India, regulations and infrastructure still vary greatly from state to state. Karnataka, home of tech hotbed Bangalore, is widely considered the top destination ... Read More

Weblogs are becoming an increasingly effective way to increase visibility on the Web for your business. Technorati is a tool that helps you keep track of links between weblogs, both ... Read More

It's that time of year again -- time for New Year's resolutions. Canadian Small Business Guide Susan Ward has some great suggestions for entrepreneurs to help improve your work-life ... Read More

The question arises over and over as to whether there's one certain personality type or a set of personality traits that makes someone better at entrepreneurship. But a study ... Read More

NetworkMoves, the leading e-zine on the topic of business networking, asked several top networking experts, including Cynthia Typaldos, Diane Darling, Andrea Nierenberg, and yours truly, for our predictions regarding business ... Read More

Networking is less about meeting new people than having them remember you after the fact. So how do you get someone to remember you from the other ten people he ... Read More

Ordinarily, I wouldn't put a whole lot of weight in the business advice of a 22-year-old, but in the case of Scott Smigler, who runs a $300,000 company with a ... Read More

When Google changed their ranking algorithms a few weeks ago, it threw both the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) industry and the entrepreneurial community into a turmoil. While the larger ... Read More

I remember when Whole Foods was just a dinky little co-op down by Lake Austin. I was in school at the University of Texas in 1985-86, and met John Mackey, ... Read More

The holidays are a joyful time, but they can also be a very stressful time for families. Add to that the pressures of a family business, and end-of-year business activities, ... Read More