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http://smallbiztrends.com/2010/05/3-tips-for-setting-up-an-advisory-board.html Have you ever had a day when you wished you had a partner to share the ups and downs of running your own business? With my last company, I remember having days when I felt like it was me against the world-and the world was winning. Without partners to commiserate with, I often felt alone. That is, until I set up an advisory board. I used my advisory board as part business guide, part support group.

3 Tips for Setting Up an Advisory Board | Small Business Trends

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Prototype - Putting Customers in Charge of Designing Shirts - NY

Jackson Lowen for The New York Times Fan Bi, 22, with workers in a Shanghai factory. He is chief executive of Blank Label, a start-up that lets customers design their own shirts on its Web site. But what about those times when you get a hankering not to wear the same thing that 10,000 other men are wearing? Or when you wish you could have the fabric, collar, pockets and lining you’ve always wanted — not what some fashion buyer has chosen for this season? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/business/16proto.html

How to Start a Consulting Business - Entrepreneur.com

The dictionary defines a consultant as "an expert in a particular field who works as an advisor either to a company or to another individual." Sounds pretty vague, doesn't it? But unless you've been in a coma for the past decade, you probably have a good idea what a consultant is. Businesses certainly understand what consultants are. In 1997 U.S. businesses spent just over $12 billion on consulting. According to Anna Flowers, spokesperson for the Association of Professional Consultants in Irvine, California, the association has recently noticed an increase in calls for information from people who want to get into the business. http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/41384

GoFundMe Simplifies Group Fundraising

http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/10/gofundme-simplifies-group-fundraising/ Leena Rao currently works as a writer for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was... → Learn More
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10 Internet of Things Blogs To Keep An Eye On

Everyday objects with their own IP addresses may soon be the norm. This communication of objects with the Web is the latest version of a still-idyllic new vision of technology that claims it will improve our lives . Yet we're at such an early stage of development of the Internet of Things that finding the best blogs to follow is a moving target.
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