Headlines: - Powered by Google Docs. Career. Public Speaking. Profit Center Builder. 3 Tips for Setting Up an Advisory Board. 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. Here are three lessons I learned for setting up an effective advisory board: 1.
I found the most valuable advisers were other business owners who had accomplished what I was attempting to do. 2. I sent my advisory board a one-page summary of the key questions I was grappling with before the meeting. 3. Within 48 hours of a meeting, I used to send a quick email to my advisers explaining which of their ideas I planned to implement immediately and which I intended to table for another time. An advisory board can also play a surprising role when it comes time to sell your business. Doc Scrubber™ Share Only What You Want Microsoft Word (.DOC) files can contain more than just text you see while editing them. Depending on the settings or features you use, they may contain all kinds of additional information that you may not want shared outside your home or company.
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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? What if you could design that shirt yourself and hang it in your closet for about the same price as a mass-produced button-down? “The value proposition of customization at retail prices was a cornerstone of our company from the very start,” Mr. “People really like a Blank Label shirt because they can say, ‘I had a part in creating this.’ ” Since last , when the company’s dress shirt design application made its debut at www.blank-label.com, Mr. The upside for business owners is obvious: low overhead.
Once, Mr. At first, Mr. Need help? How to Start a Consulting Business - Entrepreneur.com. Editor's note: This article was excerpted from our Consulting Business start-up guide, available from the Entrepreneur Bookstore. 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.
"The market is opening up for [the consulting-for-businesses] arena," Flowers says. A consultant's job is to consult. But what separates a good consultant from a bad consultant is a passion and drive for excellence. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. GoFundMe Simplifies Group Fundraising. There are a variety of ways to raise money online for a cause from a group. For example, PayPal offers a easy way to collect money from a variety of people. But if you want to create a online destination for campaigns with social features, PayPal may fall short. This is where GoFundMe comes in. The site, which is built off of PayPal’s API, allows users to create their online donation page, share it with friends and family through Facebook, Twitter and email, and begin collecting money online.
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Many of the 10 offerings below have only come into being in recent months. Not making our list is a ReadWriteWeb favorite - Pachube - which has been remiss in updating their blog. So stay tuned for updates in future posts. For now, here are what we believe to be the 10 most active blog feeds available on the Internet of Things. Internet of Things Council The Internet of Things Council is a European think tank of the best minds in the burgeoning Internet of Things sector. Smarter Planet IBM has put its long-term innovation emphasis on the global development of the Internet of Things. I-O-T : INTERNET Of THINGS Dash7 David Orban and WideTag David Wood.