Nexway, leader de la diffusion digitale vous aide à développer vos ventes en ligne. Starting a Business: Advice from the Trenches If you’re like thousands of other designers, programmers and other creative professionals out there, at one point in time you’ve considered starting your own business. Unlike most, you’ve gone against common sense and decided to open shop for yourself. And not just freelance full-time, mind you, but file for the company name, get some stationery, and wade through the legal mumbo-jumbo. Maybe even get a real office with a water cooler. This article offers real-world advice from the trenches of a small start-up, and is applicable to designers, web developers, copywriters, usability experts and all manner of service providers. Write a Business Plan#section1 The most important thing you can do to prepare for starting and operating your own business. Beyond the mental exercises, a good business plan will give you a much better chance of getting a small business loan from a bank than walking in and saying, “I like Photoshop and maybe a can do some websites or something. Funding#section3 Good:
Seesmic - Seesmic connects you wherever you are. Innovation Forum - Events - Office of the Chancellor - UW Bothell Day Three Highlights "Chaos and Control: Form in 17th-Century Music," featured performances by Ingrid Matthews and Byron Schenkman, co-directors of the Seattle Baroque Orchestra. The musicians performed the music of the early 17th century through the common practice harmony of Archangelo Corelli. The pair also performed sonatas for violin and continuo by Dario Castello and Heinrich Schmelzer.Details Day Two Highlights The experience of growing old will look different for everyone, but presenters at Tuesday's Healthy Aging and Design workshop say among many things, it should include choices, respect, dignity and the opportunity for healthy living.Details Day One Highlights What do a musician, semi-pro soccer player and a physicist have in common?
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Atlassian - Software Development and Collaboration Tools Email Marketing Blog for Small Business: Like it, Pin it, Sell It - Why Pinterest Matters for Your Business Pinterest. Is this a term that makes you scratch your head, or does it describe your latest obsession? I can definitely say around our office, it’s everyone’s latest obsession, and it looks like we’re not alone. In December, 2011, Hitwise listed Pinterest as one of the Web’s Top 10 and Time listed it as a Top 5 social network of 2011. comScore also reports that as of November, 2011, Pinterest had almost 5 million users. And, according to Biz Report, new statistics, recently released by social sharing tools firm Shareaholic, reveal that Pinterest is pushing up the rankings to drive almost as much referral traffic (3.6%) as Twitter (3.61%) and Google (3.62%). Just check out this inforgraphic shared by the folks at Monetate: So what is Pinterest? Pinterest is a social photo sharing pinboard and online community. Below are three ideas to help get your business off to a great start on Pinterest! 1. 2. 3. In just a small amount of time your business could see a boost via obsessed pinners!
Why Leaders Dont Learn from Success The Idea in Brief Virtually all leaders recognize the need to learn from failures, but amazingly few try to understand the true causes of their firms’ successes, which helps explain why great companies fall into decline. The reality is, success can breed failure by hindering learning at both individual and organizational levels, in three interrelated ways: 1. When we succeed, we tend to give too much credit to our talents and our model or strategy and too little to external factors and luck. 2. 3. Recognizing that these impediments exist is a big first step in overcoming them. The annals of business history are full of tales of companies that once dominated their industries but fell into decline. In this article we argue that success can breed failure by hindering learning at both the individual and the organizational level. The first is the inclination to make what psychologists call fundamental attribution errors. Lessons from Ducati