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:
How can parts of Canada be" For more than 40 years, scientists have tried to figure out what's causing large parts of Canada, particularly the Hudson Bay region, to be "missing" gravity. In other words, gravity in the Hudson Bay area and surrounding regions is lower than it is in other parts of the world, a phenomenon first identified in the 1960s when the Earth's global gravity fields were being charted. Two theories have been proposed to account for this anomaly. One theory centers on a process known as convection occurring in the Earth's mantle. A new theory to account for the Hudson Bay area's missing gravity concerns the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which covered much of present-day Canada and the northern United States. To get a better idea of what happened, think about what happens when you lightly press your finger into the surface of a cake or a piece of really springy bread. So which theory is correct? The Hudson Bay area is going to have less gravity for a long time.
Startups Use Four Catalysts to Win Funding: Benjamin L. Hallen For many aspiring entrepreneurs, the hunt for venture capital is a tale of frustration and woe. Yet an entrepreneurial minority, sometimes viewed as the lucky few, appears to raise money with relative ease. It turns out there is a roadmap to venture-fundraising success. My research with Stanford University’s Kathleen Eisenhardt, which will be published in the February edition of the Academy of Management Journal, identifies four hallmarks of efficient prospecting for money. Our conclusions are based on extensive fieldwork, tracking nine Internet-security startups as they sought multiple rounds of venture capital over their first five years. Conventional wisdom holds that successful fundraising requires introductions to investors, a clear pitch and the ability to signal the presence of a high-quality founding team. Casual Dating Step 1: Casual dating. “You’ll talk about the business and stuff,” he told us, “but you won’t pitch. Step 2: Timing around proof points. Scrutinizing Interest
Top 10 Traits Of Highly Successful People Rating: 8.2/10 (185 votes cast) We have all read about people who are successful briefly. They win a gold medal, make a fortune, or star in one great movie and then disappear. My focus and fascination is with people who seem to do well in many areas of life, and do it over and over through a lifetime. These are the people who inspire me! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. These traits work together in combination, giving repeatedly successful people a huge advantage. This article was originally written by Philip Humbert and can be found here
Dissecting an Episode of MythBusters MythBusters is an excellent TV show on Discovery Channel, in which Adam, Jamie, Kari, Tory, and Grant test popular myths. That show, like so many other shows, is designed for a TV time-slot. It has to be a certain length. There has to be a certain number of breaks, at certain times etc. But most people probably do not realize just the tactics that go into making an episode. One hour time-slot, once per week First, let us look at how much time MythBusters spend on the actual show itself vs. all the other things. They spend 4% of the time talking about what is "coming up next," 2% of time showing the MythBuster logo, and 6% repeating something they have already said - e.g. when returning from a commercial break. All of that is just filler content. Then they spend 33% of the time talking about the first myth, 17% on second myth, and only 11% on the third myth (only 6 and a half minute). But then comes the real shocker. 27% of the time is spent watching advertising. Putting it all together
What It Takes to Raise $9.5 Million Talia Mashiach landed $9.5 million in venture capital by filling a technology need in the events industry. January 18, 2012 Talia Mashiach always knew she wanted to start a big, disruptive technology company. But unlike many young entrepreneurs, this 35-year old mother of five was in no hurry. “I was really a technology entrepreneur who saw a huge opportunity to build a big tech solution in the event space,” says Mashiach. For several years, Eved grew steadily—to $9 million in revenue in 2009—and Mashiach proved that she could deliver efficiencies and cost savings to the events industry. Mashiach’s big goal: an IPO. With this most recent capital raise, Mashiach forfeits majority control of her baby. Photo credit: Courtesy subject
Dear blank, please blank Wenn man nicht aufpasst, kann es passieren, dass man ohne es zu merken gleich mehrere Stunden auf der “Dear blank, please blank” Homepage verbringt. Wenn ich nicht so vorsichtig wär, würde ich wahrscheinlich jetzt noch dasitzen und eine lustige Kurznachricht nach der anderen lesen. Wer von euch ausreichend Zeit hat, sollte sich die Seite nicht entgehen lassen. Es ist jedoch besser die Finger davon zu lassen, wenn man noch bei der Arbeit ist. Die Karten sind hier im Etsy Shop für jeweils 4,50 Dollar erhältlich. A Few Magnet Motors “Although originally suggested by Nikola Tesla in 1905, only a few permanent magnet motors-generators have been designed, that is, magnet motors where the power comes from the magnets, not an external, exaustable supply of electricity.” “Engineers of Hitachi Magnetics Corp. of California have stated that a motor-generator run solely by magnets is feasible and logical but the politics of the matter make it impossible for them to pursue developing a magnet motor or any device that would compete with the energy cartels.” “Electric power is everywhere present in unlimited quantities and can drive the world’s machinery without the need for coal, oil, or gas.” - Nikola Tesla Today scientists say the universe is 60% “Radient/Dark” energy. Writing on June 10th, 1902 to his friend Robert U. Other U.S. patents have been filed – see Ammann, Hendershot, Hubbard, and others, however, only Tesla understood the Physics involved. - C.
When Your Employees Know More Than You Managing today's highly skilled professionals takes special skills — and not the ones that you may think. Oftentimes, knowledge workers know more than you do about their jobs. So, how do you manage people who know more about what they do than you do? In such instances, you have to look at leadership through the wants and needs of the worker as opposed to the skills of the leader. Here are some quick tips for effectively managing knowledge workers. Demonstrate passion In days past, working 40 hours per week and taking 4-5 weeks of vacation meant that people often focused less on loving what they do. Strengthen abilities With less job security and more global competition, it's critical that people update and refine their skills continuously. Appreciate time People have less time today, which means the value of that time has increased. Build networks Today, job security comes from having ability, passion, and a great network. Managing knowledge workers is a challenging and rewarding job.
cole rise Mechanical resonance Graph showing mechanical resonance in a mechanical oscillatory system Mechanical resonance is the tendency of a mechanical system to respond at greater amplitude when the frequency of its oscillations matches the system's natural frequency of vibration (its resonance frequency or resonant frequency) than it does at other frequencies. It may cause violent swaying motions and even catastrophic failure in improperly constructed structures including bridges, buildings and airplanes—a phenomenon known as resonance disaster. Avoiding resonance disasters is a major concern in every building, tower and bridge construction project. The Taipei 101 building relies on a 660-ton pendulum — a tuned mass damper — to modify the response at resonance. Many resonant objects have more than one resonance frequency. Description[edit] The natural frequency of a simple mechanical system consisting of a weight suspended by a spring is: where m is the mass and k is the spring constant. Examples[edit] See also[edit]
8 Tips for Starting a Business YogiTunes co-founder Alex King-Harris shares what it takes to succeed as a new business owner. January 11, 2012 Anyone who has ever started their own business will tell you: It's a lot of hard work. Alex King-Harris is the co-founder of the recently launched YogiTunes, which works a lot like iTunes, but specifically for the yoga community. Instead, yoga instructors were simply creating playlists for their own classes, but were unable to share with one another. YogiTunes offers a feature called the Yoga Teacher Playlist, which is a selection of songs picked by yoga instructors for use in their classes. Although YogiTunes is similar to the concept of iTunes, a platform of providing and sharing music specifically for health purposes had not existed before. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7) Be prepared to make sacrifices. 8) Do what you love to do. Photo credit: Courtesy subject
Landscape Photographer of the Year: The dramatic beauty of Britain as you've never seen it before By Kerry Mcqueeney Updated: 08:03 GMT, 8 December 2011 Bleak, isolated, damaged yet beautiful, these stunning images show the country's landscapes as you've never seen them before. From majestic rolling hills and the remote beauty of salt marshes to detailed close-ups of toadstools and other woodland fungi, these are just a few of the incredible images to be exhibited as part of the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. The popular photographic award, now in its fifth year, culminates in a stunning exhibition of more than 100 photographs that shows the dramatic beauty and variety of our country. Mystical: The isolated Rodel Saltmarsh on the Isle of Harris, in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, is one of the images shortlisted for the exhibition It also reminds us of the need to safeguard this precious legacy for future generations. The exhibition is being held at the National Theatre. This year’s Awards are held in association with Network Rail, with the exhibition sponsored by Epson UK.