Mark Cuban's 12 Rules for Startups

3 Unique Ways to Get Started With Business Podcasting Do you want to bring podcasting into your marketing mix? Are you stuck because of concerns about time commitment, lack of knowledge or production challenges? There are many ways to approach business podcasting without interupting your schedule, budget and skills. In this article you’ll discover how three businesses started a podcast and what they uniquely did differently. How to Create a Distribution Strategy ...That Banks by THOM HOLLAND How many times have you heard marketers talk about creating a distribution strategy? …You can probably count the numbers of times on one hand. Tom Gau biz model Tom Gau is at the helm of one of the most lucrative financial planning firms in the country. In many ways, the story of how he got there parallels the transformation that is occurring throughout the financial services industry. Initially an accountant, Tom had branched out into creating financial plans for his clients, but soon realized that many of the plans were not being implemented. Worse yet, if they were implemented, he wasn't getting any of the action.

How To Create A Brand With Values Brands That Are Born With Values The great stories of the oral tradition have always contained lessons encouraging people to pursue their higher values. In comparing myths across cultures and times to develop his "Hero’s Journey" model, Joseph Campbell found that higher values were the key ingredient to story success. Today, digital tools are spawning a new peer-to-peer oral tradition in communications. To succeed in this new digitally empowered oral tradition, marketers must heed the lessons of the past and orient their brands to higher human values--or face being ignored. Identifying these values for your brand or cause can be extremely rewarding, and less difficult than it sounds. Mark Cuban from begin Famous in the NBA for his zealous management of the Dallas Mavericks, entrepreneur Mark Cuban has also owned multiple Internet startups and a theater chain. Synopsis Born in Pittsburgh in 1958, entrepreneur Mark Cuban has ventured into many diverse businesses, from theater chains to Internet startups. In 1990, Cuban sold the firm CompuServe for $6 million, one of his largest early business ventures.

The OODA Loop: Playing chess with half the pieces Nivi · November 20th, 2008 You might know John Boyd as the OODA Loop guy. I never really “got” the OODA Loop so, based on Eric Ries’ recommendation, I read this book. Startup = Growth September 2012 A startup is a company designed to grow fast. Being newly founded does not in itself make a company a startup. Nor is it necessary for a startup to work on technology, or take venture funding, or have some sort of "exit." The only essential thing is growth. Everything else we associate with startups follows from growth. Harnessing Entrepreneurial Manic-Depression: Making the Rollercoaster Work for You The sky is falling! Ever since the media’s Chicken Little response to the tremors in the financial markets, I’ve felt like shouting from the rooftops “now you know how it feels to be an entrepreneur!” I just lost 9% overnight?! Fill a bathtub and get the toaster.

Dave Ramsey built empire by bucking the system When Sarah, a 28-year-old Atlanta woman, found out that her parents had forged her signature to receive a student loan, she called someone she trusted for advice on how to clear her name. “Is there any way I can get my name taken off of this?” Sarah asked. Exasperated, the voice on the other end of the line responded, “Good gosh. Financial child abuse.” Spencer Fry — What it's really like being an entrepreneur. I don't think there's a more difficult or stressful job than being an entrepreneur. Doctors, scientists, and engineers are all highly skilled professions involving a lot of pressure, but as to stress level the difference is that for the most part emotions don't enter to what those specialists do because they're trained in a systematic process that keeps surprises to a minimum. Being an entrepreneur, though, has an emotional component to it that no professor, instructor, mentor or amount of reading can prepare you for. Even if they tried to teach you, they couldn't.