Posts tagged: business
- On age and innovation
- It turns out that many of the most common stereotypes about aging are dead wrong. Take the cliché of the youthful entrepreneur. As it happens, the average founder of a high-tech startup isn’t a whiz-kid graduate, but a mature 40-year-old engineer or business type with a spouse and children who simply got tired of working [...] [27 Aug 2010]
- On insuring your art and workspace
- Most of the time, renter’s, homeowner’s or condo owner’s insurance are for personal considerations, not commercial. Therefore, understanding whether or not your art is a hobby or a business is key to understanding whether or not you need any additional insurance policies for your art business. If it’s a hobby, then you may be covered. [...] [9 Jul 2010]
- On Apple’s iPhone App Store rejection process
- If you ask Paul Graham, Apple’s App Store process is starting to affect the Apple brand. He bought a shiny new 27″ iMac, but: So I bought it, but I bought it, for the first time, with misgivings. I felt the way I’d feel buying something made in a country with a bad human rights [...] [19 Nov 2009]
- Lynne d. Johnson on social media and digital content
- From Social Times, an interview with Lynne d. Johnson, Senior Vice President at the Advertising Research Foundation and a beloved member of my blog family. The interview begins with a look back at Johnson’s career and ends with some of her insights about social media marketing. For example: Even more than social media, digital content [...] [19 Nov 2009]
- Gina Trapani: “How to Benefit From a Freelancer’s Mind-Set”
- Trapani says traditional 9-to-5ers would do well to think like a freelancer. What’s the freelancer mindset? Freelancers know how to hustle. Freelancers are acutely aware of costs in time and money. Freelancers do work for reasons other than money. Freelancers build (and risk) their reputation with every job. With each point, Trapani tells non-freelancers how [...] [13 Nov 2009]
- Review: “The Principles of Project Management” by Meri Williams
- The Principles of Project ManagementBuy from Amazon.com With this book, PM and blogger Meri Williams takes readers through the process of project management. Chapter one gives an overview of the discipline and makes a case for its necessity. Chapters 2 – 5 cover a typical project life cycle: discovery, initiation, planning, change management, and closing [...] [2 Jun 2008]
- Tips for using the web to run your business
- TwoThree posts on turning your office into a web-based one. The Freelancer’s Toolset: 100 Web Apps for Everything You Will Possibly Need 8 Steps to running your business on (mostly) free apps The Social Enterprise – What Works, and What Doesn’t Somewhat related: Using Amazon S3 for hard drive backups Freebie resources for designers Review: [...] [6 Nov 2007]