Well like a quote from rounders “I took a shot and missed”. Well I said Tito would win and I was busted out. The funny part is if you caught the show then you seen Omarosa say she wanted to be project manager then as soon as Trump said the PM has high chances of being […]

So I am wasting time at a Walgreens while I wait for an RX and I decided to pickup one of the Entrepreneur magazines and see they had a list of the top 50 new franchises in 2008.  I bought it as I had an idea for the site.
So I thought for March I would read […]

This question came in asking if it costs money to get a business question answered.
And the answer is no!
Yes it could seem odd that someone is willing to help you without charging you but some of us are good people. You do not need to include any personal information if you do not want to […]

This question came in from Tristen about how to secure new business.
 And the answer is pick up the phone and make something happen!
Tristen, in the email you noted your coming from a communications company. After working with account managers from that industry I did learn that it is not a horrible business to be doing […]

After watching a recent tennis tournament and getting blasted with SAP commercials I had to do a bit more research and read some feedback. Most of the commercials were focused on the mid-sized business market which I happen to have my hands on an implementation of this size currently.
I am not a manufacturing guru by […]

I am not sure it is the same in your area but around here they have the “T-Mobile Hotspot” service which they charge for. I was waiting in the parking lot for a friend and I wanted to jump on the net using my iPod Touch and check a few things which I could not […]

We talk about the coffee business a lot on here since it is a booming billion dollar business that is highly competitive. And well, you have to drink a lot of coffee to write this much daily.
Dunkin Donuts decided to make small coffee drinks only 99 cents while Starbucks shut down to keep the gen […]

This question came in about how to choose a business to start.
I hear this question often and it comes with a short and powerful answer.
Which ever one you feel like starting.
People want to start a business that will not fail. Well we all want that! But what it comes down to is business is a […]

Starbucks is closing all 7,100 stores today for barista  re-training. I guess the focus is to make a better product but what are they really going after here?
I see a desperate scramble starting to hit Starbucks. Poorly planned ideas and news like today’s makes me wonder where the hell they are going. If you want […]

This question came in from a “young entrepreneur”.
 What do I think about franchises?
Are they for me? No. Are they for you? I would say probably so without knowing more.
Franchises are great for the those that want to start a business whom are not that business savvy. Even for those that are business saavy a franchise will […]

And here I just posted a while back about Take-Two signing Strauss Zelnick and then here comes EA.
Now if you check around the Internet forums EA is considered the evil empire to many. Too many jump on the bandwagon and the fact is if they were anybody of importance at EA then they wouldn’t be […]

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We have all heard $80-120 for some time now and many thought it would be an opener at a high price just for the prestige considering what MasterCard did.
Today we have news that Visa filed an amendment with the SEC to set the opening range between $37 and $42. A shocking price compared to what […]

So I was streaming some tunes on Sunday and then it just stopped. I hit refresh a couple of times and nothing came up. Oh well I switched over to Itunes and off I went. I came back to YouTube about 30min later and still the same thing. I found this rather odd that Google […]

I never thought I would be sitting there saying that a McDonald’s commercial was great. As they continue to steal market share from the likes of Starbucks and other chains we don’t see any slack coming from the McDonald’s marketing machine.
In this commercial they show two guys sitting at a table with their I look […]

Well in just about any stock book somewhere in the early chapters you will read that if you see insiders selling then run.
For the first time in 3 years you have the CEO at Amazon selling a significant portion of his holdings (although it still leaves him with roughly 25%). Is it time for a new yacht […]

With the teams chopped up now the Don has the two crews sell a couple of items on QVC. The teams select Mary Lou and that sell out Stephen as project leaders.
Credit to Baldwin, he did step up and focus on the easy pay option QVC has which made their higher priced product a little […]

 So many products and so little time. I came across these devices while reading up on some other tech news. This is the first time I really took a look at these remotes as I have heard about them briefly in the past but figured it was time to see what it was all about.
I […]

Well Hillary could have said copy…. But a quick note on this since to me if you can get to that point you have made it.
How cool would it be to have your brand become the common name for something? Around here everyone asks for a Coke anytime that want a cola or a Kleenex […]

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days - By Jessica Livingston
I love business books and this one did not disappoint. Some will question the format of it but the format helps you skip over parts that may not interest you. It is setup so that each chapter is time  spent interviewing a certain person. Once […]

This question came in about what kind of insurance you should get for consulting.
 That really depends on what kind of consulting but from what you wrote it looked like IT Consulting. If your in an office building most people will have a general liability policy but people neglect to think about what happens when your […]

Well there was the dollar menu, then the short lived sandwiches, then the backlash from price increases and now it is time to reduce headcount.
 And who thought this giant was unstoppable? I still question them going back to the Kozmo.com thing and I really wonder who the hell pulls the trigger on some of these […]

For a short answer yes and I would love a piece of it.
I recall talks a few years ago about this IPO happening then it never did. They are pushing above $200 million in sales and can still find some private financing from places like Starbucks.
Last year you could get a sandwich for $3.79 and […]

I still recall when Ming Tsai left the Food Network and I was thinking how did they let that one go? That was a while back but recently Mario Batali moved on and now it is Emeril.
On the flip side I look at what they have brought in. Giada De Laurentiis has done pretty well […]

 
Well he is keeping his restaurants but she now has the rights to his cookbooks, TV shows and kitchen products.  The deal is for $45 Million in small unmarked bills and $5 million in insider trading stock tips (sarcasm people).
Just as FoodTV dropped Emeril live you have to wonder if they dropped the ball or […]