One of our biggest initiatives moving into 2010 is to really evaluate all of our sites and all of the functions within those sites and decide what is worth the time and what isn’t moving forward. Clearly, one of the things that did not work was the Tastefully Driven forum.
Except one thread that did [...]
The Making of WoodyPaigeQuotes.com
Well, We Broke Even [NFL Season Ticket Experiment]
I may have slightly over-estimated the potential with our NFL Season Ticket Experiment. We made $47, or $23.50 each. Our initial investment was $2,032. We now have $2,079, or 2.3% more than we started with.
So for all intents and purposes we broke even, but definitely learned a few good lessons. But before [...]
An Essay on an Essay on Startups
I recently read Paul Graham’s essay entitled What Startups Are Really Like and found it to be so true that I decided to base my second essay off of his essay. An essay about an essay! Below is an excerpt. As always, I welcome as much feedback as you’re willing to give. Happy Holidays everyone!
Paul [...]
Putting the Pieces Together – Teens, Entrepreneurship, Small Businesses, and Unemployment
Everyone is up in arms about the unemployment rate in the US being around 10%.
One of the best ways to create jobs is to encourage small business growth. According to the Small Business Association (SBA), small businesses:
Represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms.
Employ just over half of all private sector employees.
Pay 44 percent of total [...]
What Matters Now (or the best free eBook ever)
I’ve had a cold the past few days. I’ve only been able to mentally handle a few hours of work per day. I’ve been spending a lot of time sleeping, reading and watching TV (and by TV I mean a little Hulu, some DVDs, and Sports Center).
Lucky for me I’ve been enamored with a [...]
Another Business Magazine Bites the Dust
Last night I picked up the latest issue of Fortune Small Business magazine and started flipping through. I almost never read the letter from the editor, but the headline ”Hail and Farewell” caught my eye. I thought maybe the editor was leaving and moving on. Turns out that this would be the [...]
The Sport of Business [Flashback]
From time to time I’m going to be re-posting some of my favorite posts from the old SportsLizard Entrepreneur Blog that preceded Adam-McFarland.net. I was fresh out of academia and in the process of leaving corporate America. This was the true start-up phase for myself, my sites, and later Pure Adapt. This is one of [...]
The Difference Between School, Work, and Entrepreneurship
Effort. You need effort to succeed a traditional corporate environment. You need it to succeed in academia. You need it to succeed when you start a business. But when it comes to running a company, effort doesn’t guarantee that you succeed like it does in the other two.
When you’re in [...]
Thank You DI Customers!
It’s 4:13 PM on Tuesday and I think this is the first second that I’ve had to relax since last Wednesday. The past five days have been out of control busy. When posted on Thursday I was excited to find out what was to come of our Thanksgiving-Black-Friday-Cyber-Monday sale, but I wasn’t quite [...]
Let the Fun Begin!
Last night Mike sent out the Detailed Image Black Friday newsletter (shown below). There are also some killer deals coming on Cyber Monday. Last year we were a bit rushed but managed to put together some awesome specials and have an amazing weekend. This year we’ve had a lot of time to plan [...]
