The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that David Kirsch, a University of Maryland Professor, has created an electronic archive, documenting the rise and fall of Internet-related ventures over the period 1996 through 2002. The archive, which was started thanks to grants from the Alfred P. Sloan foundation and the Library of Congress, so far lists […]
The Small Business Administration has holding hearings, starting in St. Louis and Seattle, as it considers changing the definnition of small business, the Seattle Times reported. Under current rules, the definition of a small business ranges by industry, but is generally defined as having 500 or fewer employees. Last summer, the SBA withdrew a proposal […]
According to an Inc. Magazine article in the June, 2005 issue, now is an important time for business owners to be reviewing pricing. To get to correct pricing, you have to take costs, competitors, customers and salesforce feedback into account. But most of all, the value that your product or service provides should be considered […]
Karen Grajwer, a second year MBA student at Harvard Business School won the HBS Business Plan Contest for her plan for a company called Uplift, which will offer sophisticated, fashionable bra styles for fuller-sized women. Grajwer’s advice for future entrepreneurs: 1) surround yourself with a good team, and 2) know your market.
The Wharton China Business Forum was held recently, and brought together business leaders and economics, for enlightening discussions about China’s financial reform, entrepreneurship, consumer markets, environmentalism, energy issues and other topics.
This morning a panel of experts convened at the NASDAQ MarketSite to describe the measures that any company considering an IPO in the future should be taking: 1) Strengthen internal controls to be in compliance with SOX 404, 2) Develop accurate forecasting of quarterly earnings, 3) Streamline the quarterly closing process (the SEC is unforgiving […]
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