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Bulldozers: 5 Serial Entrepreneurs That Only Know How to Push Things Forward, Make Meaning, and Change the World
Bulldozers, a term coined by Jason A. Cobb in January 2011, refers to employees who do one thing and one thing only: push things forward – and if their company doesn’t let them, they leave, but continue pushing forward. Employers need to learn to recognize bulldozers and fuel them, not throw stumps in their way (stumps don’t…
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How to Identify a Micro-Niche
How to find a profitable niche to start blogging about on your new mini-site In a previous post I wrote about how to monetize your blog, but I didn’t mention how to find a niche market to promote. There are many ‘rules’ about this, but while I may point out some, not all are going…
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The Monetization Connection
How to make money from a blog or mini-site Previously I wrote about blogging for profit, but didn’t go into detail about how to monetize the content. In other words, how do you make money from a blog? There are three primary ways to make money from a blog: 1. Ads – this is the…
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Blogtrepreneurs Blogging for Profit
The Internet is a great unsettled land not unlike the discovery of a new world – and entrepreneurs everywhere are taking notice Entrepreneurs who blog for profit are sometimes called Blogtrepreneurs. Whether they come from a business background, an Internet marketing background, web design background, or are still in high school, anyone who can identity…
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles
Peter Drucker in Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles wrote, “Entrepreneurship, it is commonly believed, is enourmously risky. And indeed, in such highly visible areas of innovation as high tech – micro-computers, for instance, or biogenetics – the casualy rate is high and the chances of success or even of survival seem to be quite…
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Innovation Comes from Customers
Customers will think of things you never thought of and use your products in ways you’ve never imagined. Learn to harness this phenomenon and you’re on your way to having a more innovative company.
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Geek Hand and The Settler’s League
Hate the Game, Not the Player I set out to create a new “Home” brand of technology consulting so that I could offer Indianapolis computer repair in homes without damaging the brand I was establishing with business customers. I came up with “Professional Technology Consulting at Home,” but the domain was taken so I started…
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The First Day of the Rest of My Life
While the title of this post sounds a little dramatic, today I did turn in a resignation letter to my day-time job. The job was well paying and secure. I had friends and freedom there, but it wasn’t what I was passionate about and the moment I thought I could get away to do what…