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Domain name suggestion tools you can use to name your business – The Garage
Melissa needed a domain for her venture, so we tried a few different avenues for finding a name. Here are our favorites: GoDaddy domain search, NameBoy.
Panabee. NameMesh. BustAName. So there you have it — our top five. Keep reading to see a detailed description of each option. Also The site KnowEm.com lets you check the use of your brand, product, personal name or username instantly on more than 500 social media websites.
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The old guard of Mac indy apps has thrived for more than 25 years | Macworld
Stories about small (in two cases, single-developer) shops maintaining (and refocusing on) a single product for long periods.
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Fracking’s Secret Problem—Oil Wells Aren’t Producing as Much as Forecast – The Wall Street Journal.
The importance of being clear about your assumptions in all projections.
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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting
The four functions of consulting: Information, Expertise, Insight, Execution. How they’re getting disrupted by technology. Also talks about the rise of the MBA.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Entrepreneurial Resilience | Stanford eCorner
In “A Beginner’s Guide to Entrepreneurial Resilience,” Ravi Belani, a lecturer in Stanford’s Department of Management Science and Engineering, shares three habits aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs can start practicing today to begin building a toolkit for resilience: (1) Practice focusing on learnings, (2) Expand your social groups, (3) Allow yourself time for play. Applying these habits to your daily life can help shift your mindset and enable you to respond appropriately to both challenges and new opportunities.
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When Corporate Innovation Goes Bad — The 142 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time
Product innovation is one way that large corporations stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, but it doesn’t always work out when big brands attempt innovation. Below are what we consider to be 132 of the biggest product flops of all time.
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Small Business Lending Impact Study | Accion
A longitudinal study on the impact of mission-based lending services on small business in the United States
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Entrepreneurial Mindset: 5 Characteristics to Cultivate | Accion
(1) positive mental attitude, (2) a creative mindset, (3) persuasive communication ability, (4) intrinsic motivation and drive, (5)tenacity and an ability to learn from failure.
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» Entrepreneurial Mindset
NFTE has developed the framework for this quintessentially entrepreneurial mindset, drawing on our depth of experience teaching entrepreneurship to young people. Scale in development with ETS. Subscales: initiative, flexibility, communication, creativity, critical thinking, future orientation, opportunity recognition, comfort with risk.
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How It Works | Fundera
Fundera is a site to shop for online financial services such as loans, banks and banking services, credit cards and advice on small business financially related issues.
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