Posts Tagged ‘innovation’
Your Startup Or Small Business Sucks But You Can Fix It
Ross | June 28th, 2012Don’t take it personally, but your startup or small business sucks. Most do. Here’s why. Even the best companies become complacent, over time. At its peak, Kodak controlled 90% of the US film market and was one of the most valuable brands in the world. Sony, not long ago, dominated the market for televisions, cameras, [...]
Secrets to Select and Evaluate Innovative Business Ideas
Adriano | February 22nd, 2012While browsing the web I came across this useful guideline for selecting and evaluating business ideas made by the Board of Innovation. Very useful for when you have several solutions to solve a problem or create a new business and you want to avoid innovative ideas from falling to the cracks. A hint for scoring [...]
To Innovate, You Must Stay Dissatisfied
Ross | October 6th, 2010Success can make people complacent. Some will bask in the glory of success and expect to continue to succeed by doing the things that made them successful. This is not always possible. To innovate, you must stay dissatisfied. Here’s why: Do you agree?
crowdSPRING’s Twitter Roundup For Small Business
Ross | August 17th, 2010Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are the links that I’ve liked and shared this past [...]
Tips for writing with teams: 5 great collaboration tools (not to mention the Declaration of Independence)
Mike | July 6th, 2010In high school we are taught that “writing means revising.” When working with teams, it is critical that the revision process be as simple and streamlined as possible. Here’s what Wikipedia says about the process: “In a true collaborative environment, each contributor has an almost equal ability to add, edit, and remove text. The writing [...]
558,000 startups and small businesses. Why we should thank the recession.
Mike | June 7th, 2010One good thing to come out of this recession has been a dramatic increase in the number of new businesses started in the US and around the world. According to a Kauffman foundation study, in 2009 the number of new businesses hit the highest level in 14 years, with 558,000 start-ups every single month in [...]
