BizSugar.com › User › luckycharmer › Published

Mark Cuban is giving away money! Well, sort of. Here's a snippet from his blog post: "You must post your business plan here on my blog where I expect other people can and will comment on it. I also expect that other people will steal the idea and use it elsewhere. That is the idea. Call this an open source funding environment. If its a go Read More

Ideas are a dime a dozen. The money is in the execution. Need proof? For Seth Godin's Alternative MBA program, nine attendees came up with 111 business ideas each. But ideas are only valuable when someone makes something happen. What follows are our 999 business ideas, free for the taking. Read More

A lot of us get stuck in inaction —procrastinating, doing a lot of unimportant tasks to avoid the important stuff, worrying about failing or about being perfect, having a hard time starting, getting distracted, and so on. It's time to start forming the Action Habit instead. And it's really not that hard if you focus on it for a little while. Read More

The Small Business Administration (SBA) will get a beefier post in the Obama regime. Under President Bush, the agency saw its funding fall, was plagued by a host of controversies and lost the prestigious Cabinet level status conferred on it by President Clinton. But Barack Obama is signaling greater respect for the agency. Read More

The question, “How do I get more followers on Twitter?” is unspoken because admitting that you want more followers is to acknowledge that you don't have many. Thus, you probably don't need this advice, but you may “have a friend” who will find it useful. Read More

According to Mark Sellers, an opportunity isn't really an opportunity (and doesn't deserve significant resources) until the customer has committed budget dollars to the project. He says that until this takes place, it's crazy to write proposals, make multiple business trips, or put the revenue from that “opportunity” into your forecast. Ins Read More

As the new year is just around the corner, some of you might resolve to take a step forward into becoming a freelancer. With the way the economy has been, it wouldn't be too surprising if the freelancer ranks grow in the next few months. Here are a few tips to get you started. Read More

Looking to sell your idea to a big company? According to Seth Godin, two things have to happen before a big company buys your idea... Read More

The Yahoo! Green study found that more than three-quarters (77%) of consumers consider themselves to be greenies and just over half (57%) have made green purchases in the past six months. But, that is not to say that all green consumers react the same way to ads which may create a quagmire for marketers. Here are a few tips. Read More

Fitch Ratings is calling for the weakest holiday season in the past twenty years for retailers. For 2009, Fitch expects that these trends will continue as consumers curtail discretionary spending and look to maximize value. Emphasizing value is the key that I would take away from any of this. It's time to make customers understand what valu Read More