Entrepreneurial Proverbs

Mar 8, 2006 | 0 | Bootstrapping + Entrepreneurs

The O'Reilly Radar has some great bite-sized Entrepreneurial Proverbs. They provide fantastic motivation and guidance for anyone running a small business or considering starting one of their own.

Here are some of my favorites:

• Building to flip is building to flop
• Prudence becomes procrastination
• Jump when you are more excited than afraid
• Pay attention to the idea that won't leave you alone
• Cool ideas are useless without great needs

Read the rest here.

A tip for new bloggers: Make some noise!

Feb 9, 2006 | 0 | Bootstrapping + Entrepreneurs + Tips

If you are just getting started in blogging (like me) and want to start getting noticed, here is a tip. MAKE SOME NOISE!

This site is brand new. I can count the number of visitors I get on one hand. Until today.

I posted a list of 5 must listen podcasts for entrepreneurs. I know people generally enjoy lists like this, so I submitted it to Digg and a business forum I follow on joelonsoftware.com.

Then I thought, Hey, I bet the guys who do these podcasts would like to know that I enjoy their shows. So I emailed them telling them as much.

Within ten minutes I got an email back from the Chief Community Officer at Startup Nation (one of the podcasts on my list) asking if I would like to be on their nationally syndicated radio show!

Then I got an email from Jay at Internet Business Mastery (another podcast on my list). I thought he would appreciate hearing about the response I got from Startup Nation and he replied with some savvy advice.

...Make noise and people will listen.

That's the lesson I learned today. I intend to keep making noise and hopefully good things will happen.

As a bonus, my traffic for today will require me to count visitors on my fingers and toes!

UPDATE: I'm going to be on Startup Nation radio next weekend (March 18-19th).

5 must listen podcasts for entrepreneurs

Feb 9, 2006 | 3 | Bootstrapping + Entrepreneurs + Podcasts

Here are five podcasts that I subscribe to that provide great information for entrepreneurs and those who are bootstrapping a business.

• Venture Voice

  In each episode, Greg Galant has a conversation with a successful entrepreneur and learns how they built their business. He has scored some of the most successful technology entrepreneurs around including Jason Fried, Bo Peabody, Joel Spolsky and Derek Silvers. This is a must listen if you want to hear successful people talk about their experiences in their own words.

  Feed: http://www.venturevoice.com/vv.xml
  

• Cubicle Escape Pod

  Hear from Jonathan Brown and Matt Thompson as they attempt to bootstrap their business while holding onto their day jobs. They include segments from other bootstrappers that provides a well rounded and entertaining show for bootstrappers.
  Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/cubicleescape
  

• Internet Business Mastery

  This podcast covers more of the how-to nuts and bolts of setting up an online business. Sterling and Jay focus on informational products and ebooks and have a ton of tips for creating and marketing these products.
  Feed: http://www.internet-based-business-mastery.com/feed/
  

• Brain Brew Radio

  Brain Brew is a nationally syndicated radio show that discusses and builds upon entrepreneurial business ideas. It has the high quality polish you would expect from a radio show and covers a variety of topics and industries.
  Feed: http://www.doughall.com/radio/rss.xml
  

• Startup Nation

  Another national radio show in podcast form. The Sloan brothers mentor entrepreneurs on the air by critiquing elevator pitches and business ideas. Their web site is also a good source of information for those who are starting a business.
  Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/StartupNationRadio
  

Are there other podcasts you listen to that should be on this list?

Also...

There are entries in lots of other categories.