Lifestyle vs lifestyle entrepreneur
Life can be expensive. Mortgage or rent, groceries, gasoline, utilities, health/car/life insurance, etc add up to a lot of money. The entrepreneur has two core resources - time and money. Some of you may also have connections and other resources, but the first two tend to be the main currency of the entrepreneur.
Depending on where you live and how lavish a lifestyle you choose, you may require more money to make ends meet. For the employed or early stage entrepreneur, you trade a lot of your time at a job to make more money. That means you have less time to pursue your own ventures.
But, if you have a choice, you may be able to change your lifestyle or [read more ...]
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GoogleOnline tools for that Web2.0 look
Are you a stick-figure artist? Many of us have less artistic ability than we would like to admit. Still some of us can find our way around Adobe’s photoshop or fireworks. But when it comes to creating nice graphics for a new website, we are hopelessly doomed to spend way too much time just getting a simple and not so elegant design going.
Thankfully, some people out there had pitty on us. Actually some savvy people found a giant need and filled it with a great product. As a product developer and a programmer, these neat tools make me think - “I should have thought of that”. This is a great example of product development - finding a need and filling it. Add to that, it is a great example of creating a viral product as well.
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Finding ideas for products
As a product developer, I usually lack time more than I lack ideas. But sometimes I want to see what else is out there. There are several reasons for this. First, I want to see what is new out there to keep up with trends. Second, I may be able to incorporate some idea I find into an existing product I am working on or at least find a way to add value without adding complication. Third, I might just find something I want or need - information, domain name, or just plain inspiration.
There are several places I keep tabs on, but one of my favorite places to look, and sometimes pick up a quick bargain, is [read more ...]
Your own facebook social network
Have you heard of Facebook? It is a social network for mostly college aged people. Of course others use it as well and some make lots of money by creating applications for members to use. It has become even MORE popular than MySpace and received an investment of 100’s of millions of dollars by Microsoft. Facebook allows users to connect with friends, share applications such as games, videos, and notes, and keep track of what each other is doing by way of a ‘newsfeed’.
As a product developer, I am always looking for either a shortcut to get an idea to market or something to develop that I can sell. Some people would love to have their own social network.
For me, though, [read more ...]
The Employed Entrepreneur
OK, so this site is dedicated to the Employed Entreprenuer.
What is an Employed Entrepreneur? The idea of the Employed Entrepreneur is one who maintains fairly steady full or part-time employment while engaging in entrepreneurial activities. The reason for employment is usually finacial stability. Either the entrepreneurial activity doesn’t make enough money to quit employment or the entrepreneur isn’t ready, willing or able to take the risk of leaving the job behind. [read more ...]