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YouTube’s Extra 5 Minutes Could Buy More Than Time

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:53:12 +0000

YouTube uploaders who wish to follow 60s pop-art icon Andy Warhol's advice and grasp their 15 minutes of fame now can do so fully. YouTube has raised the maximum length limit on submissions from 10 to 15

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Every Tool You Need For Hiring

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:34:00 +0000

Have you been considering hiring some new employees? Has it been awhile since you added staff? If so, then let us offer you a refresher course on how to manage the process. The following guide brings together tools you can…

When Reality TV Trash Helps

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:28:04 +0000

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today:

Cashing in on clutter. Today's Wall Street Journal tells the story of Matt Paxton, founder of Clutter Cleaner,…

Gimme 5: Endangered Gadgets List

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Earlier this summer, I endorsed the prediction that we'd see sub $100 eReaders from the likes of Amazon, etc. by the end of the year. Maybe. Welll, you can now forget that "maybe" as far as I'm concerned. Amazon announced…

What’s a Real Company?

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:51:54 +0000

At Y Combinator's AngelConf yesterday, Michael Arrington bemoaned the proliferation of, as he called them, "dipshit companies." I suppose by this he meant companies that offer unassuming products and services--and entrepreneurs whose chief ambition is to…

Preparing for the New 1099 Requirements for B2B Transactions

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:00:33 +0000

If you are in business for yourself it is safe to say that you probably utilize sub-contractors for your own business or for a client project. In the past it was pretty straightforward – if the person was not a…

Graphic Evidence of What We Value Most

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:05:00 +0000

Like it or not, your real priority, my real priority, our society’s real priority shows up not in what we say but in how we spend our resources, including, of course, how we spend our time. Time is the scarcest…

Business Cards: Office Supplies or Advertising?

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:55:37 +0000

Ok, this is probably a silly question, but I'm arguing it with my business partner because, well, she's going to owe me a lunch if I'm right. lol.

Should business cards be categorized as office supplies…

Design Is How It Works

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:53:59 +0000

Jay Greene’s Design Is How It Works: How the Smartest Companies Turn Products Into Icons was published this week by Portfolio. It’s an interesting overview of companies that have integrated a design philosophy into their business model, releasing products…