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Jeff Stripp — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:42:33 +0000

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Startups: What MBA Grads Are Missing

Jeff Stripp — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:47:40 +0000

A great post today can be found over at onstartups.com - post is titled: Startups: 10 Things MBA Schools Won’t Teach You. Not only is the post full of great information - the comments are even better.

Here is a summary of the 10 Things MBA’s Won’t Teach You:

Strategic planning won’t take place of managing your bank statement and cash flow.

There are always more things to do. Start deciding “what not to do”.

Sleep - entrepreneurs work in their sleep.

People are Resources, not the other way around.

Learn to read your market, and put down the book on efficient pricing theories.

Understand all of your costs.

Spend more time on lead generation and sales conversion than on product matrices.

Build a visionary and passionate work culture.

People buy and do business with people they like. Be likeable.

People and markets are not always rational.

Additional reading about start-ups and small business trends:
Five Myths about Financing Start-Ups that Hurt Entrepreneurs

CPM Networks

Jeff Stripp — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:41:55 +0000

Here is a short list of CPM Networks (the cost, per 1000 people reached, of buying advertising space in a given media vehicle). You can register with these advertising companies and submit your banner ads, text ads and other forms of online ads. Once you are registered they will manage the placement and rotation of your ads on their network sites. You pay some sort of fee for the number of times your online ad is displayed.

Ad Brite - www.adbrite.com

Ad Sational - www.adsational.com

Blue Lithium - www.bluelithium.com

Mamma Media Solutions - www.mammamediasolutions.com

Tribal Fusion - www.tribalfusion.com

Flat Fee Spectrum - www.flatfeespectrum.com

Burst Media - www.burstmedia.com

Double Click - www.doubleclick.net

The Ad Stop - www.theadstop.com

Hyper Bidder - www.hyperbidder.com

Prad Network - www.pradnetwork.com

Value Click Media - www.valueclickmedia.com

Ad Jungle - www.adjungle.com

Social-Media Listening Tools

Jeff Stripp — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:47:27 +0000

Clay McDaniel, principal and co-founder of Spring Creek Group, a social-media marketing firm in Seattle recently listed the 13 Essential Social-Media ‘Listening Tools’ to help you monitor the online chatter about your brand:

Google Alerts

Technorati

Jodange

Trendrr

Lexicon

Monitter

Tweetburner

Twendz

TruCast

Radian6

Cision

Techrigy

Collective Intellect

Bing | Search Engine

Jeff Stripp — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:03:25 +0000

Microsoft launched the Beta version of it’s new search engine - Bing. Steve Ballmer officially revealed the the new search engine,during the D7 conference. In addition, Microsoft has unveiled their new Bing Community site (bing.com/community). Microsoft has high hopes that their community will “engage, educate and excite you”. Time will tell…

Check out Bing

Creating a FUN Workplace

Jeff Stripp — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:55:37 +0000

Learn how to be fun and productive at the workplace - and enjoy waking up everyday.

The folks at weLEAD Online Magazine share with us the thirty one ways to have fun at work.

Thirty-One Ways to Have Fun at Work

1. Mini Golf in the office
2. Have joy breaks. Stock the staff room with “fun” toys (Silly putty, Building blocks, Frisbees, Slinky)
3. Create a humorous company salute
4. Print fun greeting cards for employees to give to customers
5. Charge late employees a small fine like $5, which goes to fun activities
6. Plan office parties
7. Wear fun clothes
8. Have “Fun Awards”
9. Pass out chocolate or homemade cookies
10. Give Christmas gifts to employees
11. Celebrate the seasons (Valentine cards, Hanukkah gifts, Christmas Carols, April Fools Jokes, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter egg hunt)
12. Have a theme day. Encourage staff to dress up
13. Have a masseuse provide shoulder massages for people at their workstations
14. Wash all employees’ cars in the parking lot
15. Create and distribute fun stories from within the organization
16. Charades
17. Name rooms in your department after staff members
18. Have employees bring photos of their children to work
19. Photos of staff events
20. Artwork
21. Have an employee fun day
22. Bring creative orientations to the business (i.e.- A Scavenger Hunt)
23. Play office Jeopardy or Bingo
24. Invent contests
25. Bring Nerf balls, foam darts, a basketball hoop
26. Keep a plastic bowling set
27. Create a Fun List
28. Offer relay Races
29. Stage marshmallow fights
30. Have a fun pass (this person is eligible to have fun by fill in activity)
31. Make “Stop Being so Serious” awards

Read Creating a Fun Workplace When Hokey Pokey is “What’s it All About” by By Jody Urquhart