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Remember To Network No Matter Where You Are

May 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Business, Business Practices, Deals, entrepreneurs

Remember when you are out and about that you can find opportunities left and right to help your business out. Many people think you have to go to scheduled networking events and formal networking events to meet the people you need. However I must admit as an entrepreneur that I’ve had more success meeting people [...]

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The Rumor of Verizon Offering the iPhone

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Deals, Gadgets, Technology, Wireless, mobile phones, smartphones

Today’s rumor mill is abuzz about Verizon possibly picking up Apple’s iPhone when AT&T’s exclusive deal runs next year. I must say I’m rather skeptical about this right now. I’m noticing most of the rumors credit the same source and all look the same. It just takes one rumor… So let’s think about this. The [...]

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Think Small And Go Big

April 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Deals, Mergers/Acquisitions, Revenue Models, business ideas, emerging markets, entrepreneurs, start-ups

Many of us dream of going big. It was just announced that Oracle is buying Sun for $7.4 billion. Gee, wouldn’t it be nice to sell off your company for a few BILLION dollars? We keep seeing news blurb after news blurb about companies recording record profits (Exxon Mobile anyone?) or being bought for billions [...]

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What’s Not To Love About Sprint?

April 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Deals, Gadgets, Hardware, Technology, Wireless, mobile phones, smartphones

Recently a friend posted a link to a video of one of the new Sprint commercials to our little newsgroup. This of course put me on a quick little rant of all things groovy about Sprint. This then led to someone commenting “…you went there. We won’t be able to get him to shut up [...]

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Barnes & Noble and Sprint to Develop eBook Offering

April 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Deals, Gadgets, Technology, Wireless

You know I couldn’t let an interesting story (just a rumor for now) concerning Sprint pass me by. Rumor has it that Barnes & Noble is working with Sprint Nextel and an unnamed device maker to offer eBook services similar to the Amazon Kindle. Hm…interesting. Barnes & Noble tried this a few years back working [...]

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Cox Communications To Launch Their Own Cellular Network

April 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Deals, Technology, Wireless, mobile phones

Things are about to get a bit busier in the cellular battlefield. Cox Communications is going to be launching their own cellular network soon. To those in the wireless industry it’s been known that Cox planned on doing so. Cox (which is the third largest cable company in the U.S.) originally planned to work with [...]

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Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday

November 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Deals

First…I say Happy Thanksgiving to my U.S. readers. Traditionally it has been a day of giving thanks (you can read about my ramble on giving thanks on Wax Porhetoric) to what we are thankful for in life yet it has become a increasingly popular as the time to start shopping on “Black Friday”, the day [...]

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Make a Name For Yourself With Flickr and Getty Images

July 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Deals, entrepreneurs

Flickr and Getty Images are working together to make it possible for all those budding amateur (and professional) photographers to make a name for themselves. Basically, you put your stuff up on Flickr as usual. Getty editors will be surfing Flickr and when they come across something they think could be marketable and usable, they’ll [...]

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