Transparency is one of those buzz words that seems to get everyone excited these days. CEOs love to talk about it. Presidential candidates promise “open” and “ethical” administrations. Wall Street traders punish companies that don’t provide it. So it has…
A confectioner and philanthropist, Milton Hershey is of course known for his startup: The Hershey Chocolate Company. His success came after two prior attempts to make it as a candy entrepreneur (caramels and a variety of other candies). By selling…
Late last year, we wrote about the difficulty that small businesses have trying to reach their customers on Facebook. Changes that Facebook has made to their algorithm over the past two years have made it increasingly difficult for small businesses…
Uber is the smartphone app that allows users to summon an Uber-registered vehicle to the curb nearest you. Travis Kalanick is the brilliant UCLA-grad who has kept his startup, Uber, rolling in dozens of cities despite lawsuits and cease-and-desist letters…
His self-described Twitter bio (@joshjames) says it all: “Josh James: Domo Founder Ominture CEO & Co-founder—inception to IPO. Sold for $1.8B. 6 daughters. ONE lovely wife. BYU.” As noted, James’ first great success was Omniture, the Adobe web analytics and…
We’ve written on this topic before, right around tax time. But a few recent news articles have gotten us thinking about taxes and how they negatively impact small business. Startups already face a huge hurdles just trying to get up…
People like to call him the original Mad Man. George Lois worked for Doyle Cane Bernbach for a year before founding his own agency, Papert Koenig Lois. PKL was not only known as one of the first creative advertising agencies,…
[Updated February 2019] Aside from the decision to start your own small business, choosing a name for your startup may be the most important thing you do. A good name can be worth millions of dollars, while a bad name…
You’ve probably heard the statistic that the average human attention span is about 8 seconds long. And that a goldfish’s attention span is 9. But it’s not true. Think about it: the last time you were watching Breaking Bad, or…
Are you ready to leave that “safe” cushy job at BigCorporation, Inc. and do your own thing? If you answered “yes,” then good for you. Before you jump and form your own small business, however, here are a few things…