January 29, 2010 by Joe Lawrence
When you're starting a new venture or even a new website you have to create a brand. This is how your customers will know you and why they'll come to you over your competition. Most people look at branding as if it's a game of bowling, but it's really more like a round of darts.
What do I mean by a game of bowling? We start our new business by trying to reach as many customers as we can and trying to please everyone. It is like we are trying to knock down all of the pins. The problem with...
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January 22, 2010 by Ronald A. Rowe
Before we even start, let me be clear about this one thing: the earthquake in Haiti and the resulting devastation was a terrible, terrible thing. We Americans, individually and collectively, should do what we can to help the people of Haiti recover from this disaster. I am not in the Rush Limbaugh, "Let 'em take care of themselves" camp.
Having said that, this is a business blog, not a humanitarian aid blog or a general current events blog. So, it is appropriate that we take a look at the long term impact that this disaster may have on business, divorced from...
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January 15, 2010 by Joe Lawrence
Just the other night, Chris Hubinsky, my friend and co-founder of
H&L Ventures, and I laid out our first quarter stock investments. I wanted to share our stocks and re-iterate our investment strategy. Also, I am going to talk about a stock from our last strategy meeting.
We started this very small investment company in January of 2007. H&L Ventures, Ltd. has been blessed with a 20% profit margin in the first two years. We believe the credit can be awarded to our strategy, "free money". The majority of stock we purchase is high dividend yielding stocks or giant corporations. We chase after...
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January 8, 2010 by Ronald A. Rowe
There's an old adage that says when life hands you lemons, you should make lemonade. Well, the current job market is a bunch of lemons, if I've ever seen one. But if you plan carefully and take a long term view, you can position yourself to come out of this better off than your competitors.
If you've got a job, hold onto it. For nearly every skill set and every industry, this is not a good time to be looking for a new job. There's virtually no one doing any hiring, and those few that are looking are being swamped...
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