10 Amazing Facts About Mondays

It’s Monday again people.  It’s our favorite day of the week and since I missed posting a Friday funny I thought I’d post this which is slightly funny and rather enlightening! Have a great week! by Gracie Murano Source: http://www.oddee.com/item_98139.aspx Most of us don’t crack our first smile until 11:16 a.m. A study, by Marmite [...]

7 Places to Find Startup Money

This is mostly for our US friends but it might be worth checking out options in your own country. Think you’ve exhausted all your money-raising options? Think again. Here are seven alternative ways to fund your home based business. By Paul and Sarah Edwards Source: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/80674 While the old saying “It takes money to make [...]

Never Get Angry in a Negotiation

By Jessica Stillman Source: http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/never-get-angry-in-a-negotiation.html New research out of Stanford reveals cool threats beat angry words when it comes to negotiating. If you based your negotiating style on what you see in movies, you might think shouting while being a lawyer is the way to go, but luckily entrepreneurs have more solid information to go [...]

The Emotion Found in Social Data

By Paul Dunay, gyro Source: http://www.rockmelt.com/s/forbes.com/70aaaca40650983c5207f225f906d4d6?fb_action_ids=10150803937943477&fb_action_types=news.reads&fb_source=other_multiline Let’s be clear: Most people don’t use social media just for the sake of it. Some might, but the vast majority of people who share content, post comments or offer sentiments and opinions online do so because they are emotionally invested in the product, service or experience about which they are [...]

The Watch That Raised $8 Million on Kickstarter

Eric Migicovsky created Pebble, a watch that syncs with Android or iPhone apps, and crowdfunded more money from ordinary individuals than any other Kickstarter project so far. Watch the Video from: http://www.inc.com/andrew-maclean-john-mcdermott/millions-of-dollars-kickstarter-crowdfunding-pebble-watch.html?nav=vid