The other night I had just returned from a trip and was hungry. I wasn’t sure what I wanted for dinner, so I went to the refrigerator, opened up the door, and stared into a somewhat empty box. Other than some beverages and condiments, the “fridge” was pretty much empty. I thought about what I […]
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As my readers know, twice a year I judge the Connecticut Business Plan Competition, where students from business schools and undergraduate business programs throughout Connecticut compete for cash prizes and mentoring from leading business experts, in a format very similar to the popular “SharkTank” television show. This spring’s event featured 13 teams from throughout the […]
By Stephen Sheinbaum Maybe you’ve heard the names – Kickstarter, IndieGoGo or GoFundMe. Maybe you’ve heard the success stories, like Oculus Rift and the potato salad guy. There’s a lot of buzz around crowdfunding now, and if you’re a small business owner you may be wondering if you can put it to work for your funding […]
Over two million Americans make a full-time or part-time living selling merchandise on Amazon.com. Roughly 200 of them attended last week’s Sellers’ Conference of Online Entrepreneurs (SCOE) in Philadelphia, a semi-annual trade show focused entirely on the do’s and don’t’s of selling on Amazon, eBay, Etsy, and other popular online retail platforms. Attendees were treated […]