Can you imagine a retail outlet that sells pink girls Mary Jane flats, paddleboats and two-port USB external battery chargers? Amazon.com, can and they’re calling it Amazon Exclusives. Let’s be honest: Amazon has recently had more misses than hits in its own product development, so why not let others develop new products and be the […]
I was pleased to be one of the judges at last week’s Connecticut Business Plan Competition sponsored by The Entrepreneurship Foundation and held at Gateway Community College in New Haven, Connecticut. Twice a year dozens of teams from the entrepreneurship classes at Connecticut’s private colleges, state universities and community colleges compete for cash awards, trophies […]
In one of the worst business pitches ever featured on the ABC reality show, “Shark Tank,” Michael J. Desanti tries to wow the panel with a bird feeder that can be remotely triggered to electrocute ravenous squirrels. The only thing that got zapped was any potential for interest from the prospective investors. Tip: Be sure […]
In one of the worst business pitches ever featured on the ABC reality show, “Shark Tank,” Michael J. Desanti tries to wow the panel with a bird feeder that can be remotely triggered to electrocute ravenous squirrels. The only thing that got zapped was any potential for interest from the prospective investors. Tip: Be sure […]
Recently I spoke at an event with Barbara Cochran, the New York real estate mogul turned Shark Tank investor, and she said in her remarks, every time her back was up against the wall, she created a movie in her head of how see was going to succeed. She used the conversation in her mind […]