Posted by Bill Rice on 10/15/06 in miscellaneous
Successful businesses have to be built on a foundation of integrity. You have a responsibility and trust built between yourself, your customers, your investors/shareholders, and your employees.
I have seen early startups swimming in deception about things like financial pro formas, market opportunity, sales pipelines, funding opportunities–they always flounder or fail in this state. Leadership that [...]
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Posted by Bill Rice on 10/14/06 in miscellaneous
Go Tigers, bring it all home!
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Posted by Bill Rice on 10/14/06 in miscellaneous
Very good post by Nigel Edelshain on going to your next sales meeting Powerpointless
This is good advise. I have always been an advocate of conversations as opposed to presentations. I like questions over pitches. I often write a white paper or talking paper specifically fo rmy sales appointment. This compels me to do the research, [...]
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Posted by Bill Rice on 10/14/06 in miscellaneous
Ed Sim adds color to a good post by Andy Sacks of Judy’s Book about questions you should ask of your business.
I think this highlights a broader and more important entrepreneurial concept–turning your brain back on.
Becoming an entrepreneur requires you to turn your brain back on after quit possibly years of corporate brain drain. You [...]
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Posted by Bill Rice on 10/14/06 in miscellaneous
Squidoo Lens of Me. Important details about: my company, Kaleidico; my product, icoSales; my expertise, lead management, lead generation, lead buying, Internet marketing, mortgage banking.
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Posted by Bill Rice on 10/11/06 in miscellaneous
Goodbye Word. Hello Google Docs (Writely). I already love it. Post and store online, save as .doc or .pdf. Collaborate with anyone!
Good stuff.
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Posted by Bill Rice on 10/9/06 in miscellaneous
Understanding how lead management is critical to your acquisition of new customers.
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Posted by Bill Rice on 10/2/06 in miscellaneous
An interesting reflection piece by Seth Goldstein on entrepreneurship. Seth, the CEO of an interesting start-up Root Markets, provides Some Rules for Entrepreneurs.
(Via TRANSPARENT BUNDLES by Seth Goldstein.)
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Posted by Bill Rice on 07/21/06 in miscellaneous
Bezos Expeditions investing in 37signals is an interesting development. 37Signals has the makings (foundation/platform) for a Web-based productivity and collaboration suite. Is this a strategic hedge or counter punch to Google’s foray into Web-based spreadsheets and word processors?
(Via tech.memeorandum.)
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Posted by Bill Rice on 07/21/06 in miscellaneous
Will the growing pervasiveness of Wi-Fi have us moving from cell networks to high-speed broadband Wi-Fi networks? Skype intros new Wi-Fi phones (Marguerite Reardon/CNET News.com)
(Via tech.memeorandum.)
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