Author Archive for under30ceo
Seven Simple Mistakes That Can Lead to an Audit
As tax season approaches people start getting stressed about filing their tax returns. One sure way to draw the attention of the Internal Revenue Service is making a mistake on your return, here are seven of the simplest mistakes people make so you can avoid some extra stress this year.
1. Forgetting to sign and date [...]
Three Tips From a Veteran VC
How to perfect that VC pitch:
Start by pitching to someone you know that is intelligent, perhaps from a different field, who can be honest in their feedback and press hard on your plan. This will help you to identify the holes in your plan and prepare you for the professional discussions [...]
How to Use CNN’s iReport to Market Your Company
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File it under trendy but true: Online video will be a transformative marketing tool for entrepreneurs in 2010.
Online viewers consumed 33.2 billion videos in December alone, with the average viewer taking in nearly 190 per month last year, according to recent statistics from comScore. That represents a staggering 2 [...]
Three Secret Weapons for Entrepreneurs
Whether you’re considering starting your own business — or looking for ways to expand an existing enterprise — there are three time-tested secret weapons you can use to help gain a sharp competitive edge. These weapons are three broad business strategies that can help you to create a new business or push your company to [...]
Interview: David Siteman Garland on Entrepreneurship and Running a TV Show
David Siteman Garland had a TV show before he even had a website. He pitched his idea for an entrepreneurial TV show until ABC picked him up and made his dream possible. He invested all his savings and started producing the show which has seen some incredible success.
Today he has been featured on things like [...]
Entrepreneurs: Do What No One Else Will
My dad was an entrepreneur and I guess the spirit rubbed off on me because I am one as well. Watching him as I grew up, I learned an incredibly important lesson that I think anyone starting their own business needs to learn – perseverance can overcome just about any obstacle. Really taking that lesson [...]
What Do You Want To Do Before You Die? The Founders of The Buried Life
What do you want to do before you die? That’s the question 4 guys asked themselves one summer and they decided to head out on a road-trip to conquer as many as they could. They started a blog, hustled for sponsors, got into their rickety old RV and set out to have some fun. Before [...]
Creating Your Business Swagger
The primal nature of subtle social cues and what they mean to our subconscious.
What’s with the strut? Psychologically there are many cues that denote the feeling of confidence. They display our intent, betray our falsehoods and reveal our attractions. Many of these actions we cannot control and some of the micro [...]
Dear Baby Boomers: A Message From Gen Y
Dear Baby Boomers,
I know you’re not my biggest fan. I’m one of those pesky GenY twenty-somethings that you’ve called “cocky,” “lazy,” and “incompetent.” It appears our generation has hit a nerve, really gotten under your skin. Well, I am writing to you because I feel like we’ve gotten off on [...]
Interview: How Timothy Sykes Made Two Million From His Dorm Room
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First things first, how the hell did you make $2million from your college dorm room?
I traded thousands of hyped up penny stocks, discovering several chart patterns that were predictable 90% of the time, taking small gains nearly every day and those gains added up over time. My first million was made through buying [...]
Go Green Fundraising Focuses on Earth Friendly Fundraising
What is the story behind your company?
The recession was just starting to get into full swing in 2008 and I realized that groups like sports leagues, churches, and schools would be feeling the effects of a downward economy and there would be a greater need for fundraising options. At the same time, the green movement [...]
Tough Job Markets Lead to Fashion Industry Startup ash&dans
Ashley Cook and Danielle Dankner graduated together from Washington University in 2008. Both found themselves in a tough job market and had trouble breaking into the competitive acting industry in New York City. Instead of giving up or getting depressed about the situation they did the next best thing…they started a company.
Ash&Dans was born and [...]
10 Steps to Starting a Small Business
So you have an idea and your all pumped up to turn it into the next big thing and change your life! Now what?
How do you turn this idea into a reality? This small business guide is meant to take you through those basic steps of getting your business off the ground.
This guide will continue [...]
Increasing Revenue Through Email Marketing: Part 4 of 5
As the leader of a business, a constant concern is always increasing revenue. Of course the two primary ways to do this are to either increase the revenue current customers provide, or to increase your total number of customers. The simplest and most direct way to reach your audience, and allow [...]
Social Media Series: Twitter For Business
Of all the social media marketing tactics, Twitter has been the one that seems to elude most CEOs. So, how can Twitter possibly promote brand awareness and increase sales for my business? To get to that end result, let’s start at the beginning.
Like Facebook, Twitter can be used to post updates [...]
Jack Abraham has Taken Milo.com From Idea to Over 1 Million Monthly Visitors
Jack Abraham has had the entrepreneur bug since an early age. His father started the public company comScore and he was amazed at the process of taking an idea and building it into a powerful company.
At only 23 Jack is on a similar path with Milo.com. He attended the Wharton School of Business at the [...]
