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Not-for-profit Miro launches new 'adopt a line of code' business model
In an effort to secure required development funds and a way forward, open source media software platform Miro today announced its revised business model: adopt a line of the software's code.
What the newspaper industry needs to do to survive
Frankly, it sounds like newspapers are struggling to understand the opportunities and rules that govern the online world. There is a whole generation that has grown up with the concept of freemium economics. Try to charge them for something they have always had for free and you’ll lose them altogether. They need to remember that their main customers are advertisers.
Website(s) of the week: Students locked up until they built 6 web startups from...
The idea of locking a bunch of creative people in a room until they have hammered out a plan for a new business is not new. In fact, it's been done at Mixer events around the world for a number of years. But the concepts - which tends to engender a form of Stockholm Syndrome in entrepreneurs held hostage by market problems - always seems to churn out interesting formative business. They might not always go on to become the next Google, but the process illustrates the power of focused collaboration.
Stimulus goes viral
Stimulus is in the air, and not just in the form of optimistic government handouts.
10 Ways to pump up your profits in May
Your goal in these challenging times is to keep focusing on how you can generate more income for your business. Keep asking yourself: "Is this the best use of my time? Is this going to generate more money for my business?" If it is not, stop doing it, or outsource it.
How to write a business plan on a postcard
When attempting to understand 'how to write a business plan' it is often better to first ask, 'What is a business plan anyway?'
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How Russian Roulette could save your business
When two people decide to start a business together, it's hard for them to see how this promising relationship might one day turn sour. Managing the end-game is something to get right at the beginning with a stakeholders agreement. Russell Wheeler explains why.
Dots Gloves: Just the thing for an iPhone winter
Thinking back, those old gloves with the fingers cut off were a triumph of rationality over common sense. Useful, but kinda pointless. Fortunately, glove...
The 8 things that lead to success
After seven years and 500 interviews, analyst Richard St. John isolated the eight things that lead to success. In this video, he shares them in three minutes.
Basejumpers use wingsuits to fly – just amazing
These basejumpers grew board of just jumping off cliffs, falling for a bit then popping a shoot. So they built sugar-glider wing suits and began to fly. That wasn't quite doing it for them, so they went to Norway and began flying close - really close - to cliffs and rocks... even roads.
Breathing life into deceased digital estates
Having one's head crammed full of digital passwords is a fairly recent phenomenon. So it's no surprise that almost no one has considered the...
6 Social Media mistakes other people make – and how to avoid them
Internet marketing is complex and it's becoming more so every day. You can't do everything, so it is essential that what you do is...
Website of the Week: Business Exchange
The real value in this new digital media landscape rests with networks and the ability to extract what is interesting and useful from the cacophony created online by pornographers, pontificators and penny-stock pushers. Last August, US business magazine BusinessWeek lifted the lid on Business Exchange, a social media initiative that it had been developing for two years.
Australia's vanishing clean coal opportunity
If we are to defend and improve our competitive standing as a first-tier global economy, Australia needs to invest heavily in the development of...
Australia’s vanishing clean coal opportunity
If we are to defend and improve our competitive standing as a first-tier global economy, Australia needs to invest heavily in the development of...
Work and the “F” Word(s)
Last year I was enlightened by a friend about the 3 Fs of work - Fun, Fame or Fortune. This lady is a brilliant...
21 things to consider before carrying out redundancies
Most business owners stress out at the thought of redundancies. It is very important to find a middle ground (it will never be a perfect balance) between acting under the legal and commercial requirements and responding humanely to people's lives being affected so dramatically. Here are 21 things you must consider before carrying out redundancies.
The value of sweat equity
Focusing all your energy on conjuring the perfect idea for a business is just plain lazy, argues Kevin Garber.
Assisted-walking with Honda’s new ‘Robolegs’
The global economic crisis might have ravaged the once mighty Japanese auto industry, but it's good to see that Honda continues to flex its...
Assisted-walking with Honda's new 'Robolegs'
The global economic crisis might have ravaged the once mighty Japanese auto industry, but it's good to see that Honda continues to flex its...
