On his latest album, Intimate Moments, comedian Aziz Ansari recounts an outrageous fish-out-of-water story about a night he spent in an L.A. club with Kanye West and Jay-Z. At one point in the night, Jay-Z ordered a bottle of vodka made by his own company. “He signed the…
How can you create a cost management plan that will take into account the dynamic day-to-day challenges of running a webstore? A strategic cost management plan can help you know when to use which delivery service. Taking the time to crunch the numbers might cause a small headache…
According to the Small Business Administration, 52 percent of small businesses are home-based. Anyone who has ever had a work-from-home situation is probably familiar with the jealous looks that acquaintances give when they hear that you work from home. They’ll say things like, “Oh that sounds like a…
Shady accounting practices are what landed Enron and WorldCom in hot water with the SEC, and although you may be the owner of a small online business or brand new ecommerce company, and not publicly traded, it is probably in your best interest to adhere to the generally…
Walter Frick of BostInno, a Boston tech blogozine, recently completed a feasibility study report on completing an MBA while launching a startup. Not surprisingly his feasibility study overwhelming found one thing: it is not an easy task. By a long shot. In the study, Frick interviewed a few…
Next time you want a lesson in improving operational efficiency and effective leadership, you might want to consider turning on ESPN. Between stories of players being suspended for night club brawls and on-court scuffles, you might hear a mention or two of the San Antonio Spurs and how…
In April, many economists and business leader would have called Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan, “the smartest guy in the room.” He gained a reputation for shrewdness and economic know-how for guiding the iconic bank through the 2007 recession mostly unscathed. That all changed in May when the…
I moved my What is Order Management post into a new page on the blog. You can now reach that article here.
Ever wonder if you are spending money wisely on search advertising? I recently had to go through the exercise to understand terminology and analyze if the money we spent on search engine advertising was really worth it. I figured this would be useful to others looking to do…