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How Y Combinator Schools Tech Startups

Jessica Livingston along with Trevor Blackwell (center), Paul Graham, and Robert Morris, cofounded Y Combinator, which trains early-stage tech startups for a "semester" to help them navigate companyhood.READ»

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Money Saving Ideas

Outrageous Money-Saving Ideas from Anita Campbell Small Business ideas worth readingREAD»

Women in Tech

We inadvertently ignited a firestorm late last year when we posted a story on FastCompany.com called "The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0." While some comments focused on the accomplishments of the women chosen, or suggested others we might have named, many were graphic, sexist, and nasty. Among the arguments put forward was that a women-only list was in itself sexist. We certainly wish the need for such a list had long passed, but women in tech remain at a distinct disadvantage by any metric: average salary, top-management representation, board memberships. Women who have succeeded in technology deserve recognition; and so we present this expanded list.READ»

The Most Influential Women in Technology

Women who have succeeded in technology deserve recognition: They are an inspiration for everyone, demonstrating what can be achieved through creativity and hard work.READ»

• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs
• Women in Tech: The Gamers
• Women in Tech: The Evangelists
• Women in Tech: The Activists
• Women in Tech: The Bloggers
• Women in Tech: The Brainiacs

How to Boost the Value of Your Business

A company is worth what a buyer perceives. Time-tested ways to increase the value of yours include adding new sales channels and locking in strategic alliances.READ»

The Many "About Us" pages

Many times, we in the design world, are often selling and explaining the visual strategies behind a design, but the copy is just as critical to the success of a piece as the visual design.READ»

Building A Greenwash Crisis Plan

I started writing this post a few weeks ago, inspired by this article, PR Agency Warned Starbucks About Wasteful Water Policy. Like, what were they thinking?   I know, I know, it’s hard to think of everything, but that they pay ...READ»

Turbo-Charge Your Product Launch To Optimize Buzz

When launching a new product or service, go for the value, not the flash. Value builds revenue, company growth, future funding. Flash is transitory.Your public launch of a product or service will raise the profile of your ...READ»

Five Mistakes Companies Make During Downturns

Here’s the reality: companies make mistakes all the time. In an economic downturn, however, avoiding the big slip ups becomes all the more crucial. Small business owners tend to react impulsively at times, and while this may earn ...READ»

Celebrating Entrepreneurship Week

Entrepreneurs drive economic growth. That's because all countries depend on the aspirations and ideas of their people to innovate, create jobs, and prosper. Ever-faster means of communication and increasing ease of travel make it ...READ»

Bigger is Bigger, Not Better

Are the days of the big design agency over? It seems to me they have been over for quite a while now. In the late 90's with the dot com craze in full throttle it looked as though they were making a comeback. With every design ...READ»

The RFP and The Players

I'm always excited when we receive an RFP (Request for Proposal) here at Percepted… especially when it’s from a new contact. It opens the door to network and establish new business relationships which of course we all hope ends ...READ»

Does (RED) Hurt Philanthropy?

Let me first say that I believe that the (RED) program is great. It has done great things, raised a lot of money and awareness, but I have to ask if it hasn’t done some harm as well. There are obviously people in need around the ...READ»

Encouraging Innovation: How Can We Do It Better?

In Tuesday’s New York Times, there was a story about how entrepreneurs have been getting into the game of buying undervalued websites, revamping them, and then selling them for a profit. Read it here. These web-preneurs use home ...READ»

Philanthropy made easy for small business.

I recently read an article on philanthropy.com written by Nicole Wallace that had some exciting news in it for small business owners that would like to let their customers know about their philanthropic giving, while really ...READ»

Going Green is Here to Stay

Energy independence, global warming and the negative effects of "business as usual" on our environment are driving consumers, investors, and business owners to the multi-trillion dollar "Going Green" movement. ...READ»

Coming Soon: Nontrepreneur Nation

Coming Soon: Nontrepreneur Nation How parenting and education are killing American entrepreneurship and innovation Despite how U.S. students continue to lag far behind those in Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and ...READ»

tried to post a message to the group

the system says not authorized. ok.   so, hi. only for today am I a newbie.   tomorrow, the E world!READ»

Social Entrepreneurs, Doing the Greatest Good.

The word entrepreneur means, in French, "one who takes into hand".  Social entrepreneurs are in my opinion the worlds greatest creative problem solvers because of this basic concept of taking into hand the issues of the ...READ»

Buy Local

The "buy local" movement has taken huge strides lately in getting into the "popular culture", and good thing too! Rising oil prices, urban sprawl, and global warming all factor in to the equation of why we need a ...READ»