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Authors: Scott Gerber
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Index
Accountants
Accounts receivable
Advertising, online.
See also
Marketing
Advisors
Affiliate programs
American Express
Android
Angel investors
Angie’s List
AOL
Art of Non-Conformity, The
(Guillebeau)
Art of the Start, The
(Kawasaki)
Ask Gerber
(Web show)
Assets, personal
Authenticity, value of
Background checks.
See
Due diligence
Bankers
Banking
Barbie’s Birthday blowout
Bartering for services
Bear Sterns
Benefits.
See
Health benefits
Bing
Blodget, Henry
Blogger
Blogs
entrepreneur-oriented
guerrilla marketing
SEO via
Body language
Bonuses.
See
Incentives
Bookmarking, online
Boomerang Club, defined
Brand message
active
channels
vis-à-vis competitors’
conveying
distributing
diversifying
effective
optimizing
philanthropy and
protecting
via public relations
reactive
via social media
targeting
Branson, Richard
Brogan, Chris
Budgeting, personal
Bump
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Burn rate, life.
See
Life burn rate analysis
Business cards
Businesses, start-up.
See
Start-ups
Business Insider
(Blodget)
Business model, importance of
Business plans
avoiding traditional
caveats
one-paragraph method
BusinessWeek
Calls to action
Campbell, Anita
Cash flow
as first priority
tips for improving
Character issues
lying
partner assessment
Circuit City
Clark, Brian
CNN.com
College Hunks Hauling Junk
Colleges
author’s alma mater
as idea incubator
intern programs
unfulfilled promises of
Commission Junction
Communication issues
Companies.
See
Start-ups
“Company that shalt not be named”
business plan
cash flow problems
failure of
launching of
marketing flaws
mission misconception
sales errors
Compensation.
See
Wage issues
Competitors
in business plan
caveats
customers’ view of
monitoring social media of
reacting to
spying on
SWOT analysis and
Conference Board
Consultants, lunchtime
Contracts, sales
Conversation, as business catalyst
Copernic Tracker
Corporate ladder
Corporate structure
Cosper, Amy
Cost-benefit analysis, personal finances
Cost-cutting techniques
business
personal
Coupons, online
Cover letters
CPR analysis
Creativity, value of
in brand message
for business cards
in business plans
partner-related
product-related
Credit cards
Gen Y and
maximizing use of
online comparisons
partner-related
Criticism, soliciting
Crush It!
(Vaynerchuk)
Customers
in business plan
cues from
encouraging repeat
feedback from
impressing
incentivizing
as influencers (
see
Word-of-mouth)
link-swapping with
satisfying
targeting
Customer service
Data mining
Debt, personal
Gen Y stats
as investment drawback
managing
partner-related
Decision making, tips for
Delicious
Delivering Happiness
(Hsieh)
Demos, product
Department of Labor
Diet and exercise
Digg
Digital footprints, tracking.
See
Data mining
Documentation, sales
Document services, online
Domain names
Duct Tape Marketing
(Jantsch)
Due diligence
employee-related
investor-related
partnership
prospect-related
vendor-related
Economic Policy Institute
Education, myths
Ego issues
EIN number
E-mail
professional-looking
subject line
Employees
caveats
hiring tips
interns as
low-cost workforce
lunchtime consultants
one-callers
powerlessness of
virtual workforce
Employment
job satisfaction
post-college
Enron
Entitlement issues
Entrepreneur
magazine
Entrepreneurs
author’s challenge to
communication issues
lifestyle issues
productivity issues
resources for
self-discipline issues
Entrepreneurship
author’s view of
bare-bones
disincentivizing
versus employment
pitfalls of
preliminary tasks
Equity
Escape from Cubicle Nation
(Slim)
Evans, Sarah
Exit strategies, caveats