'Entrepreneurship' tagged blog posts in My Story

In case you happened to miss this, the Fall New York Entrepreneur Week is upon us and entrepreneurs of all stripes are gearing up for a week filled with golden nuggets of entrepreneur wisdom. Here are some details:

New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEW) | NOVEMBER 8th - 12th, 2010

As a special discount for the 85 Broads Community, input code 85BROADS345 for a limited time and receive 75% off the entire event.

Click...

These days the word "entrepreneur" immediately conjures up images of a geeky tech/hipster dude who invented yet another way to tap into the social graph. Supported and shaped by the media, this portrait of the modern day entrepreneur is uncompromisingly rigid and misses a whole host of fabulously creative people who are bootstrapping it to success.

Being in tech myself (www.NabeWise.com), I'm sad to say that I too sometimes forget that...

Any entrepreneur who fits the below criteria and is interested in a PR opportunity w/ Crain's NY, please contact me directly at Diana.Sonis@gmail.com

Your business must be:
- based in the 5 boroughs of New York
- not a completely new start-up
- in decent shape financially

............yet...

I came across this article by 85 Broads member and co-founder of In Good Company, Adelaide Lancaster, late last night. While 2am is not a great time to catch up on your reading, this piece was worth every minute of beauty sleep.

Over the past few weeks, I've met and had deep conversations with various female entrepreneurs. All of them scoffed when VC funding was brought into the conversation. That can't...

Very excited about bringing Danielle LaPorte and her FireStarter sessions to 85 Broads. Danielle is a serial entrepreneur, an fearless advisor, and a kind friend...what more can one ask for?

Check out her fierce blog www.whitehottruth.com.

Here is a little preview of Danielle's FireStarter Sessions: http://whitehottruth.com/business-wealth-articles/all-about-the-fire-starter-sessions-digital-book-in-just-two-minutes/

Mark the date ladies. You will love her.

D.

New volunteer opportunities for E.Forum:

BUZZ CREATORS

If you love social media, 85 Broads and all things entrepreneurial, this is a great volunteer role and a terrific way to meet more people in the network and the speakers at our events.

We need people who are experts in using the social media platforms to:

1-create buzz for upcoming events via facebook, twitter, linkedin platforms

2-Re-post, re-tweet, post relevant discussions and news items on

3-be available...

EForum first Jam Session was led by Adam Penenberg, author of Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today's Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves. Thank you to all who were able to attend!

I want to follow up today's session with one of the most practical guides to creating your own viral loop that I have found to date

***

5 crucial stages in designing your viral loop
By Andrew Chen

Designing a viral loop has multiple...

Just got off the phone with Manisha Thakor (http://manishathakor.com/)...an 85Broad and someone who knows a thing or two about the $$$.

We'll jam with Manisha in a few months on:

1. Her personal journey from Corporate America to Entrepreneur
2. How (and whether) to write & publish a book with a "real" publishing house (as opposed to self-publish)
3. Practical, actionable financial advice for bootstrapping a new entrepreneurial venture

Aspiring and current entrepreneurs take...

Today: 85 Broad and Branding expert Elizabeth Talerman (www.nucleusbranding.com) agreed to do a few sessions on branding how-to + tools for the Entrepreneurship Forum at 85 Broads. Finally! Some practical advice on building a brand for your business? YES.

Here's a little preview...this is a re-post from a blog entry by Elizabeth about the most basic principles of branding that the American car companies could observe in order to get things back...

Acuray founder John Adler laughs and says his free-spirited son, Trip Adler, couldn't have done anything aside from becoming an entrepreneur. "Entrepreneurs have no rules," he points out. One piece of advice he does give his son: Never give up the title of CEO. It's one of the hardest things to learn, he confesses. Trip Adler, CEO of Scribd, concurs. He explains that in many cases, it is the founder...