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Starting a Business with Partners

by Jose DeJesus MD on December 17, 2008

Here are some thoughts about how to prevent your business from taking over your life by including well-selected co-owners:

You set out to run your own business to gain more independence and for the opportunity to realize the income possible as the owner of a successful business. If you are spending every moment running your business, at best the profits are sitting in the bank and you are too tired to enjoy the benefits of your labor. This does not have to be the case. By setting up a business so that it can run without you, you free up your time and energy. One of the best ways to accomplish this is to bring one or more trustworthy people into the business.

Startup / Entrepreneurship

Microsoft India launches BizSpark for startups

Deepti Chaudhary - Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:53 PM

In its bid to woo startups in India, Microsoft Corp (India) Pvt Ltd. has launched Microsoft BizSpark - a program designed to provide free access to Microsoft’s professional software. Under the initiative, BizSpark will offer access to the company’s current development tools, platform technologies as well as production licenses at no cost.

“The initiative is targeted at the startups for whom affording software means capital expenditure. We want to be an enabler for them,” said Moorthy Uppaluri, general manager, developer and platform evangelism, Microsoft Corp (India). The incentives include, access to design tools, development test and demonstration, IT operations servers, and support resources (both technical and non technical) and integration with Microsoft's sales team and product groups.

Startup / Entrepreneurship
Focus on your vision to turn the dream into reality Scotland On Sunday Published Date: 14 December 2008 IT'S THAT Eureka moment: having a cracking moneymaking idea. There's nothing like it. Well, almost nothing, but that's not business-related and therefore not suitable for a reputable column such as this. Reputable? Who am I kidding? Let me explain. What I really mean is that, for an entrepreneur, having a great idea is second only to sex: the initial buzz of excitement, the thrill of the chase (that would be securing funding, for those who haven't done the entrepreneur thing before), the adrenaline rush (putting the business together and watching it grow), the climax of the idea coming to fruition (no explanation required).
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Recession Startups More Successful

Startup / Entrepreneurship

Recession Startups More Successful

According to a new study, what doesn't kill your new business makes it stronger.

By:Kelly Faircloth / Inc
Published December 12, 2008

Entrepreneurs that keep their startups afloat during the economic crisis have a better-than-average chance of achieving long-term success, according to a new study by the Kaufmann Foundation.

Making $$ on the Web

YouTube videos are pulling in serious money

By Brian Stelter / The New York Times
Dec. 10, 2008

Making videos for YouTube--for three years a pastime for millions of Web surfers--is now a way to make a living.

One year after YouTube, the online video powerhouse, invited members to become "partners" and added advertising to their videos, the most successful users are earning six-figure incomes from the Web site. For some, like Michael Buckley, the self-taught host of a celebrity chatter show, filming funny videos is now a full-time job.

Making $$ on the Web

OMG: Russia entrepreneur looks for $$$ from ;-)

By MIKE ECKEL / AP
Dec 10, 2008

MOSCOW (AP) — How much would you pay for a ;-)? A Russian businessman has trademarked the emoticon — or combination of punctuation marks — used to convey a wink in text messages and e-mail.

Oleg Teterin, president of the mobile ad company Superfone, said Thursday he doesn't plan on tracking down individual users following the decision by the federal patent agency.

"I want to highlight that this is only directed at corporations, companies that are trying to make a profit without the permission of the trademark holder," he said in comments to NTV.

An Austin layoff produces a startup

Startup / Entrepreneurship

An Austin layoff produces a startup

By Lori Hawkins | statesman
Thursday, December 11, 2008, 04:20 PM

We often hear about how tech industry layoffs lead to a new crop of startups being created.

I know that the list of Austin engineers and marketers who have left big companies on their own to become entrepreneurs is long. (Among the best examples — Tivoli Systems started by former IBM Corp. engineers and Silicon Labs launched by former Crystal Semiconductor engineers.)

But with another wave of tech downsizing feared, I’ve been trying without success to think of any venture-backed Austin tech company started by the abruptly unemployed.

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