There is and will always be a debate among entrepreneurs on when is the right time to purchase your business cards. There are some who believe that it is a waste of money and time because it does not directly add to their product or service. My opinion from experience is that if you plan [...]

We’ve now had 3 interns at bongobing, so I thought I’d share some of our lessons learned. There is a big difference between hiring an unpaid intern and a paid one. Not because the quality of their work is any different (although many times it is), but because the expectations may be different. The interview [...]

As many of you know, part of bongobing’s strategy is SEO (Search Engine Optimization) so I thought I would share some tips. First, there is onsite and offsite SEO both of which do involve a great deal of work. As a whole, SEO comes down to producing relevant content for your users and getting inbound [...]

As a fulltime entrepreneur you have to do a lot with very little. In order to successfully continue as an entrepreneur, you must cut costs and KEEP THE CASH on hand. The best policy is to identify need to have and want to have items because they are almost never the same. Learn how to [...]

My biggest drawback has always been my inability to stay focused on a boring task, but it is something that we must all do. The way that I’ve grown to deal with it is by using the same thought process everyone goes through right before they go into a pool and are afraid of touching [...]

Things have been hectic over the past few days with the holiday shopping season creeping up and the bongo team working as hard as possible to get the site ready for the upcoming wave of traffic. On a more positive note, I’ve learned a bit about myself and what I’m good at as an entrepreneur. [...]

Hear and assess more than 90 new venture ideas each pitched in three minutes or less by Babson alumni and students at Babson’s 10th Annual Rocket Pitch Event on Friday, October 30, 2009 in Olin Hall on the Babson College campus.
Babson invites its alumni and student entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to a large [...]

A “want to be entrepreneur” hits a wall and decides to give up and go home, a true entrepreneur makes a door and charges others for going through it.

Learn about Donna Fenn’s new book, Upstarts! How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit from Their Success. The author will give an insight into how the GenY entrepreneurs do business differently and have managed to succeed in their entrepreneurial revolution.
Tuesday, October 6th, 5pm
Blank Center, Rotunda

BongoBing has gone through a bagillion website transformations all making the site better than the last, but the real question is does it actually matter? Does a better website mean better revenue? The answer is a big YES.