http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_entrepreneurs By Babson Entrepreneurs for Babson Entrepreneurs Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:19:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Most people at one point or another want to start their own business. The idea of being self-employed or the ability to control one's boss sounds appealing. However, once that great idea has been hatched for your business, you've got to begin to do some of the most important research ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_entrepreneurs/2010/03/13/youve-got-the-ideanow-where-do-you-put-your-business/ Business plans can be a great tool for a startup business to use. They can also be completely unnecessary. That seems to be the sum of opinions reported on by Mark Henricks of Entrepreneur.com. Not everybody agrees on whether a business plan is necessary for a business. However, having at ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_entrepreneurs/2010/03/13/business-plans-a-must-or-not/ To get started, one has to start somewhere. The starting point lies on the way one wants to do things. To get going draft a review schedule that will guide the execution of business. Before jumping into action raise certain questions related to strategies like, what distinctive features your products ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_entrepreneurs/2010/03/09/guide-to-entrepreneurs/ Are you a budding entrepreneur who is looking for a productive and engaging way to participate in both National Entrepreneurship Week and America Saves Week? The U.S. Small Business Administration is making it easy for you to do so by hosting a series of free webinars to encourage the next ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_entrepreneurs/2010/02/27/sba-offering-free-youthpreneur-webinar-series/ When you're starting a business, getting your idea to work has a lot more to do with the people involved than with the idea itself. In order to get your business off the ground, you have to know about the business you are trying to compete in, and you have ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_entrepreneurs/2010/02/25/tips-for-success-in-starting-your-own-business/ If you’ve been listening to President Obama’s recent speeches, you know that he is a strong support of small business owners and entrepreneurship, and it’s easy to see why. Small businesses produce over half of all private sector jobs, and 13 times more patents than large companies do (per employee). ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_entrepreneurs/2010/02/24/american-entrepreneurship/ We all know there are two sides to a story, the same can be said when two people participate in a business acquisition. Both parties may be reading from the same book, but each approaches the transaction with a different point of view. In a typical transaction, it is usually ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_entrepreneurs/2010/02/24/seller-beware/ I recently read an article from an author named Peter Drucker wrote a book called ”Innovation and Entrepreneurship” and found it very interesting and thought I'd share it with all of you. This book has with stood the test of time and has become one of 'the' books for new ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_entrepreneurs/2010/02/21/a-summary-of-entrepreneurial-concepts/ With my company I was put in charge of the extensive research and development work, I can say that the pricing for the services we provide are very much straightforward and it become important to maintain transparency to be in the business. Knowledge based assets are completely different from real ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_entrepreneurs/2010/02/21/importance-of-asset-valuation-of-an-idea/ Submissions are due for our annual business plan competitions, the longest-standing of their kind and one of Babsons’ greatest traditions. Our annual John H. Muller Undergraduate and Douglass Foundation Graduate business plan competition will take place on Thursday, April 22nd , 2010. Registrations and business plan submissions are due by ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_entrepreneurs/2010/02/18/business-plan-competition-2/