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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…
We are finally far enough along with technology that sending out holiday invitations for Thanksgiving and Christmas is as easy as abc! Do not plan on making some fancy design yourself for each individual holiday card because it will take you forever. Instead, use the web and its powerful technology to make the invitations for…
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.…
Our startup, BongoBing, has gone through tremendous change over the past few months from a website where everything seems to be broken to one that is innovating and changing the way people shop online for the better. Not too long ago we started our first day at the Babson Summer Ventures program with the hope…
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. Our search results page, example: outdoor seating furniture, has evolved dramatically in terms of user utility and appearance…
Every person who works in sales wants to be a big shot rainmaker.The man in the company who brings in all the huge clients that propels the start up into stardom.I rarely have time to read books myself (hopefully when I retire I get that chance) but this is one very short book that took…
