SAD VIDEOS

The two short videos were very sad because this is happening all over the country and the world. You work at a company for years and its all gone in a matter of weeks. Some older people never get what they lost back.

...and she works for them??

...they might have to sell equity in their business

The Flipside

Hi everyone,
I found this article online and found it to be a very interesting take on small business start up in this economy. The author points out some very good positives that most of us forget. I think we are always concentrating and preparing for the negatives that we forget about what we could take advantage of during a "recession".

http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/oct2008/sb2008106_319606.htm?chan=smallbiz_smallbiz+index+page_getting+started

Success of Small Business Decreases?

Hey,

During the power point of chapter 1 there was a slide that showed the success of a small business over the course of ten years. I was amazed to see that over time the success decreased. I found this information to be very interesting. Does this imply that most small business will fail eventually? Also, does anyone have any ideas why the success rate decreases every year?

Paige

Entrepreneurs Forecast for 2009

Hi Everyone,

Guess there are two Robs in the class, but I should show up as 'Rob Levin' hopefully.

I read this article on what's ahead in 2009 for small businesspeople on money.cnn.com, and thought it was worthwhile. Most of what they reported was stuff I already had read about, but I thought it was a nice overview.

Yea, I'm with you Rob. I am not much of a blogger.

I'M NEW

Hello everyone,

This bloging thing is new to me and I never blogged before this message so please excuse me. Hopefully I catch on quick.

Rob

Video Web SIte Address

Sorry everyone - the link didn't appear on my posting. Here it is again.

http://www.just212.com/video/?utm_source=just212.com&utm_medium=etf&utm_content=text_watch-the-video&utm_campaign=just212_just212


~Angela

Fahrenheit 212 - The temperature at which water boils

I found this video on a website and I thought that it was really interesting. It talks about how it takes just one more step or action to make something happen. As a entrepreneur or small business owner what action or steps would you take to make the "water boil"?



~Angela

Cartoons by Andertoons

"a dream is not enough...you have to be DRIVEN"

This video story is very inspiring...http://www.smallbusinessschool.org/video.cfm?clip=1271

Do you agree with the video posted below? That is, his outline of the 3 transformations? Post your comments here.

Thanks!
KElly

Welcome!

Dear Small Business Management Students,
Welcome to your Spring 2009 class and welcome to YOUR blog... We will be updating/contributing to this blog throughout the semester. To become a contributor all you have to do is send me an e-mail address. I will invite you to be a contributor. You will have to join with a username and password and then you'll be set to go!!
We will POST and COMMENT throughout the semester in attempt to keep up with current events as they relate to small business. Your contributions will be invaluable! You can post TEXT, VIDEOS, IMAGES etc. and your classmates can comment on your POSTS.
If you have yet to contribute to a blog...we'll teach you along the way.

Have fun!
Kelly