Author Archives: Greg
The Headphones of the Future?
By Eli Sinaiko It is difficult to stop oneself from losing productivity to daydreams about owning these headphones. Fortunately, thanks to an incredibly successful crowd-funding campaign which has raised over half a million dollars, you can either secure your own pair … Continue reading
When and How to Share Your Ideas (cntd.)
Who Isn’t Able to Execute on your Idea (Almost Everybody!) The one big exception to this is an individual with significant marketing skills and/or connectionsYou are then left with trying to understand their ability to take the product and run … Continue reading
When and how to Share your Ideas
When should you share your information, with whom, and how?Makers are naturally concerned about their ideas and while there are legitimate reasons for keeping some information close to your vest, I find most makers err on the side of being … Continue reading
The Entrepreneur Lifestyle – What’s it Really Like? And How to Help it Go Smoothly
Many people dream of being an entrepreneur, but don’t have a clear idea of what it is all about. The most common misconceptions are that: entrepreneurs make lots of money, they have a lot of freedom in their job, they … Continue reading
Early Stage Vetting (cntd.)
Picking up where we left off (link part one of the article here) Protectable An important thing to remember is that there are many aspects to protection. Many people just think about patents, but patents only offer legal protection and, … Continue reading
Early Stage Vetting of Business Ideas
I have been having crazy business ideas for a long time, ever since I can remember really. I had the lemonade stand (that lasted until the second customer was a bully and just drank the lemonade and took my money!). … Continue reading
Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Her
We’re entering the final stretch and last full week of holiday shopping. If you’re like many of us and have been waiting for that burst of inspiration, that brilliant gift idea to hit you (that hasn’t come yet), we have … Continue reading
Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Him
It’s that time of year again. The time, if you’re like me, that you wake up one day and say, “Holy Mistletoe Batman, Santa Claus is about the come down the chimney and I still haven’t finished my holiday sh0pping”! … Continue reading
Marketing for the Holiday Season
For many retailers, the holiday season represents between 20-40% of their annual sales! Preparing for the holiday season as friends and family members takes a bit of planning and attention, but doing so as a small business owner with a … Continue reading
The 8-Bit Lit Lamp Project (Part 2)
In this post I’ll continue where I left off in the last post and tell you more about our experience concerning the 8-Bit Lit Lamp project. Sourcing Materials By the end of the last post, we had hit a roadblock. The … Continue reading
