Top Places for Auto Thefts

June 9, 2006

Thanks to cnn.com for this one on the Top Places for Auto Thefts.  The number of stolen cars each year has gone down for 2 years now (probably due to the growth in the economy).  But if you live in these places, watch your car: Modesto, CA Las Vegas/Paradise, NV Stockton, CA Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, AZ Visialia/Porterville, [...]

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Business Valuation Guide

June 8, 2006

Over the years I have often wondered how to value the companies I have been involved with.  I have relied mainly on the Accounting people to give me helps, but what if I wanted to know just ball park numbers? Inc. came out with a Business Valuation Guide in the Jan 2006 edition that has [...]

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U.S. States with Surplus Budgets

June 8, 2006

Fortune reports 42 U.S. States with Surplus Budgets during the 2006 fiscal year.  The total surplus for these states is expected to be 28.9 billion.  This is a huge improvement for all 50 states which in 2000 had a combined 265 billion in debt.

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Innovation – The New Core Competency

June 7, 2006

I have been reading lately on the word of the year – Innovation – The New Core Competency. This has been the main focus at many world business conferences, and also featured articles in Inc., BusinessWeek, and Fortune. Knowledge used to be the core competency, but knowhow like software creation, programming, accounting, legal work, engineering [...]

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Personalized Photo Stamps

June 7, 2006

Cool Product – Personalized Photo Stamps at stamps.com.  For a $5-$10 fee above normal postage, you can send U.S. Postage with your custom picture on it.  What a cool idea.  I doubt I would do it, but hey I haven’t sent my Grandma a letter for a while and it might be a good way [...]

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Cheap Video Recorder

June 6, 2006

During Christmas 2005 there was a Cheap Video Recorder on the market at the CVS and Riteaid drug stores.  This product seemed really neat.  it recorded video for up to 20 minutes, had a viewing screen, and you could re-record over bad videos before you got it processed.  It sold for $30 and processing to [...]

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Donating Clothes, Books or Other Tax Deductions

June 5, 2006

I read an interesting article in the Feb 20, 2006 BusinessWeek on Donating Clothes, Books or Other Tax Deductions.  The article stated that case law requires all noncash items to be used for tax deductions need to be able to be backed up if they are over $250.  There is a useful guide here Salvation [...]

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Google Tops The Search Market

May 23, 2006

Good article confirming HitWise and Nielsen//NetRatings data that Google Tops The Search Market again! The article is from Sci-tech, and reports on Comscore’s research concluding that in March 2006 Google continued to widen its spread with rivals Yahoo and MSN and is now at 43.1 percent of all U.S. searches. This is nine months in [...]

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Provo Labs Entrepreneur

May 17, 2006

Ever since I was young, I have been involved in activities to make money while being my own boss. I started many entrepreneur projects from selling cotton candy in front of Albertson’s food market (over $100/hr) to selling 1000s of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Gum packs in Junior High School. When I found out about the [...]

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Creating an Incubator

May 16, 2006

What an exciting meeting today with Sterling Francom of Miller Business Innovation Center. Sterling has been involved in Creating an Incubator for many years now for SLCC (Salt Lake Community Center). They have a fantastic operation and a lot of success. One of the companies that graduated from the Miller incubator was Alligence, formerly Silent [...]

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Utah Young Entrepreneurs

May 15, 2006

It has been my dream for a long time to start a nonprofit for Utah Young Entrepreneurs. This “school” would be a training ground for high school and college students on entrepreneurship. Each student will actually start a business during the six week program. The goal of Young Entrepreneurs is to provide the education and [...]

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Cities with Highest and Lowest Incomes

May 12, 2006

Thanks to the U.S. Census and Inc. magazine May 2006 for these stats on the Cities with Highest and Lowest Incomes. Highest Median Household Income Cities: Sugar Land, Texas – $84,842 Missouri City, Texas – $71,902 San Jose, California – $71,765 Coral Springs, Florida – $65,062 Anchorage, Alaska – $61,595 Lowest Median Household Income Cities: [...]

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Google Search Trends

May 11, 2006

Thanks to my friend Richard for this one on Google Search Trends.  I am glad to see that Google is finding ways to release some of its search information through various products.  Below is the graph for the keyword “Iraq”, and the boxes A-F indicate certain media articles or news casts. This one is very [...]

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States with Highest and Lowest Median Household Income

May 11, 2006

I visited the U.S. Census website and noted some interesting statistics on the States with Highest and Lowest Median Household Income.  Here are some takeaways: States with Highest Median Household Income (U.S. Average is $44,473): New Hampshire – $57,352 New Jersey – $56,772 Maryland – $56,763 Connecticut – $55,970 Minnesota – $55,914 Alaska – $54,627 [...]

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Linkedin.com Growth Chart

May 10, 2006

Alexa reports that linkedin.com is one of the fastest growing websites in the world right now. I don’t know the reason for the massive spike in traffic, but check out the Linkedin.com Growth Chart from Jimmy Z I have seen amazing growth, but what happened at the end of April to the Linkedin.com Growth Chart. [...]

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Best and Hottest Cities for Employment

May 9, 2006

Great article on the Best and Hottest Cities for Employment in the U.S. from May 2006 Inc. magazine.  The list is broken down into small cities, midsize cities and large cities, here are some takeaways: Hottest Small Cities (employment base of less than 150,000): #1 = Yuma, Arizona #2 = St. George, Utah St. George [...]

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May 2006 Best Undergraduate Business Schools

May 8, 2006

BusinessWeek May 8 2006 had a great article on the May 2006 Best Undergraduate Business Schools in the U.S. At the top was Pennsylvania (Wharton), and #8 had Brigham Young (Marriott) as the 8th best business school for undergraduates. In fact recruiters put Brigham Young at #1 in the survey. The Power of RankingI do [...]

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Yahoo & MSN Attack Google

May 5, 2006

Great article this week in BusinessWeek (may 8 2006) on the Yahoo & MSN Attack Google. Here are some take aways: The 1st quarter of 2004 showed Yahoo at .25 billion and Google at about .35 billion The 1st quarter of 2005 showed Yahoo at about .4 billion and Google at about .8 billion The [...]

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Eight Partnership Tips

May 4, 2006

I have been reading lately on forming partnerships, and here are Eight Partnership Tips I have read from others or experienced myself: Be a flexible partner – You have to accept their decisions even if you would choose something different Be an open partner – You have to be open if you expect your partners [...]

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Sponsored Opinions

May 3, 2006

I read a good article not long ago in the Jan 30 2006 edition of BusinessWeek on Sponsored Opinions. The idea is that opinion pieces in some popular newspapers are sponsored. In other words those writing opinions are paid to take a side (takes away from authenticity if your opinion changes with the money thrown [...]

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Employee Struggles

May 1, 2006

Good article in Inc. magazine Nov 2005 edition on how to handle Employee Struggles. Here are some takeaways: 1. Ask nonthreatening, open-ended questions 2. Use hypothetical conversations to teach others how to communicate 3. Keep private conversations confidential to encourage total honesty 4. Alert management when company policies are causing tension and uneasiness These may [...]

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Hours a Week Gaming?

April 29, 2006

Stanford University recently provided and interesting statistic for how many Hours a Week Gaming the average gamer participates in. The average gamer of Mass Multi Player games such as World of Warcraft or Half-Life spend an average of 20 hours a week playing. The average console gamer spends about 7 hours a week gaming. Many [...]

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Blogging Gone Bad

April 27, 2006

What do you do when your corporate blog goes bad? Blogging Gone Bad is one of the top fears of corporate bloggers. According to a recent article in Inc. Magazine (Nov 2005), Sixteen percent of the U.S. population reads blogs. They also cite Technorati as saying that the number of blogs double every 5 1/2 [...]

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Cell Phone Sports

April 26, 2006

Cell phones are now being used at pro sports stadiums in an interesting way.  Thanks to BusinessWeek Jan 9, 2006 edition for this one on Cell Phone Sports.  Imagine that you go to watch your favorite pro sports team, and you can vote on the songs that are played and send messages to the scoreboard [...]

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New Number One Companies

April 24, 2006

BusinessWeek in Jan 0, 2006 edition noted that this year there will be a lot of New Number One Companies. Here are a few: Pepsi will beat out Coke in stock market cap for the first time SBC will beat out Verizon WAMCO will beat out PIMCO AMGEN will beat out GENENTECH I think it [...]

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Firefox Plugin for Blogging

April 21, 2006

Performancing has a great plugin for firefox that makes blogging even easier. If you are looking for a great Firefox Plugin for Blogging, check this out. This is my first test of the service, but it is great for blogging while browsing. Here is the link: http://performancing.com/. The steps are a little confusing, but part [...]

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Multiplayer Games and Movies

April 20, 2006

Interesting article in BusinessWeek on Multiplayer Games and Movies. There are many projects going on like “Project 880″ for example that is putting a game on the market to promote an upcoming film. The creator of the film project, James Cameron is known for directing Aliens, The Terminator, and Titanic. I think this is very [...]

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April Utah Entrepreneurs

April 17, 2006

The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum last Thursday featured some great April Utah Entrepreneurs. The presenters were all from BYU’s Center for Entrepreneurship and it was hosted by John Richards of the Center for Entrepreneurship. I took notes on my Blackberry, and I am really getting use to utilizing the power of this mobile device, it [...]

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Alexa's New Traffic Feature

April 12, 2006

There is a great new feature from Alexa. Alexa’s New Traffic Feature is called “Max”. It is an option to see more than two years history of traffic. It looks like it goes back 4 1/2 years for any website. Check it out here: Alexa

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Outsourcing Personal Assistant from Philippines

April 11, 2006

During the past few months, I have had a personal assistant from the Philippines. He works for me between 7pm and 3am my local time. The intention of doing this was to see if I could delegate some of my responsibilities to my personal assistant. Here is a summary of my experience so far: 1. [...]

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1 in 13 Homes in California

April 10, 2006

Interesting statistic in BusinessWeek Feb 6, 2006 edition on real estate in California during 2005. The stat is 1 in 13 Homes in California sold for over one million during 2005. It is also interesting to note that California has some of the most over priced areas in the nation, by some numbers homes are [...]

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Where do Business Majors Weigh in on Honesty?

April 6, 2006

Good article in BusinessWeek on Where do Business Majors Weigh in on Honesty! The study which surveyed over 50,000 students from 69 schools showed that 26% of business students admitted to serious cheating on exams, and 54% admitted to cheating on assignments (plagiarism or poaching a friends homework). The numbers are similar accross disciplines, but [...]

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Azure Venture Capital

April 3, 2006

Good article in BusinessWeek April 3, 2006 edition on Azure Venture Capital. Although they had a slow start and were hit hard on dot com burst, and have this advice for their current and future investments before making a deal: 1. Do your own primary research (up to 1 year) 2. Focus on early-stage deals [...]

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Large Housing Market Supply

April 3, 2006

A lot of people have talked about the possible pop of the real estate bubble especially with the Large Housing Market Supply. BusinessWeek talked about this in the Feb 6, 2006 edition. Here are some take-aways: – Fannie Mae reports vacancy rates are at its highest levels – homes up for sale are up more [...]

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Cell Phone Statistics

March 31, 2006

Great article in Fast Company April 2006 edition on Cell Phone Statistics. The survey was based on 3000 users ages 15-35. Here are some take-aways: 81% of cell phone users sleep with their cell phone on. 31% of Americans who said a cell phone relfects as much about a person as a car does. 26% [...]

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Cheap TV Advertising

March 24, 2006

Great article in Fast Company in the April 2006 edition on Cheap TV Advertising. The article focuses on two guru’s Nick Grouf and David Waxman who are overhauling the TV ad business using the Internet. Here are some take-aways: 1. David and Nick started Firefly and PeoplePC before starting their latest venture Spot Runner – [...]

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Medical Digital Records

March 24, 2006

There is a good article in the April 2006 edition of Fast Company on Medical Digital Records. These statistics are interesting: 1. Number of physicians in the U.S. = 700,300. 2. % of physicians who completely use digital records = 14%. 3. Number of physicians using Cerner Systems = 35,000. 4. Number of hospitals in [...]

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Become a Top Recruit

March 23, 2006

Some great tips in Business Week Jan 30, 2006 edition on how to Become a Top Recruit. Here are some take-aways: 1. Consider trade-offs: Family time, hobbies and workless vacations suffer when you try to become a top executive 2. Build a reputation: 2 or 3 years is not long enough to stay at an [...]

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Cheap TV Advertising

March 23, 2006

Great article in Fast Company in the April 2006 edition on Cheap TV Advertising. The article focuses on two guru’s Nick Grouf and David Waxman who are overhauling the TV ad business using the Internet. Here are some take-aways: 1. David and Nick started Firefly and PeoplePC before starting their latest venture Spot Runner – [...]

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Future Podcast Revolution

March 22, 2006

Great article spot in BusinessWeek Feb 6, 2006 edition on the Future Podcast Revolution. The article notes Steve Jobs taking a seat on Disney’s board, and how that will effect the future of internet and digital delivery. The article noted that we should expect to see internet only shows in the future like the 1970s [...]

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Silicon Shortage

March 22, 2006

Very interesting article in BusinessWeek Feb 6, 2006 edition on a Silicon Shortage. The demand for Silicon is skyrocketing for solar photovoltaics and is expected to continue. The demand for silicon has also been high among semiconductors and has had steady growth. The solar industry has been growing at 30% per year for the last [...]

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CEO of the Future Steve Jobs?

March 21, 2006

Is the CEO of the Future Steve Jobs? Maybe, according to BusinessWeek Feb 6, 2006 edition. Here are some takeways: 1. Strategy – Jobs insists on controlling all apects of the product from hardware to software to service. 2. Leadership – Jobs is very hands-on in his areas of expertise. 3. Culture – Jobs supports [...]

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Naver.com

March 21, 2006

Interesting article in the Jan 30, 2006 edition of BusinessWeek on Naver.com, a Korean search engine. Here are some takeaways: 1. Naver.com is owned by NHN, a Korean company with a stock performance that is outpacing Google. 2. Naver.com ranks users who comment into one of 5 categories. Each of these categories has a weight [...]

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Utah Valley Technology

March 20, 2006

I had a great meeting about Utah Valley Technology on Friday, March 17th with some fantastic people. Some of the people there included Scott Jensen of Novell’s Incubator OSTC, and Shaunna Theobald of UVSC’s SBDC. As we talked about the technology that is in Utah Valley, there are some really cool things going on. From [...]

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Best Business Projectors for 2006

March 17, 2006

I read an article in PCWorld about the Best Business Projectors for 2006in the April Edition. The NEC LT35 was rated the best buy at $2195. In second place was the Epson PowerLite 76c at $999. The PCW Rating was only 1 off. There is no question which one I would choose. Being second best [...]

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CEO Time Management

March 16, 2006

Great article in Fortune’s March 20 issue on CEO Time Management. The article is titled “All in a Day’s WORK”, and follows an average day for 3 CEOs. One is Brett Yormark, CEO of Nets Basketball, another is Jo Ann Ross, President of CBS Ad Sales, and the final profile is of Jim Buckmaster, CEO [...]

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New Credit Score Rating

March 15, 2006

KSL.com recently reported that the 3 consumer credit reporting agencies have just announced a New Credit Score Rating system. The new system will be made available to financial institutions immediately, and to consumers later this year. The new credit score will be from a range of 501 – 990. This new range is higher than [...]

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Personal Management Tips

March 13, 2006

Great article in Fortune’s March 20 2006 issue about Personal Management Tips. It is easy to get caught up in technology and sometimes its hard to know how to maximize results without getting burned out. So to get the most done, consider these steps: Keep meetings rare – keep an agenda, start on time, turn [...]

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Business Personality Test

March 6, 2006

A great article was discussed in the Feb 2006 edition of Entrepreneur that talked about a Business Personality Test. Here are some take-aways: How to leave a positive impression and exceptional results: Clearly define the results people achieve from purchasing your product or service What do you help people achieve? Show people that it works [...]

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