We’ve mentioned a few times that starting a business isn’t easy. There’s the legal work, the idea, funding, attracting customers and sales, hiring staff… the list goes on. On the other hand, it is worth it. But it could be…
Today is President’s Day in the United States. So instead of a few quotes from a favorite business thinker, today we present a few quotes about business and leadership from seven of the men who have served as the President…
If you’re a returning visitor to this blog, you know we write a lot about logo design. What makes a good logo. News about logos. How you can create your own logo. You get the picture. But we also write…
David Ogilvy is famous in the world of Madion Avenue. Time magazine once lauded him as a “wizard of advertising”. He started his career as a door-to-door salesman. Then moved into advertising, starting his own agency with just $6000. But…
Fred Wilson is the managing partner at Union Square Ventures and a founder of Flatiron Ventures. He blogs at AVC.com, where aspiring entrepreneurs can learn a lot from his regular MBA Mondays posts, among others. We were going through a…
Less a quote this week, and more an inspirational cartoon from a small businessman and doodler who gets it. As Hugh says, “As we work with more entrepreneurs all around the world, it becomes crystal clear that the slightly otherworldly…
We take a short break from our regular posts on subjects like logo design and what not to do with your logo, to write a little more about starting a small business. We hope you find this helpful… You…
In the history of logo design there are lots of notable successes. And a few logo disasters. And while most of the logos-gone-bad belong to small businesses, plenty of big businesses have spent millions on logo designs and re-branding programs…
The first book I ever read on creativity was Serious Creativity by Edward de Bono. At first I disagreed with his idea that you can take a systematic approach to something so nebulous and mystical as creativity. Structure is limiting…
Your logo design is the face of your brand. More than that, your logo is the face of your business. It’s often the first thing a customer sees on your business card, your website, or your store sign. It’s the…
