What Is Your Logo Design Worth?
As a follow up to last week’s post on what a logo should cost… So if you hire a designer and pay $2000 for a logo, your logo design is worth $2000, right? And if you create a logo for…
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11 Inspirational Quotes for Running a Successful Business from Russell Simmons
Queens native, Russell Simmons, co-founded the hip hop music label Def Jam Records in 1984 when he was 27. In the 30 years since then, he has expanded into the fashion industry (Phat Farms clothing), financial services, TV, and film.…
7 Inspirational Quotes for Startups and Entrepreneurs from Mary Kay
How many companies do you think of when you see a pink Cadillac? That’s right. Just one. The late entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash built her profitable business from the ground up and found success by following a principle of rewarding employees…
6 Things Your Brand (and Logo Design) Can Learn from Lady Gaga
Love her or hate her, there’s no arguing with the fact that Lady Gaga knows how to get attention. Lots of it. Her Monster Ball Tour played to more than two and a half million fans and grossed close to…
Should You Patent, Copyright, or Trademark Your Logo Design?
Every few weeks we come across someone who needs more information about how to legally protect their logo design but isn’t sure what to do. Making matters worse, when they ask what they should do in an online forum, the…
9 Quotes for Startups and Small Business from Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington has appeared on Forbes’ Most Influential Women list and Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People list for her success in running the internationally recognized news and blog site, The Huffington Post. Her blog went live in 2005 and…
Should Your Startup be More Transparent?
Transparency is one of those buzz words that seems to get everyone excited these days. CEOs love to talk about it. Presidential candidates promise “open” and “ethical” administrations. Wall Street traders punish companies that don’t provide it. So it has…
The Problem with Most Startup Advice
If you have even a passing interest in starting a new business, you’ve probably read a book, listened to a podcast, or scanned several blogs (or all three) looking for advice on how to do it right. We write a…
14 Inspirational Quotes for Startups and Small Business from Mark Suster
Mark Suster is a two-time entrepreneur (the founder of Koral and BuildOnline) turned venture capitalist (focused primarily on early stage tech companies). He joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 as a General Partner after selling his company to Salesforce.com. His background…
Facebook Marketing Tips for Small Businesses
Late last year, we wrote about the difficulty that small businesses have trying to reach their customers on Facebook. Changes that Facebook has made to their algorithm over the past two years have made it increasingly difficult for small businesses…
