Top 15 Tips For Bootstrappers

This past week I talked with Greg Gianforte, founder and CEO of RightNow and author of Bootstrapping Your Business. Today, to go along with my new Forbes column, I have more bootstrapping tips from serial entrepreneur and storyteller extraordinaire Cree Lawson. Cree says:

Top Eight Online Travel Startups

We have covered online travel extensively over the last couple of years, beginning with the in-depth analysis, Web 3.0 and Online Travel. Here is an overview of the online travel startups to watch:

Top 10 Web Entrepreneur Interviews

I have done numerous interviews with entrepreneurs on this forum. Here’s a list of 10 Web entrepreneur interviews that I think have the most interesting strategy discussions on how each of them are building their companies:

Deal Radar 2008: UpTake

UpTake is a travel site that offers users options to help them plan themed trips such as kid- or pet-friendly trips, girl getaways and romantic escapes. The site caters to the millions of people who have yet to decide what type of holiday they want – where to go, what to do, where to stay,

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Forbes Column 08: Kill The Business Trip

As much as I love to travel for pleasure, adventure and discovery, I profoundly hate business travel. Especially gratuitous travel that requires a long trip for just one meeting … here’s my new column, Kill the Business Trip.

Deal radar 2008: Motionbox

Motionbox is an online video sharing service based in New York City. The brainchild of Chris O’ Brien and Andrew Wason, MotionBox was dubbed a Youtube clone. It seems to have some interesting features though, and may be a reasonably priced acquisition for a larger player with distribution looking for an online video angle.

Engaging Your Global Team – New Technology Solutions

By Mike Kanazawa, Guest Author One of the new and unsolved leadership challenges of today is how to keep a global team focused, aligned and engaged on a common strategic direction and set of priorities. There are many innovations and new approaches to meet this challenge. We’ve captured a few examples of what leading companies

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Deal Radar 2008: Yatra

Yatra is a travel company which provides availability and booking facilities for air travel, hotels, buses and car rentals worldwide. Besides its strong online presence, Yatra also offers its services through mobile phone and retail mediums. Founded by Dhruv Shringi, Manish Amin and Sabina Chopra in 2006, the company currently is based in 10 cities

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