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Who’s the most influential person on the Internet? That’s what Fast Company says it’s trying to uncover with the Influence Project. After signing up for the project with a photo, a user gets a unique URL link that can be sent out to Twitter followers, Facebook friends, etc. The more people who click on the [...]
Twitter Tuesday launched a new daily-deal-type advertising feature. Called Earlybird (@Earlybird), it allows advertisers to offer exclusive deals on products and events on the microblogging site. Advertisers will determine the deals’ availability and pricing so unlike, say, Groupon, you can limit a deal offer to the first 100 people. Within 24 hours of going live, [...]
Inc. has a cover story this month that offers a plan to revitalize the American economyby creating lots of new start-ups. Some of the proposals, such as a offering visas to foreign-born founders, are already generating controversy. (One reader says that foreign entrepreneurs will simply be “fillingtheir staffs with their own countrymen.”) Surprisingly, there seems [...]
Want a loan with that 10-lb. jar of mayonnaise? Sam’s Club announced today that it will begin working with the SBA to offer its members small-business loans up to $25,000, the Wall Street Journal reports. The online program, coordinated by SBA lender Superior Financial Group, is focusing on minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses. Sam’s Club [...]
We need more start-ups. A lot more of them. New companies mean new ideas, new approaches, new products and services, and new jobs. What’s more, in the wake of the Wall Street meltdown and the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a wave of start-ups could spark a new sense of optimism about [...]
Employees are valuable. So are referrals. That was the thought behind Meebo’s decision to offer a $5,000 reward to anyone who referred qualified potential employees to the company that launched in 2005. The only stipulation? People would only get paid if the candidates got hired. As an instant-messaging and social media service, Meebo never really [...]