Don’t forget that the free Starting a Business webinar takes place tomorrow. Four panel members will answer your questions and provide tips on how to market and raise money for a start-up.
The panel starts at 9am Pacific/ 12pm Eastern. All you need to do is create a free BrightTALK account to join the discussion.
For more tips about running a business, don’t forget to check out Jean Murray’s small business tips during National Small Business Week.
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When b5 got its advisory board last year I was pretty excited to read the line up (it’s made up of: Robert Scoble, Hugh MacLeod, Renee Blodgett, Stowe Boyd, and Doc Searls if you don’t remember).  Mark MacLeod of StartupCFO has a post that I think every startup CEO and management team should read on picking your advisory board:
Yesterday I had lunch with the CEO of a young startup in town. He’s in the process of putting together an advisory board and wanted to chat about it. For those of you that were unable to join us for lunch, here …read more

So yesterday we had a wee problem with the servers.  Okay wee is an understatement.  The tech team here (virtually of course), has been working almost non-stop since problems cropped up.  The cause?  Doesn’t matter.  Never does really.  It’s how you handle the crisis that matters.  You could scream and yell or you can buckle down and “get’er done”.  Here’s a bit from Aaron’s post this morning:
Encouraging for us is the fact that we are not alone in having these kinds of issues. Growing companies will inevitably hit walls where emergency action has to be taken. It’s wonderful that we …read more