Friday s Featured Friend: Sell Your Products or Services Online

December 8, 2006

So you’re a college student or young professional who is not making as much money as you’d like to. Maybe you have read Rich Dad Poor Dad and you’re keen to adopt the multiple streams of income strategy (or maybe you’re just fed up with getting paid minimum wage for a campus job). The problem [...]

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Johns Hopkins University Announces New Business School

December 5, 2006

Yesterday, the Board of Trustees at Johns Hopkins University announced the receipt of a $50 million dollar gift, proceeds of which will be used to establish the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School.? School operations will begin January 1, 2007. According to Yahoo!, The Carey Business School will be launched with a $100 million funding [...]

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Tuesday’s Tip: Free GMAT Intro in New York City

December 5, 2006

Are you considering an MBA? Start with a comprehensive look at the GMAT! You are cordially invited to meet the experts from ManhattanGMAT at a complimentary preview class and open house. You’ll learn test basics (scoring & content), preparation essentials, principles of adaptive testing and why competitive scores demand more than short cuts and tricks. [...]

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Monday Doldrums? Not Today!

December 4, 2006

Monday Doldrums Not Today! Some big things are happening in the news today“ things worth paying attention to. Barack Obama, a democratic Senator has officially announced he ‘might’ run for president John R. Bolton is stepping down from his post as Ambassador to the United Nations Yahoo! & Reuters have announced a partnership to bring [...]

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AIM Pages: The AIM is What?

December 4, 2006

? This summer I worked as an intern at AOL. One of the biggest hypes of the summer was the launch of AIM Pages“ AOL’s version of a social network. The thought was good, the result was not. These are my thoughts on what AOL needs to do to rejuvenate its online social community: The [...]

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It Does a Body Good

November 30, 2006

I apologize for several posts in a row focused on Google I guess I have been milking them for all they’re worth. Here is a debate my roommate and I have recently had: If you were to drop a plastic jug of milk in the supermarket from about waist high, would the gallon explode over [...]

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Friday’s Featured Friend: Google Reader

November 30, 2006

Most readers of this blog have heard of RSS, but don’t know what it stands for – or more importantly, what it does. RSS means ‘Really Simple Syndication’“ it can be thought of as streaming headlines, better known as ‘feeds.’ XML and RSS can be thought of interchangeably. RSS technology allows headlines to be delivered [...]

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Community at Google Extends to the Cafeteria

November 30, 2006

Thanks to Valleywag, I have checked out Google’s Food Standards: What is so interesting about these Culinary Standards is that Google’s success in engaging communities online, extends right into the GooglePlex cafeteria. References to Community Engagement: Title: ‘Culinary Team’“ This ain’t no run-of-the-muck kitchen staff ‘Source Fresh and Organic Foods’“ Organic Food Community (niche marketing) [...]

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Dealing with and Selling to BIG Companies

November 29, 2006

One thing that can be difficult for young professionals to grasp is exactly how BIG corporations work. Maybe you are a start-up company looking to sell a product or service to someone like a P&G or an IBM. Alternatively maybe you’re a young employee looking to distinguish yourself and move up the ranks at a [...]

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A Major Hook-Up: YouTube and Your Mobile Phone

November 28, 2006

Although the headline did not get as much publicity as it deserved from the likes of Techcrunch and the New York Times, a revolutionizing event occurred today: YouTube is coming to mobile phones. Make no mistake about it“ this is BIG TIME. ’Third Screen’ technology refers to using mobile phones to view and share traditional [...]

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