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The Entrepreneurial |
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| Several forces are converging to make this an unprecedented time to start a business. And that trend is already bearing fruit. Consider the fact that the number of the nation��셲 smallest businesses, those which only employ their owners, increased by 2.2 million from 1997 to 2002, according to the Census Bureau. |
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India Is Coming |
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| In the past five years, more than 100 information technology and scientific firms have opened R&D labs in India. Leading companies are drawn to India because it is home to some of the world��셲 brightest minds and sharpest innovators. |
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Boomers Continue to |
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| The year 2006 will mark an important milestone in marketing: For the first time, more than half of the Baby Boomers will be over the age of 50. |
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Real vs. Cyber Becom |
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| Amazon has revolutionized the way people buy books, Google has transformed the way people search for information, and eBay has changed the way people buy and sell items that used to be sold at yard sales. |
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On-Line Advertising |
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| Just a few short years ago, before the dot-com crash, any Web site with lots of visitors was thought to be a money machine for advertisers. BlueMountain.com, a greeting card company with 11 million visitors a month, sold for $780 million, even though it had no revenues. But, shortly after the crash, you couldn��셳 give those eyeballs away, and until recently the industry consensus was that there was little if any value in advertising on the Internet. |
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