Posted on Thursday, 16th February 2012 by Erin Jones
Nearly everyone has bad habits when it comes to finances and spending and most do not realize the damage they are doing to their financial future every time they perform one of these actions. Each of these habits can create a number of problems that can be difficult to extract yourself from, but breaking these [...]
Tags: Habits, Habits Need
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Posted on Wednesday, 8th February 2012 by Erin Jones
According to Kevin Allen, we pitch business ideas every day. But how do we ensure our pitches will be successful? Allen’s forthcoming book, The Hidden Agenda, teaches readers how to connect to their audience on an emotional level in order to win pitches. Entrepreneurial spoke with Allen about how to find and connect to what [...]
Tags: Agenda, Hidden Agenda
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Posted on Friday, 20th January 2012 by Erin Jones
This past Sunday afternoon I had the pleasure of being on the judges panel at the NYC Cleanweb Hackathon at NYU ITP. There were thirteen hacks presented to the judges. Of them, probably half had incorporated the “green button” for getting your utility data into their app. The Green Button is an initiative promoted by [...]
Posted on Wednesday, 11th January 2012 by Erin Jones
As if choosing a college and moving away from home for the first time wasn’t stressful enough, many college students are also faced with the choice of getting their first credit cards and beginning to build their credit histories. Many lenders offer credit cards designed with students in mind and relentlessly push new applications on [...]
Tags: Card, Credit Card
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Posted on Thursday, 5th January 2012 by Erin Jones
One of my predictions for 2012 is that more people will come to understand that you can indeed do business using social networks and, frankly, I’m already seeing it. First off, people are getting more comfortable with social media and social behavior. The idea is fading that social media is a pure engagement temple mentality. [...]
Tags: Social, Using Social
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Posted on Friday, 30th December 2011 by Erin Jones
Code Year, which I blogged about a couple days ago, has now signed up over 100,000 in two days. Thats a lot of signups for a brand new service in just two days. How did they do it? Heres some suggestions on the key drivers: 1) an awesome idea. “give me your email address, well [...]
Tags: Code Year, Year
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