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A Jaw-dropping Line Of Dresses, Crafted Entirely Out Of Paper | Co. Design
It would sound like a nightmare for any aspiring fashion student: Create a collection of dresses purely out of paper. But for collaborators Matthew Brodie and Hattie Newman, it was a welcome challenge.
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Travel startup Wanderfly lands a huge partnership with The New York Times – The Next Web
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Hipster Changes Its Strategy, Now Wants You To Send Digital Postcards | TechCrunch
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Startups in other places are just doing what startups naturally do: fail. The real question is, what’s saving startups in places like Silicon Valley? [2]
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How Should I Offer Credit to Customers? | Video | Entrepreneur.com
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7 Bootstrapping Principles Any Business Can Use : Money :: American Express OPEN Forum
What do you get when you combine small business and an economy in recession? A crunchy little budget for small business owners to work with.
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Is “stickiness” a thing of the past?
For years, companies have chased and measured “stickiness” – the amount of time spent on a website – as the holy grail of brand engagement. But what if stickiness doesn’t matter anymore? What if the amount of time users spend with a brand is shrinking? Does that mean the brand is faltering? Not necessarily.
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Facebook Is As Big As The Internet Was In 2004
Facebook has as many users today as the whole internet had in 2004, the year Facebook was founded.
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Why online marketers need to rethink “stickiness” – Holy Kaw!
Stickiness — the amount of time users remain on a website — is no longer a useful metric for online marketers, writes Alexandra Carroll of research firm Summus. The company’s research shows that the rise of mobile devices means users tend to visit sites for less time, but much more often, returning frequently to sites they find interesting and engaging, such as social networks. “Stickiness has become more about frequency than duration, and the most agile brands have learned to adapt to this mobile reality,” Carroll writes.
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Your idea sucks, now go do it anyway
“My idea isn’t good enough yet” explained a friend who is thinking of starting his own company. He’s waiting for the idea to be completely fleshed out before taking the leap.
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What The Atlanta BeltLine Can Teach Us About Urban Revitalization | Co. Design
It’s time to move away from automobile-oriented infrastructure and invest in public projects centered on people.
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F-Commerce: Turning Followers Into Customers | Fox Small Business Center
Just a little more than a month ago Sean Hoy launched a Facebook store for his tattoo lifestyle products company INK-EEZE. The company, which has 765 fans, will be testing out a shopping plugin on its Facebook page over the next year.
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INFOGRAPHIC: The EU Debt Crisis In Charts
If you are having a difficult time understanding what exactly is happening with the ongoing EU debt crisis, ForexNewsNow has created an infographic to map out in charts the economic health of the various EU member state’s economies.
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CEOs Need to See Through Walls – Mark R. Kramer – Harvard Business Review
The key to reforming capitalism lies in creating shared value by harnessing the power of business to solve social problems. Paradoxically, in these difficult economic times, the business opportunities hidden in our urgent social problems offer the greatest potential for profit and growth most businesses will ever face. But there is a trick to discovering these opportunities: It takes a CEO who can see through walls to find them.
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The (Unspoken) Truth About Social Media : Marketing :: American Express OPEN Forum
Let’s get right to the point: If not designed right, your engagement in social media may provide real returns for someone else at a real opportunity cost for you.
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While almost half of American baby boomers have inadequate retirement savings, many will be able to “monetize” their previous work and life experience to create extra income in retirement, says author Lisa Orrell.
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Getting your Company Lean, Mean and Efficient | Entrepreneur Magazine
Are you a hard core strategist, or just playing at strategy?
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