Beware the Oprah Effect

The Oprah Effect refers to the boost in sales that followed an endorsement on The Oprah Winfrey Show, which aired on TV for 25 years. A recommendation from Oprah, the queen of talk shows, turned many fashion and lifestyle products into multimillion-dollar companies. BUT, it can refer to anything that shoots sales into the stratosphere….

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NEW ECONOMY TOOLS

New Economy Tools allow for rapid prototyping which is a group of techniques used to quickly fabricate a scale model of a physical part or assembly using three-dimensional computer aided design (3D CAD) data. Construction of the part or assembly is usually done using 3D printing or “additive layer manufacturing” technology. The first methods for…

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Celebrate Global Entrepreneurship

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is an international initiative that introduces Entrepreneurship to people on six continents. GEW emerged in 2008 as a result of Enterprise Week UK and Entrepreneurship Week USA 2007. Since its creation, more than 10 million people from 102 countries have participated in entrepreneurial-related activities during the Week. The GEW aims to expose people to…

My Experience at Lehigh Valley StartUp Weekend

Participate in StartUp Weekend Event, spend 54 hours around 37 highly motivated and highly competitive adults all developing business concepts in what is basically a business development competition and within days if not hours after the event you will find yourself waking up with your #BrainsOnFire. That’s what I’m experiencing this morning. I woke up…

Woke Up This Morning With Brains on Fire

Participate in StartUp Weekend Event, spend 54 hours around 37 highly motivated and highly competitive adults all developing business concepts in what is basically a business development competition and within days if not hours after the event you will find yourself waking up with your #BrainsOnFire. That’s what I’m experiencing this morning. I woke up…

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Young adults are staying home…

Young adults are staying home, what does this mean for local entrepreneurship trends. I read this news report today, “Young American adults aren’t moving as much as they once did” and I wondered to myself what does this mean for local entrepreneurship trends. The report went on to say that continued unemployment was a factor…