Seth Godin  has a great post listing important elements to consider when starting a business today. Here’s 10 of the elements, but you can read the rest on Seth’s blog.

Build in virality. Consider: Groupon.
Don’t sell a product that can be purchased cheaper at Amazon.
Subscriptions beat one-off sales.
Try to create an environment where your customers are […]

Intuit is hosting its second annual Entrepreneur Day on August 16 at their headquarters in Mountain View, California. The deadline for submission is Friday July 16.  Last year, Intuit organized the first Entrepreneur Day where 40 companies met with senior business leaders and propose how they could collaborate with Intuit to develop new products and […]

Lunch and Learn: Marci Alboher will talk about “encore careers” at the 92 Y Tribeca on Tuesday, April 27.
They can bring home the bacon:  Read this post about women entrepreneurs by Adelaide Lancaster.
The Lady Knows: Yesterday, I say Melinda Emerson (AKA SmallBizLady) speak at the 140Conf. I love that her goal is to end small […]

If you are new to Keeping Nickels, I want to let you know that I have recently combined my love of food photography to blogging about business and personal finance. East post will feature a picture I have taken in the last week.

 Friday night, I attended BizNik event at In Good Company. Biznik is a […]

It would seem with the high cost of living and high tax rate that New York City would be a bad place to start a business. Rubbish!  In my experience, New York is great place to be an entrepreneur. The talented people, the  business community, the high speed internet and the idea that there is […]

With an eye on keeping expenses to a minimum, it’s good to focus on business-related that can inform, inspire or connect you to the right people. I recommend these events below.
Tonight, Girls in Tech hosts pitching expert Laura Allen tonight for a super-fast 15-second pitch session for Women in Start-ups. Fee: $10.99
On October 16, the […]

Corefino is the kind of company I would work for if I ever went back to corporate accounting. That is saying a lot, since I hated working at accounting firms.  A few weeks ago, I talked to Karen Northup CEO/Founder to Corefino. Most accounting firms have employees that are overworked. Accountants often don’t also have […]

Are you a woman starting your own business? Do you want money to fund your dreams? Count Me In is the leading nonprofit for women entrepreneurs, their mission is to inspire 1 million women entrepreneurs to reach annual revenues of $1 million by the year 2010.  Reaching this goal will create over 4 million new […]

Starting July 16 and running for six weeks in Brooklyn, 3RD Ward is having a business plan writing class targeting entrepreneurs in the creative industry. Register by July 14! $450 Non-Members $360
Next Friday, Womensphere is happening at Hunter College. It is a one-day leadership summit for women entrepreneurs. $250
On July 17, there will […]

Today I’m outside in a backyard in Brooklyn and I am co-working! There are a lot of different ways to work, but make sure take breaks. Click through and read the Aviary’s blog post which has 10 crucial startup tips.
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Work time should end at a certain point during the day. Period. Just […]

Working with a business partner can give you an advantage as long as you can pool experience, share resources and clearly communicate objectives.

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1. Business partnerships aren’t exactly popular—but that’s all the more reason to have them. Somewhere between 50 and 60 percent of start-ups are founded by just one person, according to […]

Today, I spotted on Springwise news of Franchild, a company where kids ages 5-15. Franchild enables kids to open up “mini franchise” where they sell soap, jewelry, candle and apparel. This is a such a cool idea. Kids need to understand how running a business works mainly because it will help them understand to […]