Mini business vs. mega business
With the Long Tail redefining business and opening opportunities for small business growth, it is easy to forget what happens at the other end of the scale. With Google announcing that they have 550,000 activations of their cell phone operating system Android, per day, I almost fell of my chair. And that number is up from 500,000 per day just a month ago. If it is possible to keep growing like this, they will be at over a million activations per day in six months. And still, the sum of all business in the long tail is still greater than all the mega businesses...
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Jeff Levy is a local Seattle entrepreneur and franchise owner. With many years in the business he has seen companies come and go, entrepreneurs that have succeeded and that have missed the mark. These experiences have given him the unique opportunity to amass a set of understandings and insights that he now is sharing in his newly published book Making the Jump into Small Business Ownership. If you thoughts are going towards shedding the thin veil of security provided by corporate employment and making a leap towards running your own business, and your life, this is a must-read book. You can...
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