Tag: Steve Fisher

  • Rules for Entrepreneurs: Business Card FAIL

    I have been to a lot of networking events in my life and I am sure you have as well. The one common element of going to these things is swapping business cards and collecting them for entry into the address book and then the trash…maybe you just skip to throwing them into the trash…

  • Business Plan Series: Part 10 – Appendicies

    We have reached the end of our Business Plan series with this final entry on “Appendicies”. Our next series will dive into the marketing plan for your business so be on the lookout for that next week. So what exactly is in the appendix section of the business plan? In short, it is the kitchen…

  • TECHcocktail DC – The DC Tech Scene is definitely back

    I have seen my share of networking events. Back during the dotcom era it was full of open bars and crazy companies with the latest software to change your life in some way. Then it was all about buying stuff on the web or a portal for something or another. After the bubble burst most…

  • The Jolly Green Bubble

    Earth Day was yesterday. I my college years all that meant to me was that the band Green Day was coming to town to play. Now it means “save the planet, if it can make us money”. “Greed, I mean Green is Good” CNN, the New York Times, Business Week, Advertising Age, “Good Morning America,”…

  • Business Plan Series: Part 9 – Financials

    As we come toward the close of our business plan series we reach probably the most important section of the plan next to the Executive Summary, the Financials section. Despite the work you put into creating a stellar business plan most investors will read your executive summary first and then dive right into your financials.…

  • Venture Files Joins Technosailor

    Over the weekend, we have been hard at work integrating Venture Files into Technosailor.com. As you know, Technosailor has largely been focused on business and technology with a focus on social media and the internet technologies we enjoy today. As part of the continuing debate surrounding venture capital, particularly here in the District, the content…